2020-2021

This project outlines strategies for linking reading and writing in Advanced French courses using the multiliteracies framework. By designing activities that promote collaborative work on analytical writing, the approach fosters student engagement, familiarizes them with the research process, and integrates the use of supportive technologies and tools.

Author: Vesna Rodic, Lecturer in French

Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF)

From the author: "This talk focuses on strategies that emphasize the link between reading and writing processes in Advanced French courses. Using the...

Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies

Project: “Teaching Dance Under Covid-19 as a Practice of Community, Social Justice, and Wellness”

Cohort 2020-2021

TDPS Dance faculty members Katie Faulkner, James Graham, SanSan Kwan, and Latanya Tigner centered their PCF project around the cultivation of wellness, community, and social justice within the remote dance classroom. Dance practice classes, and the essential in-person demands of learning embodied skills, have been uniquely impacted by the pandemic. Our team has collaborated on developing pedagogical strategies that not only continue high...

In this project, the aim is to enhance literacy on diversity, equity, and social justice in composition classes. It explores how biases affect text interpretation and develops strategies for safe discussions on racism and oppression.

Author: Jennifer Cho, Lecturer in English

Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF)

From the author: "My project sets out to identify modes of improving literacy around issues of diversity, equity, and social justice in the composition classroom. I ask how students and instructors’ explicit and implicit biases and our own social positionalities might...

This project uses social media and news outlets to deepen language learning through the lens of social justice. In Filipino, students analyze words like "freedom" across various media to build critical thinking and vocabulary. In Burmese, students study anti-coup memes and discuss hate speech, learning how language evolves with societal changes.

Authors: Karen Llagas & Kenneth Wong, Lecturers in South & Southeast Asian Studies Department

Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF)

Project Details: Social Justice & Social Media: Raising Critical Awareness & Community Engagement...

Music

Project: "Self-Paced Videos for Improving Access in an Introductory Music Course"

Cohort 2020-2021

Music has always presented an exceptional set of challenges to the classroom instructor. Studying music involves being guided repeatedly through works or performances in real time—sonic experiences that, in turn, stand in a complex relation to the various technologies and visual props that capture and mediate them. Funding from the Resilience Grant Program has allowed us to create initial components of digital tools that place students in active dialogue with musical works and concepts...

Geography

Project: "Resilience in Geospatial Learning"

Cohort 2020-2021

This talk discusses the promises and pitfalls of teaching geospatial courses remotely, from the technical to the theoretical. It reflects on a suite of educational research investigating the outcomes of a small survey of students who participated in remote geospatial courses in Fall 2020; the format of available geospatial software and tools; and, best practice in online-only delivered geospatial courses from across the US. Finally, it argues that preemptive course design, underpinned by active technical and theoretical...

This project aims to diversify public discourse by creating a tool to help students, faculty, and community members, especially from underrepresented groups, contribute to op-ed writing during critical times.

Author: Rose Carmen Goldberg, Lecturer in Berkeley Law

Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF)

From the author: "The power of opinion is concentrated with a narrow and privileged set of voices. The vast majority of op-eds are written by men and the data on race are no better. This Lecturer Teaching Fellow project will help diversify public discourse by developing a publicly...

In this assignment, students discuss medical racism in a Human Physiology course, linking topics like kidney function to harmful practices like "race-correction." The semester-long discussions help students rethink the relationship between race and biology.

Author: Robin Ball, Lecturer in Molecular and Cell Biology

Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF)

Project Details: Medical Racism Discussions

From the author: "Covid-19 exposed the inequities inherent in our medical system that arise from biases and racist policies. It is important to teach biology students about medical...

This project aims to create a framework for remote senior thesis seminars in the humanities and social sciences, addressing the isolation students often feel during thesis writing. It develops course materials to ensure students have the structure, resources, and community support needed to complete significant research.

Author: Sarah Gold McBride, Lecturer in American Studies

Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF)

From the author: "This project will develop a framework for engaging undergraduate students in a robust, rigorous, and meaningful senior thesis seminar taught...