Implementing an Anti-Racism Rubric for Campus Units
Day 1: November 14, 2022 | 12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m., Northwoods Room
Session Video
Session Materials
- Presentation: Implementing an Anti-Racism Rubric for Campus Units (PDF)
Session Description
At the 2021 Diversity Forum, the Badger Anti-Racist Coalition (BARC) presented a project to create an anti-racist, liberatory rubric specifically for campus departmental use. The project aimed to help department staff and leaders organize themselves when asking the question: how are we perpetuating racism and oppression right here in our workplace, and what can we do to change that?
This session will update the campus about the implementation of this rubric and will include perspectives of faculty and staff from campus units who have worked through parts of the rubric. Panelists will share lessons learned and suggestions for implementing the rubric for other campus units. The audience will also learn about coming improvements to the rubric based on feedback from these campus units. We see this as a living document to be improved by anti-racist advocates at UW-Madison for years to come.
Session participants will be able to:
- Understand the Anti-Racist Rubric for Campus Units and how it can be applied to other units
- Facilitate discussions about anti-racism within campus units
- Apply the rubric’s 12 domains to changes in policy and practice at the unit level
- Critique oppressive policies and practices they see in their campus units
Speakers
Lisa Marvel Johnson
Lisa Marvel Johnson, Ph.D., is a teaching faculty at UW–Madison’s Writing Center, where she coordinates the Writing Mentorship program. She earned her Ph.D. in English literature and her M.A. in Afro-American Studies at UW–Madison. In her research, Dr. Johnson is interested in pedagogy, antiracism and the temporalities of the writing center.
Gabrielle Isabel Kelenyi
Gabrielle Isabel Kelenyi, M.A., is a Ph.D. candidate studying composition & rhetoric at the UW–Madison College of Letters & Science (L&S) and an Advanced Opportunity Fellow in the L&S Community of Graduate Research Scholars. Kelenyi is a teaching assistant in the English Department, where she serves as coordinator of multicultural and social justice initiatives. Kelenyi’s research interests are community literacies, community-engaged and participatory methodologies, antiracist and social justice writing program administration, writing development across the lifespan, and researching best practices for teaching writing effectively across grade levels.
Gavin Luter
Gavin Luter, Ph.D., is the managing director of the UniverCity Alliance, a network of leaders at UW–Madison that serves as the front door for local governments who want to leverage teaching, research and service to improve their communities. Dr. Luter is an expert in developing and growing university-community partnerships and has created models and frameworks about how to achieve sustainable, equitable and democratic partnerships.
Haley Madden
Haley Madden, Ph.D., supports community-engaged scholarship (community-based learning and research) at UW in many ways. She provides professional development opportunities, programs, individual consultations and resources to assist faculty, staff and graduate students in connecting their academic work to community priorities. Dr. Madden earned her Ph.D. in mass communications from UW–Madison. Outside her role at UW, she trains horses and teaches riding lessons.
Beth Ann Workmaster
Beth Ann Workmaster, Ph.D., is a researcher in the fruit crops ecophysiology and production program in the UW–Madison Department of Horticulture and is co-chair of the department’s Equity and Diversity Committee.
