Workshops Facilitated
with Tamara Hache (2021-2022) and Dominic T. Walker (2022-2023)
Pedagogies of Race and Oppression Learning Community [website]
- Planned and delivered a series of workshops on anti-oppressive, anti-racist pedagogy for Columbia University doctoral students. Sponsored by the Centre for Teaching & Learning and the Office for Academic Diversity & Inclusion of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.
- Workshops (co)taught
- What is Difficult Knowledge?
- Instructors and Positionality
- The Agency of Instructors
- Pedagogy on Unceded Land
Workshops Organized
With Dominic T. Walker
“Teaching the Canon Critically: Paths Forward for Anti-Oppressive Classrooms” by Dr. Elena FitzPatrick Sifford, at Columbia University, March 24, 2023.
- Secured funding and organized all aspects of Dr. FitzPatrick Sifford’s workshops, delivered to an audience of graduate instructors, faculty members, and adminitrators at the university.
- Link to event poster
Mentorship
Course Supervisor: Concordia University
In the Summers of 2021 and 2023, I supervised and mentored one doctoral student and one master’s candidate as teaching assistants for my lecture courses, helping them develop their pedagogical skills. I developed grading rubrics, invited them to engage with students during in-class group work or office hours, assigned them supervisory tasks during a museum visit, walked them through difficult situations with students, discussed my pedagogical strategies, and provided feedback on their grading.
Faculty Mentor: Connect Concordia Mentorship Program
In the Summer of 2023, I volunteered my time and mentored an undergraduate student from an equity-deserving group as part of the University’s efforts to foster student professionalization. We discussed navigating academic and professional circles as migrants from Latin America in Canada and I connected them to my professional network (artists, graduate students, and faculty members).
Student Advising
Coordinator for Academic Advising, School of General Studies at Columbia University
During the academic year 2022-2023, I completed a Fellowship in Academic Administration in the Dean of Students Office of Columbia’s School of General Studies. In this role, I reviewed the transcripts of incoming transfer students and selected courses for approval in line with established protocols. I also attended a “Grad School Application Bootcamp” and led a one-hour workshop for students on the Statement of Purpose component.
I also worked with the Academic Resource Centre and met with the language tutors to discuss learning strategies and teaching pedagogies with a particular focus on a nontraditional student experience. We discussed the use of authentic materials, the use of inclusive language, and how to support students who encounter micro-aggressions, to lead more effective tutoring sessions. I received the following feedback about these sessions:
“Daniel’s role as an instructor of language courses at Columbia was a particularly helpful perspective to give our student staff additional support in leading effective tutoring sessions. It was an amazing professional development opportunity for myself and for my student staff that I could not have done without Daniel.”
— Liz Hernández, Assistant Director of Academic and Learning Initiatives