Department of Visual Studies

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Last Updated:

August 28, 2024

Pertinent Recommendations:

A.2 , A.3 , A.4

Status Legend

  • Planning
  • In Progress
  • Ongoing
  • Completed

Recommendations and Activities:

A2

2024 Update

  • Coordinated a 2021 student survey on experiences of racism, continuing to learn from the results now.

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2022 Update

  • Coordinated a survey in 2021 to invite student perspectives on experiences of racism in the department.

A3/A4

2024 Updates

  • Continued to send personalized letters to art teachers and students at public high schools, which promote inclusive recruitment events and anti-racism in visual studies.

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2022 Updates

  • Continuing to send personalized letters to art teachers and students at public high schools, which promote inclusive recruitment events and tell an anti-racist story about this department.

A3/A4

2024 Updates

  • Revised student-facing recruitment content, including websites and brochures, to emphasize the global scope of our programs and promote artistic representation beyond white and Eurocentric traditions.

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2022 Updates

  • Revising student-facing content to emphasize the inclusiveness and global scope of DVS programs and to promote artistic representation beyond white and Eurocentric traditions.

Other Efforts:

Created program to fund innovative teaching

2024 Update

  • Created, and continue to run, a program to fund innovative teaching addressing racism in visual studies. 

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2022 Update

  • Created program to fund innovative teaching focused on confronting racism in visual studies.

Continue to prioritize hiring instructors

2024 Update

  • Prioritized hiring instructors to teach courses about Black art. 
  • Continued to offer our revised foundations course on art history with a global focus, including topics dedicated to African art and Black artists. 

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2022 Update

  • Continue to prioritize hiring instructors to teach courses about Black visual cultures; changed our foundational course on art history to adopt a global focus, including topics dedicated to African art and Black artists.