The Daily Bulletin

I welcome applications for a 2024–2025 cohort focused on social justice. This interdisciplinary faculty development group, in partnership with the Teaching and Learning Center, will work together to integrate social justice across the Buffalo State curriculum. A background in social justice is not needed to participate in this cohort.

Led by Ruth Goldman, associate professor of communication, the cohort will spend the fall working as a community of practice and exploring larger systems and social structures that define our lived experiences and the ways they create and sustain dynamics of power, privilege, oppression, and opportunity both inside and outside our classrooms. In the spring, the cohort will apply lessons learned and collaborate on developing university-wide, area-specific resources for integrating social justice into pedagogy.

I encourage applications from full- and part-time faculty members and teaching staff from across the campus and the disciplines. Because of grant funding secured through SUNY and the Buffalo State Provost’s Office, accepted applicants will receive a stipend, pending completion of work modules.

The cohort will launch mid-September and will meet from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. on four Fridays during the fall semester (dates TBD). In January, a weeklong on-campus retreat will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily (with lunch provided). The spring 2025 schedule will follow a similar pattern, with the dates and times to be determined. The cohort will work together for a final week in late May to revise, complete, and roll out resources. The expectation is that participants will commit to the full slate of sessions in 2024–2025.

Interested participants are encouraged to complete the online application by Wednesday, August 21.

Please email Dr. Goldman with questions.