April 2022 – University Teaching & Learning Commons

Small Steps, Big Impact Episode 11 – Male Student Experiences

Written by Stephanie Guzman on April 22, 2022.

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Our guest today is Dr. Dan Tillapaugh, Associate Professor and Chair of Counselor Education in the Graduate School of Education at California Lutheran University. Our conversation today focuses on the importance of understanding the experiences of men who are navigating our Higher Education environments.

Link to full transcript here.

Music, A Short Walk, from Zapsplat.com

Quote from the Episode

White men have been flat in their enrollment rate probably from the 1970s.

About our Guests

Dr. Dan Tillapaugh

Dan Tillapaugh is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Counselor Education at California Lutheran University. At Cal Lutheran, he primarily teaches in the Counseling and College Student Personnel master’s program. He obtained his Ph.D. in Leadership Studies with a specialization in Higher Education Leadership from the University of San Diego in May 2012 and has an M.Ed. from the Counseling & Personnel Services program (now the Student Affairs concentration) at the University of Maryland. His research interests are connected to social contexts of higher education, particularly college men and masculinities, LGBT issues in higher education, intersectionality, sexual violence in higher education, as well as leadership development and education. He is a frequent speaker, presenter, and consultant on these topics.

Resources from the Episode

Resources (articles/websites/etc.)

Men & Masculinities: Theoretical Considerations & Promising Practices for Supporting College Men’s Development
American Men’s Studies Association: https://www.mensstudies.org/
NASPA Men & Masculinities Knowledge Community
ACPA Coalition on Men & Masculinities
Guyland – Michael Kimmel Link to book in UNCG library
Masculinities in Higher Education – Jason Laker & Tracy Davis Link to book in UNCG library
College Men & Masculinities – Shaun Harper & Frank Harris III Link to book in UNCG library
J. Luke Wood & Frank Harris’ texts on teaching boys and men of color

Small Steps, Big Impact Episode 10 – International Students

Written by Stephanie Guzman on April 14, 2022.

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Our guests today are Dr. Maria Anastasiou, Associate Provost for International Programs with UNCG’s International Programs Center, and Dr. “Jane” He, Professor of Teacher Education within the Department of Teacher Education & Higher Education and Dean’s Fellow of International Programs within the School of Education here at UNCG. Our conversation today focuses on the importance of understanding the experiences of our international students as they navigate Higher Education environments.

Link to full transcript here.

Music, A Short Walk, from Zapsplat.com

Quote from the Episode

We cannot always make the assumption that their needs are the same or their identities are the same.

About our Guests

Dr. Ye (Jane) He

Dr. Ye (Jane) He is a Professor in the Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Dr. He teaches courses and facilitates professional learning activities to support educators working with multilingual learners and their families. In addition, she serves as the Dean’s fellow of international programs in the School of Education and works with international graduate students through the Global Pathway program. Her research focuses on the promotion of strength-based, community-engaged, and diverse language and culture centered teaching and learning practices.

Dr. Maria Anastasiou

As Associate Provost for International Programs, Maria leads UNC Greensboro’s internationalization efforts by working closely with multiple constituents across campus to create and implement global learning opportunities for students, faculty, and staff. Prior to joining UNC Greensboro, Maria served as Executive Director in the Office of International Education and Development at Appalachian State University; as the Director of International Programs at USC-Aiken; and as Director of the European Lifelong Learning Program at Frederick University in Cyprus. She holds a BA in Economics and International Studies from the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill and a MA and Ph.D. in International Studies from the University of South Carolina. Maria has taught numerous classes on Foreign Policy and International Relations and likes to teach college-level classes when time permits. She is a native of Cyprus and came to the US for her college education in 1994 on a Fulbright Scholarship.

Resources from the Episode

Resources (articles/websites/etc.)

International Programs Center, UNCG: https://international.uncg.edu/
IIE Open Doors Data: https://opendoorsdata.org/
UNCG International Faculty & Staff Network: go.uncg.edu/ifsn-canvas
UNCG School of Education – International Committee: https://soe.uncg.edu/global/
He, Y., & Hutson, B. (2018). Exploring and leveraging Chinese international students’ strengths for success. Journal of International Students, 8(1), 87–108. https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v8i1.153
He, Y., Hutson, B. L., Elliott, M. J., & Bloom, J. L. (2016). From departing to achieving: Keys to success for international students in U.S. colleges and universities. Stipes Publishing. https://uncg.on.worldcat.org/oclc/951925850
Join the International Faculty and Staff Network at UNCG by enrolling in this Canvas course.

Small Steps, Big Impact Episode 9 – Power & Language in Practice

Written by Stephanie Guzman on April 11, 2022.

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Our guest today is Dr. Nicole Scalissi, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art History within the College of Visual and Performing Arts here at UNCG. Our conversation today focuses on how to apply EDI practices in the classroom with students.

Link to full transcript here.

Music, A Short Walk, from Zapsplat.com

Quote from the Episode

Find ways to include students in the very fabric of the course.

About our Guests

Dr. Nicole F. Scalissi

Nicole F. Scalissi is a historian of modern and contemporary art and her research focuses on issues of identity, equity, and violence in the contemporary United States and at its borders. Her current book project focuses on contemporary performances and interventions by Latinx and Afro-Latinx artists that trace the relationships between identity, violence, and media in the contemporary United States. She is an affiliated faculty in UNCG’s Afro-Latin American/Latinx Studies Project.

Resources from the Episode

Resources for the right to one own language:
Establishing Ground Rules with Students
Aram Han Sifuentes, “How Internalized White Supremacy Manifests for My BIPOC Students in Art School,” Art Journal Volume 80, 2021 – Issue 2: 6-13. Retrieved from: https://caa.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00043249.2021.1872294#.Yjku65rMKzk
Ana María León, “Crowdsourcing Knowledge: Cowriting, Co Teaching, and Co Learning,” Art Journal Open: Pedagogies November 20, 2018. Retrieved from: http://artjournal.collegeart.org/?p=10593
Lawrence Waldron, “Color in the Curriculum or in Ourselves? Why I Thought I Had to Choose,” Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture (2019) 1 (3): 92–95. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1525/lavc.2019.130006e
Rita Kohli & Daniel G. Solórzano, “Teachers, please learn our names!: Racial microaggressions and the K-12 Classroom,” Race Ethnicity and Education (May 2012). Retrieved from: DOI:10.1080/13613324.2012.674026
Lalitha Pamidigantam, “Say my Name Right: Tips for Producing a MicroAggression-Free Zoom Meeting, browngirl magazine oct. 18 2021. Retrieved from: https://browngirlmagazine.com/2021/10/say-my-name-right-tips-for-producing-a-microaggression-free-zoom-meeting/
Ruchika Tulshyan, “If You Don’t Know How to Say Someone’s Name, Just Ask,” Harvard Business Review, January 09, 2020. Retrieved from: https://hbr.org/2020/01/if-you-dont-know-how-to-say-someones-name-just-ask

Additional Resources

When to Call Someone Out or Call Them In Over Racist Behavior by Tiffany Jewell
Author Tiffany Jewell is a writer, anti-racist educator and consultant. Her book, The Book is Anti-Racist is often categorized as for teens, but it’s for everyone!
Loretta J. Ross is a professor, activist, and public intellectual on why Cancel Culture is “Toxic” (for which Call-in culture is an antidote) and an New York Times piece on her work “What if Instead of Calling People Out, We Called Them In?”
“Interrupting Bias: Calling Out vs. Calling In” via Seed the Way: Education for Justice and Equity

Small Steps, Big Impact Episode 8 – Sense of Belonging

Written by Stephanie Guzman on April 4, 2022.

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Our guests today are Dr. Beverly Faircloth, Associate Professor of Teacher Education, and Dr. Laura Gonzalez, Associate Professor of Higher Education, both within the Department of Teacher Education & Higher Education here at UNCG. Our conversation today focuses on the importance of understanding a sense of belonging for our students navigating Higher Education environments.

Link to full transcript here.

Music, A Short Walk, from Zapsplat.com

Quote from the Episode

Not just saying “thou shalt belong.” I think it’s more of letting them come into the space and rearrange the furniture a little bit.

About our Guests

Dr. Laura M. Gonzalez

Laura M. Gonzalez is a faculty member in the School of Education at UNCG. While she currently teaches in the Higher Education program, her degrees are in Women’s Studies, College Counseling and Student Development, and Counselor Education. Thus, her work focuses on supporting positive and inclusive human development within educational settings. In particular, Dr. Gonzalez’s research revolves around supporting postsecondary access for students from Latinx immigrant families.

Dr. Beverly S. Faircloth

Beverly S. Faircloth is an associate professor of Educational Psychology at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Her research interests address the ways that adolescents’ (particularly marginalized youth) identities, cultures, communities, and voices can be used to allow them to leverage a sense of “rightful presence” in their various contexts. In The Belonging Project, she has formed research practice partnerships with teachers, community leaders and adolescents at diverse, high-poverty, high-needs middle/high schools and communities for fifteen years. To accomplish this, partnerships have harnessed models such as ethnic studies, counternarratives, critical consciousness, making present practices, and other strategies that center the voices of youth and their communities to dismantle barriers to belonging.