Open AccessAntiracist and Faith-based: Critical Pedagogy-Informed Writing and Information Literacy Instruction at a Hispanic-Serving, Lutheran Liberal Arts University
Author(s) -
Jolivette Mecenas,
Yvonne Wilber,
Meghan Kwast
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
radical teacher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1941-0832
pISSN - 0191-4847
DOI - 10.5195/rt.2021.901
Subject(s) - liberal arts education , racism , sociology , curriculum , faith , pedagogy , equity (law) , literacy , inclusion (mineral) , social justice , the arts , information literacy , critical pedagogy , critical literacy , higher education , gender studies , political science , social science , theology , law , philosophy
English faculty and librarians at a Hispanic-Serving Lutheran liberal arts university collaborated to integrate critical information literacy in a first-year writing course, following the Lutheran educational tradition of valuing inquiry and aligning with a faith-based social justice mission. The authors discuss an Evangelical Lutheran tradition of education committed to antiracism, and the challenges of enacting these values of equity and inclusion while addressing institutional racism. The authors also describe how curricular revisions in writing and information literacy instruction informed by critical pedagogy decentered whiteness in the curriculum, while creating needed opportunities for students and faculty to engage in cross-racial dialogue about systemic racism.