clusterluck: Documentary Screening + Panel Presentation

50 Hairpin Drive,Edwardsville IL 62025

02 February, 2023

Description

Long story short—Black faculty are a few in the academy, less than 6%. This documentary short, clusterluck, captures the intentionality of recruiting Black faculty to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; and explores the creation of an intentional community to support Black faculty toward thriving and experiencing joy at the institution. This film is a digital visualization of my research on Black faculty experiences in academe and encourages higher education leaders to reimagine recruitment and hiring practices necessary for diversification of the professoriate. I am hopeful this work shows the world what is possible for Black faculty when recruitment is done with care and intentionality.