Shannon Carter

“Best Public Intellectual Special Issue” Award The Community Literacy Journal wins “Best Public Intellectual Special Issue” Award from the Council for Editors of Learned Journals at the Modern Language Association (MLA) annual convention in Chicago, January 11th. * Notes from the award  ceremony and judge’s remarks: According to the Council for Editors of Learned Journals, journal contestants in the “Best Public Intellectual Issue” Award category must reach out beyond academe, connect with a popular audience in terms of accessible language and attractive presentation, and seek to achieve the democratic mission of higher education. For the 2013 award, there is one winner — the Community Literacy Journal, edited and produced in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric & Discourse at DePaul University and the Department of English at the University of Arizona — and two runner-ups.  The special issue “Writing Democracy” was guest edited by Shannon Carter and Deborah Mutnick. The Co...

THREE ANTI-RACIST ACTIONS WHITE ACADEMICS CAN TAKE *THIS WEEK* “Three Anti-Racist Actions . . . “ is a joint venture with Dr. Kumari. This week, however,   I’m going it alone   (surprise, Ashanka!) because I want to (a) talk about “anti-racist actions white academics” can take to support academics of color, and (b) take an action. For the latter, I’d like to take up the “Advocacy Call” on behalf of international students she forwarded from nextGEN (please refer to her email below for details on that important project).     “Equality in the academy is directly tied to the preservation and creation of knowledge because the experiences of people of color enable them to ask important questions in scholarship.”   I don’t think I own the topic because I’m Black,” she says. “But I can see the connections very easily across history because I live in a Black body in the 21st century.” Without faculty of color, argues Matthew, universities imperil entire lines o...

From the amazing new "Anti-Racism Resources"

Posted to our faculty listserv June 15, 2020 (our first) THREE ANTI-RACIST ACTIONS WHITE ACADEMICS CAN TAKE *THIS WEEK*  “ In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.” –Angela Y. Davis.  Q: What, exactly, can white academics do to contribute to this fight for global human rights in this historic moment?  A: We can do what we always do as teachers and scholars : research, read, pay attention, and teach our white students to do the same. For a starter list, check out what’s happened to the top ten best seller lists over the last two weeks! https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/books/antiracism-books-race-racism.html ACTION ITEM-- Follow. Read. Listen. Don’t reply/speak. This is our time to listen.  #BlackInTheIvory .  Example: Just minutes after Ashanka turned me on this this, I (Shannon) found FIVE CONCRETE TIPS “ For academics (especially White academics, but this goes for everyone) reading #BlackintheIvory and...