The Equity Diversity and Inclusion Committee (EDIC) and the Professional Development in Composition Committee (PDC) of the English Department at WSU invite you to the second workshop of the EDIC-PDC Workshop Series 2024–25.
The workshop will be held on Zoom on Wednesday, Sept. 25, from 12:10–1:30 p.m.
Title: “An Interpretive Framework for Community-based Teaching and Research”
Abstract: Between 2009–19, Anna Plemons was a guest teaching artist at New Folsom Prison in California. During that time Plemons finished her PhD and grappled with how to do community-based work that was respectful, reciprocal, and relational while also conducting research. This interactive session pairs storytelling from that teaching experience with a discussion of the five-part interpretive framework for community-based teaching and research that Plemons used to find her way through that work. Participants will have an opportunity to contextualize the five framework elements (decolonial intention and ethics, researcher preparation, community accountability, reciprocal/community benefits, and knowledge gathering/meaning making) within their own teaching and research contexts.
Bio: Anna Plemons is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs and system Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion officer at Washington State University Tri-Cities. She is also a tenured faculty member in the Digital Technology and Culture department.
