10/04/2023
2023-2024 CSCA Faculty Learning Community Call Deadline October 15
Original Call: FLC 2023/2024
CSCA Faculty Learning Community
Submission Deadline Extended (only a few spots left): Sunday, October 15, 2023, by 11:59 pm (CDT).
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:
- 400-500 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 15, 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)