/news-archive/tag/dei/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Wed, 05 Jan 2022 14:48:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2022/01/05/beavers-dei-fellow/ Wed, 05 Jan 2022 14:48:13 +0000 /news/?p=80742 ... Beavers Appointed First Chancellor鈥檚 Fellow for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock]]> Rhetoric and Writing at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, has been selected as the inaugural Chancellor鈥檚 Fellow for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). 鈥淒r. Beavers has a proven track record of thought leadership and academic research concerning antiracist pedagogies as a means for broader social change,鈥� Chancellor Christina Drale said. 鈥淎s the Chancellor’s DEI Fellow, he will have a larger platform from which to guide our institutional endeavors toward more diverse, equitable, and inclusive outcomes.鈥� The fellow is responsible for helping to coordinate and support all diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives on campus including DEI training, diversity recruitment, and retention for both students and employees, program development, curricular development, and policy advising. 鈥淚鈥檓 thrilled and excited to be in this new position that is needed and warranted at our institution,鈥� Beavers said. 鈥淚 really want to be a part of a team effort to reshape how we approach diversity, equity, and inclusion at the university.鈥� In his new role, Beavers will work with existing diversity groups on campus to enhance and coordinate their activities and will also advise the chancellor and cabinet on new initiatives to improve outcomes in diversity, equity, and inclusion. Beavers is a published writer and frequent speaker on the subject of diversity and inclusion. He recently delivered a presentation at Bentley University on 鈥淓mbodying Race and Language in the Writing Classroom; Becoming an Antiracist Writing Program & Becoming an Antiracist Writing Instructor.鈥� He is also a member of the Institute of Race, Rhetoric, and Literacy, a national organization of scholars that provide expertise on antiracism. Beavers has also written a chapter,鈥� My Journey Toward Antiracist Pedagogy and Praxis: My Language and Identity,鈥� for the 鈥淢cGraw Hill Instructor鈥檚 Guide: Writing for College, Writing for Life.鈥� In addition, he has been working with the Council of Writing Program Administrators to make the outcomes for first-year writing programs more inclusive. These outcomes are often used to evaluate college writing programs and to set goals for writing classes. 鈥淚t鈥檚 about developing an idea of language diversity and pushing against the assumption that there is only one standard way that students should use their language in the writing classroom,鈥� Beavers said. Beavers earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in English from the University of Central Arkansas as well as a master鈥檚 degree in interdisciplinary studies and a Doctor of Education in Higher Education Administration from 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. Beavers joined 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in 2015 as an instructor. He鈥檚 also the director of first-year writing at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. His research interests involve writing program administration, composition pedagogy, online writing instruction, rhetorical theory, and popular culture studies. In this position, Beavers said he would love to work with fellow faculty members to showcase how faculty are bringing DEI solutions into the classroom. 鈥淚 would love to start an intergroup dialogue with other colleges and departments and find out what other faculty are doing that we can spotlight and highlight,鈥� Beavers said. 鈥淚n my class, I highlight BIPOC scholars and writers that are writing about racial issues or things that help us have these difficult conversations. This is one way faculty can move toward centering diversity within their classrooms.鈥漖]>