This FLC will support faculty seeking to increase their understanding of Indigenous research methods (IRMs) and ways of knowing, and how to integrate IRMs into their teaching of research methods.
Across two semesters, we will discuss key texts in IRMs and collaboratively workshop participants’ syllabi and/or assignments to generate shared knowledge about how to bring IRMs into the classroom at Mason. By the end of the year, we will have generated a “best practices” document and resource list for faculty looking to incorporate IRMs in their teaching.
In the long term, we hope to work with faculty to integrate IRMs into curricula across the university, and increase awareness of and facility with IRMs and Indigenous ways of knowing across both the faculty and the student body. We will be working in conversation with Mason’s anti-racist pedagogy endeavors, cultivating a global mindset in students and staff, and foregrounding innovative pedagogical approaches.
To participate
Jessica Hurley (jhurle@gmu.edu) and Sylvia Schreiner (sschrei2@gmu.edu), Department of English, are the leaders of this FLC. Please email both leaders if you have questions or would like to join. Meetings will be held four times per semester and may be in person or virtual depending on participants’ preferences, schedules, and locations. We also plan to make hybrid synchronous/asynchronous participation possible for meetings that participants are unable to attend.
August 14, 2022