Black Minds Matter
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COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE PURPOSE
Black Minds Matter is a public series that is designed to raise the national consciousness about issues facing Black students in education. The series intentionally addresses the pervasive undervaluing and criminalization of Black minds. Tangible solutions for promoting the learning, development, and success of Black students are offered.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Identify how assumptions of criminality about Black students are manifested in school, college, and university settings.
- Recognize how socially constructed viewpoints of Black intelligence decenter them as learners in educational institutions.
- Embrace asset-based views of Black students rooted in the concepts of equity-mindedness and institutional responsibility.
- Articulate research-based policies and practices that serve to promote the learning, development, and success of Black students throughout the educational pipeline.
COURSE PREREQUISITES
There are two dispositional prerequisites for this course. Learners must have a willingness to:
- Acknowledge their own unconscious and conscious biases and the effect this has on the educational experiences of Black students.
- Engage their personal responsibility for redressing disparate educational outcomes for Black students in education.
COURSE DURATION
Each module requires a 5 hours commitment (including video session and readings).
WHO CAN JOIN?
CORA (Center for Organizational Responsibility and Advancement) is offering Black Minds Matter for all educators.
About Instructors
Donna Ford
Donna Y. Ford, PhD, is a Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology and Kirwan Institute Faculty Affiliate at The Ohio State University's College of Education and Human Ecology. She is in the Educational Studies Dept., Special Education Program. She returned to OSU in Aug. 2019. Professor Ford was formerly an endowed chair at Vanderbilt University in the College of Education. Dr. Ford has been a Professor of Special Education at the Ohio State University, an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Virginia, and an Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky.
J. Luke Wood
J. Luke Wood, Ph.D. is Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Education and Vice President for Student Affairs & Campus Diversity at San Diego State University. Formerly Wood served as Associate Vice President for Diversity and Innovation. Dr. Wood is also Co-Director of the Community College Equity Assessment Lab (CCEAL), a national research and practice center that partners with community colleges to support their capacity in advancing outcomes for men of color. He has delivered over 1,000 scholarly and conference presentations and more than 150 publications to his credit, including 15 books and 75 peer-reviewed journal articles.