Presenters Betty Arias Hall Director OSU Courtney Johnson Program coordinator Morrill Scholars Program Osu Julius Mayo Assistant Director for Academic Initiatives OSU overview ID: 546288
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Learning CommunitiesSlide2
Presenters
Betty Arias,
Hall Director
OSU
Courtney Johnson,
Program
coordinator,
Morrill Scholars
Program
Osu
Julius Mayo,
Assistant Director for Academic Initiatives
OSUSlide3
overview
What is a learning community
Res Life Mission of LCs
Title of Learning Community
MSP Mission of the office and LCHistory of the MSP LCSlide4
Learning Communities at OSUSlide5
Residence Life Mission of Learning Communities
A Learning Community is a group of students who live together on a residence hall floor with common major, career and/or personal interests. Through partnerships with a variety of academic departments, faculty and staff, students have exclusive access to activities that tie directly into their academic success at Ohio State.
Each Learning Community is unique in the goals and events offered, but all have:
direct connection to the classroom experience
intentional events and opportunities for participants
dedicated staff members to ensure the success of the students within the community
(Taken from: https://housing.osu.edu/learning-communities/) Slide6
Hall Director perspective
Day to day life in the
lc
Balancing
lc expectationsNon
lc
residentsSlide7
Morrill Scholars Program Learning Community
Purpose: to prepare students for a life of advocacy
Laboratory for social change and student leadership
Students will:
Explore pressing systemic social justice issues through civic engagement activities
Engage in dialogue about social justice leadership through a spring semester leadership course
Students work closely with the Office of Diversity and
inclusionSlide8
Critical Race Theory
Emerged in post-civil rights era (1970’s)
Emerged from critical legal studies as a way to understand the ways that racism is embedded in the laws and policies of our country.
Posits that racism is always more intricately involved than often assumed.
Notable scholars (for future reading): Derrick Bell,
Kimberl
é
Crenshaw, Patricia Williams, Mari Matsuda, Richard Delgado, Jean
StefancicSlide9
5 Tenets of CRT
Racism is endemic in society.
Critique of Liberalism and dominant ideologies.
Transdisciplinary approaches.
Experiential knowledge is valued.
Social Justice. Slide10
Other concepts with in CRT
Whiteness as property
Counter-storytelling
Interest convergenceSlide11
Intersectionality
Theoretical perspective that began as a reaction and reshaping of the concept of feminism by women of color
Focuses on the effect power, privilege, and context have on how an individual makes meaning of the world around them.
Critically examines systems of oppression within a society
(Jones & Stewart, 2016)Slide12
So why on earth do we do this?
Promote student development
Encourages civic engagement
Hands on multicultural leadership
Helps identify blind spotsSupport citizens who struggle through developmental challenges
Opportunities to talk through developmental challenges
Safer space to learn from community dynamics Slide13
Recommendations
Professional development
Be prepared to make mistakes
Student involvement is key (staff, residents, etc.)
Dedicating floor only to lc residentsSlide14
questions