The Hate U Give "F" Us All: "Race" and Racism in Student Evaluation of Teaching

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

We as Black faculty, faculty of color and white allies accept educational responsibility by invoking hip hop and pop culture as we share our experiences with student evaluations of our teaching, particularly at predominantly white institutions. The session will offer insight into how the influence of “race” and racism renders SETs invalid and unreliable as equitable determinants of tenure and promotion decisions. Session will also explore theoretical and practical ways to challenge institutional reliance on an overtly simplistic metric that falsely claims to gauge excellence and effectiveness in teaching and learning of various curriculum, broadly understood. Empirically, BIPOC faculty at PWIs receive lower SET ratings than white faculty, which negatively impacts their career success in the academy.

Sub Unit

• Division B - Curriculum Studies / Division B - Section 4: Policies and the Politics of Curriculum

Chair

• Donyell Lakishka Roseboro, University of North Carolina - Wilmington

Papers

• Their Voices Must Be Heard: Implications of Race and Racism in Student Evaluation of Teaching - LaVada Taylor, Purdue Univeristy Northwest

• The Paradox: Wonderful Evals in the Face of Teaching Antiracism and Multicultural Education - Ramon Vasquez, SUNY - College at New Paltz

• Keeping It 100: Speaking Black Truth to White Power - Jonathan Lightfoot, Hofstra University

• Desuperhumanizing Whiteness - Björn Freter, Independent Scholar

• The New Negroes: Black Faculty on Essence, Identity, and Artifacts of Professional Socialization - Ashley N. Woodson, Albion College

• Journey to Critical Whiteness in Higher Education - Yvette Freter, Tennessee Technological University