In March 2021, six Kovener fellows presented at the American Association of Colleges and Universities Conference on Diversity, Equity, and Student Success.
Presenters: Professor Cara Caddoo, Caliel Hines (undergraduate student), Mansi Joshi (graduate student), Gabbie Latimer (undergraduate student), Eric McKenzie (graduate student), Professor Martha Oakley.
Conference session title: Inclusivity through Engaged Pedagogy: A Student-Faculty Program's Impact
Conference session description: A diverse group of faculty and students—undergraduate and graduate—illustrate what is involved in being actively committed to a process of self-actualization in a manner that empowers both teachers and learners. Through a facilitated discussion, session participants will learn about a teaching initiative that, for more than a year, has uniquely brought together twenty student and faculty fellows for discussion and mentorship in a five-person pod to dialogue and listen to one another on matters of inclusive pedagogy. Drawing on the fellows' structured interactions, this session illuminates the generative process involved when teachers and students embark on a joint journey to create a brave space. It is a space where, through student feedback, teachers have sustained opportunities to identify and verbalize their own values, motives, strengths, and limitations in their pedagogical practice and where faculty are willing to struggle along with students in ways students rarely get to see.
