By Frederick W. Gooding The 2020 Academy Awards feature merely one single nomination of a Black actor. Hmmm. This year’s slate of Oscar nominations simply read like the eight or…
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by Gabby Sumney At an informal gathering of faculty and staff of color, a staff member whose focus is Inclusion and Equity asked the faculty present how we handle…
by Augusta Palmer Five years ago, I co-founded the St. Francis College Women’s Film Festival. Co-founder Magaly Colimon-Christopher and I wanted to create a place for our female students to…
by Kathryn Voorneveld Before starting at Florida State University, Stevenson Guerrier dealt with hardships and barriers that could have stopped him from coming to college. With the death of his…
by Augusta Palmer Increasingly, Offices of Accessibility and Accommodations and Centers for Academic Enhancement have much to offer teachers and students in media production. Moreover, new models of teaching and…
by Kathryn Voorneveld “Have any of you seen the show Grey’s Anatomy? There’s an amazing example of realizing white privilege and fragility in one episode,” says my professor. “I have…
by Caitlin Horsmon In the EDIT 10: Best Practices, cultivating crew by “encouraging collaboration and cooperation over auteurism and competition” is the second tenet of inclusive teaching. Every artist knows…
by Kate Raney Linked resource: Building Best Friends: An Exercise in Animated Character Design “Character Matters,” Point 5 in the EDIT 10: Best Practices for Inclusive Teaching in Media Production,…
by Ruth Goldman Linked resource: Hegemonic Cinematography Exercise Those of us who teach lighting know that skin tone greatly affects lighting choices. And those of us who have been teaching media…
Linked resource: Facilitating Inclusive Critique Sessions Imagine you’re facilitating a class discussion and each time you ask the group to chime in, the same three students raise their hands. Of…
