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AY 24-25 Working Groups

SRMP’s focus is shifting in 2024 to academic endeavors – to be reflected in forthcoming curricular,  co-curricular, scholarly and public history-oriented engagements. To orient this shift, SRMP is reorganizing its commitment to a new charge by organizing our efforts into 5 new working groups. Please follow this link for more information.  

Charge: The Steering Committee is primarily responsible for setting the curricular course of the SRMP. Furthermore, the steering committee oversees SRMP’s alignment with the University’s Strategic Framework and its 3 Goals. In order to build clarity around “setting the curricular course” and aligning with the Strategic Framework the steering committee will accomplish its charge by organizing their work across a series of working groups.

  1. There will be 5 working groups 
  2. Each group will have 3 members (some members can serve on more than one group)
  3. Each group should meet 2 times per term
  4. By the end of the year each group will have outlined
    • Objectives for each group
    • Outcomes
    • Material needed to achieve outcomes 
    • Timeline 
Working Group 1 AY24-25 Update
Working Group 2 AY24-25 Update (Forthcoming)
Working Group 3 AY24-25 Update
Working Group 4 AY24-25 Update
Working Group 5 AY 24-25 Update

Current Working Groups

  WG 1: Strategic Framework Alignment (Staffed by Sean McClure)

  • Charge: Report how SRMP could align more explicitly with the University’s Strategic Framework 3 Themes 

    Working Group Members
    Rais Rahman*
    Brenda Latham-Sadler
    Keenon Mann
    Nathan Fleming
    Stacie Petter

    WG 2: To Stand With and For Humanity-Vol. 2 and Beyond (Staffed by Sean McClure)
  • Charge: Discuss the pros/cons of continuing the series as originally intended
    Develop a broad outline for the next volumes in the history series, suggesting essayists for volumes if the decision is to move forward

    Working Group Members
    Joseph Soares
    Keenon Mann
    Michele Gillespie
    Terry Brock
    Corey D. B. Walker*
    Lisa Blee

    WG 3: SRMP Course & Research Inventory (Staffed by Ritt Culbreth)
  • Charge: Map and share existing courses that support the SRMP mission, while identifying gaps, needs, and new directions across academic units

    Working Group 
    Sarah Soleim
    Tanya Zanish-Belcher*
    Sherri Lawson Clark
    Dani Parker-Moore
    Kim McAllister

    WG 4: SRMP Public Programming (Staffed by Sean McClure) 
  • Charge: Develop 2 public programs (one fall; one spring), including a deployment plan, to share with SC

    Working Group Members
    Claire Crawford
    Gregory Parks
    José Villalba*


    WG 5: Universities Studying Slavery Reengagement (Staffed by Eliese Ashline)
  • Charge: Develop a plan for proposal generation, participation and engagement, including possible leadership within USS

    Name 
    Eric Watts
    Joseph Soares 
    José Villalba 
    Sean McClure*