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Professor Examines Asian American Representation Across Media, Diaspora

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

David Oh “I think that also leads to a lack of opportunities for people to play interesting roles [in the dramatic arts],” said Oh, noting the underrepresentation of Asians in popular American media. For years, Oh has been studying Asian American representation along with matters of identity, critical media studies, and the diaspora.

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Using Cogenerative Dialogues for Learner-Centered Teaching

The Scholarly Teacher

2019; Smith, 2013). In learner-centered pedagogical practices, the focus and attention is on learning what and how the student is learning (Weimer, 2013). Springer Science Business Media. Scholars have identified a gap between desired outcomes and instructional methods employed in the college classroom (Duch et al., Spector, D.

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A Snapshot in Time: The Cancer Cluster at NC State

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Masier spent hours within Poe Hall as a graduate student and assistant between 2009 and 2013. Their primary source of communication regarding all things Poe Hall is their dedicated webpage, whose FAQ section says they will continue to update the page and the “broader NC State community regularly” through the website, social media, and email.

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Decolonizing Higher Education Syllabi: Beyond the Aesthetics of the Syllabus

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

jules While the raison d’etre of the syllabi has gone unchanged, aspects of society have evolved, and we find ourselves in the middle of a racial awakening since 2013 and the rise of the global Black Lives Matter Movement. Our third move is to pay attention to the media type used (PowerPoint, YouTube, Twitter [now X], TikTok, etc.).

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Beyond words: Intermediality as a teaching method to diversify engagement

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Intermediality the intersection between different media forms and their signification draws attention to the in-betweenness of media. For the connective circuit to be activated, teachers need to be enthused participants as well. Pedagogy of Oppressed. Penguin, 2017. Gourlay, Lesley. Teaching in Higher Education 20 (4): 402411.

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Scholar-Practitioner Helps to Promote Inclusivity at Alma Mater

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Patterson-Stephens guided the development of CMU’s first strategic plan for diversity since 2012 and reinstated the Faculty and Staff of Color Alliance, which had remained inoperable since 2013. In April, videos circulated on social media showing CMU students using racial slurs. “I I made sure I was available.

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Visual Journaling

The Scholarly Teacher

Visual literacy is the capacity to analyze, evaluate, utilize, and create images and visual media. 2013; Nieto, 2009). The aesthetic and material resources used to engage visual journaling can vary from analog to digital media. Teaching visual culture. Teachers College Press. Neil Gaiman quotes. BrainyQuote.com. link] Glass, D.,