What makes a classroom experience transformative? How are Africana Studies faculty fostering a commitment to social justice in their classes? This interactive workshop, organized by Professors Teresa Booker and Crystal Endsley (John Jay College), is designed to survey three components of social justice pedagogy: content, assignment design, and student feedback. Our faculty will showcase examples of Africana content from their lessons and share applicable sample assignments that were implemented in two Africana Studies courses. Throughout the workshop, active learning moments such as demonstrations, brief think-pair-share opportunities, and definitions will be enacted to demonstrate the what, how, and why of one possible Africana curriculum-based approach to transformative social justice pedagogy.
