How does the MRC connect with faculty and the curriculum at Oberlin?
Over the past five years, the MRC has expanded its role with formal classroom teaching. The Associate Dean of Academic Diversity and Director is also an Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences and has faculty appointments in three departments and programs. Three Community Coordinators collaboratively taught courses in Comparative American Studies (CAST), African American Studies (AAST), and the First Year Seminar Program in the past two years (2008-2010). The MRC and CAST co-sponsored a mini-course in Disability Studies, and in addition to annual programming the MRC collaborated with academic departments on the Race and Resistance Symposium (History and AAST) and the Geographies of Displacement Symposium (Creative Writing and Oberlin Shansi). MRC Staff also serve on and, in the case of the Director, chair a number of committees including the Committee on Equity and Diversity, Oberlin Shansi Board of Trustees, Association of Black Concerns, and the Oberlin Shansi Committee. M
