Digital Counter-Storying Faculty Learning Community
Through a partnership with Adobe, 91ΑΤΖζ has instituted the Digital Counter-Storytelling Faculty Learning Community (FLC). βCounter-storytellingβ is a technique that elevates marginalized voices to disrupt mainstream narratives about historically underserved communities. Assignments that invite counter-storytelling enable students to connect their lived experiences to course content and learn how to record and share those stories with others.
Faculty who have participated in this FLC have expanded 91ΑΤΖζβs institutional capacity
to create classroom environments where students feel belongingness and that their
stories matter, leading to increased academic engagement and success and an enhanced
ability to bring to the workplace their full selves in any career path. The Spring
2023 Showcase invited our campus community to celebrate the
Taking place every semester, the seminar forges communal relationships and harnesses
the creativity of Adobe applications, empowering educators to acquire new skills essential
for centering student assets, needs, and imaginaries. Facilitated through collective
and collaborative pedagogy, faculty members hone their proficiency with Adobe tools
and also discover ways to work together to integrate multimedia elements into their
teaching materials.
The FLC has been led by Dr. Jonathan D. Gomez, Assistant Professor of Chicana/o Studies
and Faculty in Residence for HSI Initiatives. Dr. Gomez also co-developed the , which was inspired by and based upon foundational elements of his FLC model.
To date, nearly 50 faculty members have participated in this learning community, collectively
impacting over 4,000 students through their assignments in their courses.
