Building Bridges of Inclusion:
Creating Dynamic Learning Relationships
Troy Smith, Professor of Sociology, North Shore Community College, Danvers, MA
When: Wednesday October 20th, 1-2PM EDT
Where: Zoom
This presentation seeks to build meaningful dialogue between members of the digital archival community and adult learners. Some questions to be considered include: to what extent do individuals of color or other underrepresented groups identify with digitized historical collections? What can enable community members to be stakeholders in the archival process? What impact does this material have on the learning process of students? How have the dynamics of discussing and teaching about race changed over the years? How are students affected by the digital divide? Given the recent controversies such as critical race theory, the 1619 Project, and the confederate monuments, what are the conversations in the classroom? How might an archival-based curriculum serve as a part of the educational process?
“We can move forward as a society, when history can become a more inclusive bridge for common ground and understanding. As a result, we become more informed and empowered citizens.”
Troy Desmond Smith is a tenured Professor of Sociology in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at North Shore Community College. His courses at the college include The Sociology of Diversity, Introduction to Sociology, Criminology, and Martin & Malcolm: Advocates for Human Rights. He is very excited to announce the Honors Seminar for the spring 2022 semester that he and Yusef Hayes developed and will be co-teaching entitled I Am Hip-Hop: A Cultural, Artistic, and Social Movement from Kool Herc to Cardi B, from Marcus Garvey to Chuck D.
In previous years, he served as Coordinator and Instructor for the Youth Worker Program in the Division of Human Services. As the Core Professor in Human Services, one of his most meaningful courses was The Human Service Worker, a course focusing on personal empowerment that he taught for well over two decades. Professor Smith has served as an advisor to the African Club, and as a founder and advisor to the Civic Engagement/Anti-Violence Club at North Shore Community College.
Troy serves as Senior Instructor and as an Adjunct Instructor for both Cambridge College and at the Springfield College Boston Campus. His courses at these colleges include Introduction to Human Services, Family Interventions, The Dynamics of Power in Communities, Systems Theory in Families and Communities, Martin, Malcolm, and the Movement, Social Movement, and Social Transformation, Music and Empowerment, and Mass Incarceration. He had the honor of serving as Lead Instructor for the Moakley Public Speaking Summer Institute for 20 Boston area high school students each summer at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum from 2008-2014
Troy is the owner of Positive Vision Speaking & Consulting where he delivers presentations to profit and non-profit organizations. The mission of Positive Vision is to build community and facilitate personal empowerment. His diverse range of clients have included Gillette, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum, MCI-Concord Prison in Concord (Martin & Martin Lecture Series), Project Hope in Boston, and the College of Saint Elizabeth Educational Opportunity Fund Program in New Jersey.
Troy holds a bachelor's degree in Rhetoric from Bates College, an Ed.M. from Harvard University, and an M.A. degree in Sociology from the University of Michigan.
There is NO CHARGE for this event but pre-registration is required.
