07/07/2023

2023-2024 CSCA Faculty Learning Community Call

Hello everyone: 

See below for the CSCA Faculty Learning Community Invitation. Please feel free to pass it on to others.

Tiffany J. Bell, Ph.D.
Natasha R. Howard, Ph.D.
2023-2024 CSCA Faculty Learning Community Co-Chairs

Original Call: FLC 2023/2024

CSCA Faculty Learning Community

The Central States Communication Association invites students/scholars who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to participate in a Faculty Learning Community for 2023/2024.

Purpose: The CSCA Faculty Learning Community will engage Black, Indigenous, and People of Color students/scholars in a curriculum program to help enhance teaching and research around a specific topic per calendar year. The FLC intends to help create a sense of community at CSCA for these scholars.

Theme for 2023/2024: Belonging and Community in Academia

Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy. – Audre Lorde

This year's theme embraces the importance of Belonging and Community in Academia.

Eligibility:

• Early Career Faculty members (within 5 years of their finishing degree).
• Doctoral Candidates seeking employment in academia.
• Identify as a person of color- This includes people who identify as non-white, such as African American/Black, Asian, Latinx or non-white identifying Hispanic, or Native American.

Each participant will receive:

• A professional development stipend to reimburse participants for conference expenses. (e.g., for conference registration, membership, lodging, and/or travel)

Participants commit to:

• Attending 6 FLC sessions during the 2023/2024 year (all on Zoom)
  • Nov. 2023 (Sessions 1 & 2), Dec. 2023 (Session 3), Jan. 2024 (Session 4), Feb. 2024 (Session 5), and Mar. 2024 (Session 6 - pre-conference).
• Showcasing your work created as part of the FLC on a CSCA 2024 panel.
• Participating in/Attending 3 to 4 CSCA 2023 FLC panel sessions.

Submit:

• 300-500 word essay addressing the following questions:
  • Why and how would having a community of faculty of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color benefit your professional and personal development?
  • Why would a focus on belonging and community in academia benefit your professional and personal development?
  • In what ways can we foster belonging and community in the academy?

Submission Deadline: Sunday, October 1, 2023 by 11:59 pm (CDT).

Email essays and questions to: Dr. Natasha Howard, Morehouse College (natasha.howard@morehouse.edu) and Dr. Tiffany Bell, Valparaiso University (tiffany.bell@valpo.edu)