Greetings Colleagues, See the email below from the HBCU Faculty Development Network about a recent collaboration with open education innovators at Tennessee State University and Merlot. From: HBCU Faculty Development Network <network@hbcufdn.org<mailto:network@hbcufdn.org>> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 8:23 PM To: HBCU Faculty Development Network <network@hbcufdn.org<mailto:network@hbcufdn.org>> Subject: Fwd: Reminder: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Speaker Series with Attachment and Registration Links Dear Colleagues, A friendly reminder that our virtual speaker series on culturally relevant education begins this week! PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORKS. REGISTER HERE<https://mit.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlfuitqzssHNw9njzlnkGUDKio3aoGx0wf#/registration> for the first talk on Friday, September 15 @ 12-1PM EST with MIT Professor of Linguistics Michel DeGraff. Professor DeGraff will share how he leverages linguistic autobiographies to engage undergraduate students, many of whom are immigrants, in his course "Creole Languages and Caribbean Identities." This session will be moderated by Dr. Jaime Chavez, Morehouse College Department of World Languages and Cultures. This work grows out of our recent collaboration with open education innovators at Tennessee State University and MERLOT. In this series, we bring together featured speakers from across Morehouse College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to share experiences and examples of culturally relevant and sustaining teaching practices. LEARN MORE: We have a wonderful group of educators lined up for this virtual series. Visit their bio pages to learn more about them, and register to join us each month for these discussions: * Topic: "Creole Language and Caribbean Identities" Speaker: Dr. Michel DeGraff, Professor of Linguistics<https://linguistics.mit.edu/user/degraff/> (MIT) Date: September 15th at 12-1pm EST Register here<https://mit.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlfuitqzssHNw9njzlnkGUDKio3aoGx0wf>. * Topic: "Using Historical Personal Narratives as Culturally Relevant Practice to Engage Student Learning" Speaker: Dr. Janira Teague, Assistant Professor of History<https://morehouse.edu/teague-janira/> (Morehouse College) Date: October 13th at 12-1pm EST Register here<https://mit.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvdeGvqDwoGNPib_D8RJ5ppGlweiO-O0eR>. * Topic: "Creating Culturally Responsive Science and STEM Classrooms" Speaker: Dr. Ethell Vereen, Assistant Professor of Biology<https://morehouse.edu/vereen-ethell/> (Morehouse College) Date: November 3rd at 12-1pm EST Register here<https://mit.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcof-ipqjoiGdzXNR6q5l5K739yY4_EtQ2J>. * Topic: "Measuring Inclusion in the Syllabus: A Tool to Guide Change in Equitable Teaching" Speaker: Dr. Ruthann Thomas, Associate Director of Teaching and Learning<https://tll.mit.edu/profiles/ruthann-thomas/> (MIT) Date: December 1st at 12-1pm EST) Register here<https://mit.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwsceChpzwqG9X8YRfVmQ5RAd30wzECCgTR>. For questions, you may contact Shira Segal (shiras@mit.edu<mailto:shiras@mit.edu>) or Angela White (Angela.White@morehouse.edu<https://Angela.White@morehouse.edu>) We hope you can join us for this virtual speaker series! LaTasha Denard Executive Assistant at HBCU Library Alliance<http://hbculibraries.org/> Phone: (678) 210-5801 ext. 102 Web: hbculibraries.org<http://hbculibraries.org/> Email: ldenard@hbculibraries.org<http://mailto:ldenard@hbculibraries.org/> Follow us on our social media: [cid:image001.gif@01D9E6F4.239709D0]<https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/> [cid:image002.gif@01D9E6F4.239709D0] <https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance> [cid:image003.png@01D9E6F4.239709D0] <https://www.instagram.com/hbcu_library_alliance/> [cid:image004.gif@01D9E6F4.239709D0] <https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/> Sandra Phoenix Executive Director at HBCU Library Alliance<http://hbculibraries.org/> Office: (678) 210-5801 ext. 101 Mobile: (404) 702-5854 Web: hbculibraries.org<http://hbculibraries.org/> Email: sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> Seek justice, honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come. [cid:image001.gif@01D9E6F4.239709D0]<https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/> [cid:image002.gif@01D9E6F4.239709D0] <https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance> [cid:image003.png@01D9E6F4.239709D0] <https://www.instagram.com/hbcu_library_alliance/> [cid:image004.gif@01D9E6F4.239709D0] <https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/>