Don't Speak About It, Be About It: Intentionally Engaging in Diversity Practices
Location
Session 1 Presentations - Culturally Responsive Pedagogy & Practices
Proposal Track
Research Project
Session Format
Presentation
Abstract
Diversity is a buzz word that is popping up everywhere given the current U.S. climate. There is a lot of lip service given to the term in professional settings. There have been many presentations on Diversity and Culturally Responsive/Sustaining practice, however many continue to focus on what Diversity is rather than how to do it. Not many focus on exactly how to engage in CRP/CSP practices. This will be an experiential session merging research with practice. Be prepared to be vulnerable with one another as we actively engage in the process of challenging personal bias.
Keywords
Culturally Sustaining Practice, challenging bias, experiential, diversity, culturally responsive pedagogy
Professional Bio
Dr. Chateé Omísadé Richardson is an educator, an educational psychologist, and a growth facilitator. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of California, Irvine, her master's from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and her doctorate degree from Georgia State University. She has over 15 years of experience in education teaching K-5th (all subjects), 6-12th grade (English, Drama, and Communications), as well as at the collegiate level. Dr. Richardson has dedicated her professional work to optimal development, diversity and multiculturalism. She teaches Multicultural Education (guiding students through the process of challenging biases and limiting beliefs regarding race, class, gender, ability/disability, spirituality/religion, and sexual orientation), African Diaspora and the World (resituating African people in history and acknowledging their historical, global, and enduring contributions), and Psychology of the Inner City Child (based directly on the work of Dr. Asa G. Hilliard, III, and dealing with the trauma youth experience in this context). She desires to merge research with practice engaging in passion projects aimed at optimal child development from conception to adulthood, culture and diversity work for teachers, and transforming the education system from the ground up; beginning with teacher preparation.
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Richardson, Chatee, "Don't Speak About It, Be About It: Intentionally Engaging in Diversity Practices" (2021). Georgia Educational Research Association Conference. 20.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gera/2021/2021/20
Don't Speak About It, Be About It: Intentionally Engaging in Diversity Practices
Session 1 Presentations - Culturally Responsive Pedagogy & Practices
Diversity is a buzz word that is popping up everywhere given the current U.S. climate. There is a lot of lip service given to the term in professional settings. There have been many presentations on Diversity and Culturally Responsive/Sustaining practice, however many continue to focus on what Diversity is rather than how to do it. Not many focus on exactly how to engage in CRP/CSP practices. This will be an experiential session merging research with practice. Be prepared to be vulnerable with one another as we actively engage in the process of challenging personal bias.
