Faculty Fellows Program
This five-week workshop is organized into weekly modules that offer prepared readings, resources, asynchronous discussions, and experiential learning and somatic (or embodied) activities. In addition, fellows will write reflections in response to the each week's guiding questions.
Every Thursday during the five week workshop (July 8th - August 5th) we will meet via Zoom bringing together guest speakers and faculty fellows in roundtable discussions and panel presentations.
Week 1: Quakertown & Related History
In week one, we will begin by discussing introductory readings about the history of Quakertown and the larger Reconstruction and Jim Crow contexts that surrounded the community. The story of Quakertown began during Reconstruction when formerly enslaved African Americans settled their own self-supporting towns throughout the US South to establish social and economic independence from whites. The City of Denton forcibly removed families from Quakertown during the Jim Crow era when several other Black independent towns were also destroyed (i.e. Tulsa’s Black Greenwood) because of white hostility towards the political and economic advancements of African Americans post-slavery.
Week 1 Zoom Synchronous Meeting (Thursday July 8 12-2:00pm)
Moderators: Danielle Phillips-Cunningham & Gretchen Busl
Guest Speakers: Kim Cupit (Denton Office of Culture & History), Chelsea Stallings, Linnie McAdams, Diane Randolph, Monet Franklin
Week 2: Teaching Quakertown's History
After becoming familiar with Quakertown’s history, we will explore ways to teach it from interdisciplinary perspectives and with social justice aims. Specifically, the second week’s readings introduce us to social justice pedagogy in relation to race, space, and history.
Week 2 Zoom Synchronous Meeting (Thursday July 15th 12-2:00pm)
Moderator: Julie Libersat
Guest Speakers: Paula Lupkin (UNT Art History), Laura Douglas (Emily Fowler Library), Kate Landdeck (TWU History), Sashenka Lopez (Newton Rayzor Elementary), Todd Moye (UNT Oral History Program)
Week 3: Experiential & Place-based Learning
The third week will shape our discussions about how to develop experiential learning and arts-based activities such that Quakertown’s history comes alive for students in our courses.
Week 3 Zoom Synchronous Meeting (Thursday July 22 12-2:00pm)
Moderator: Gretchen Busl
Guest Speakers: Ashley Bender
Week 4: Experiential & Place-based Learning
Week 4: Arts based, Embodied Making & Learning
The fourth week of the workshop focuses on arts-based research and embodied ways of knowing and learning.
Week 4 Zoom Synchronous Meeting (Thursday July 29 12-2:00pm)
Moderator & Speaker: Julie Libersat & Sarah Gamblin
Guest Speakers: Carla Lyndale Carter-Bishop, Eboni Johnson
Week 5: Wrap Up
Our final workshop will be a peer review opportunity to share and discuss lesson plans and activity design.
Moderators: Danielle Phillips Cunningham & Gretchen Busl
*BONUS* Special Guest Speaker Andrea Roberts TBA
A discussion with Dr. Andrea Roberts, founder of the Texas Freedom Colonies Project. She will facilitate an interactive session with us about how to integrate historical research methods, the digital humanities, and local African American history into our classrooms.
Guest Speakers: Andrea Roberts