"How We Belong Now" with Dr. Caleb González
We are excited to announce our upcoming colloquium series, “How We Belong Now,” which
focuses on research and educator-training at the intersections of rhetoric, communities
experiencing trauma, and (campus) activism.
We are honored to welcome our first guest speaker, Dr. Caleb González, an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas, who will kick off the series on February 19th in M LIB 2008. Dr. González will deliver two talks:
- Pedagogical Talk: 1:30-2:30pm
- Scholarly Talk: 2:30-4:00pm
Dr. González will address faculty and students on the topic of Advocacy and Power: Examining Practices of Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutional Servingness through Teaching and Learning.
“On February 8, 2023, hundreds of students, staff, and faculty gathered as part of the U’s second annual Day of Collective Action which included conversations on reimagining the university through the lens of an Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institution. Professor González discusses a shifting political landscape in higher education and examines the question of both how and what it means to cultivate a transformative teaching praxis today within what Hispanic-Serving Institutional scholars have identified as servingness. You will learn how an Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutional framework can frame your approaches in selecting readings that are relevant to students’ lives, designing group activities that welcome diverse perspectives, and developing writing-based assignments that have public implications for student engagement in advocacy and power.”
We look forward to seeing you there!