Cultivating Genius and Joy in Education through Culturally and Historically Responsive Pedagogies

Announced on: Friday, Feb. 23, 2024

Cultivating Genius and Joy in Education through

Culturally and Historically Responsive Pedagogies

Dr. Gholdy Muhammad

Associate Professor of Literacy, Language and Culture

University of Illinois at Chicago

Tues, March 5th 5-6pm PST

Zoom Webinar Link Here

Watch Party in Butte 102 (arrive at 4:45 for free Pizza!)

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Description: In this talk, Dr. Gholdy Muhammad offers a unique, culturally, and historically responsive approach to cultivating genius and joy in education. This approach is essential for accelerating the growth of all students and uniquely youth of color, who have been traditionally underserved in learning standards, policies, and school practices. She will present her equity framework, called the HILL Model, to help educators develop students' histories, identities, literacies, and liberation. The HILL Model consists of five pursuits in teaching and learning: identity development, skill development, intellectual development, and joy.

Speaker Bio: Dr. Gholnecsar (Gholdy) Muhammad is an Associate Professor of Literacy, Language, and Culture . She studies Black historical excellence within educational communities with goals of reframing curriculum and instruction today. Dr. Muhammad brings expertise, having served as a middle school teacher, literacy specialist, school district administrator, and school board president. She is the author of the best-selling book Cultivating Genius: An Equity Model for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy. She also co-authored the book, Black girls' literacies: An Edited Volume, published by Routledge. Her Historically Responsive Literacy/Culturally & Historically Responsive Education Model has been adopted across U.S. school districts. Her newest book is Unearthing Joy: A Guide to Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning (Scholastic)

This talk is part of the 2023-2024 Antiracism Speaker Series, hosted by the School of Education and funded by a Student Learning Fee Award. For more information, contact Catherine Lemmi at calemmi@csuchico.edu . Event information can be found on the School of Education's website here.