Teaching Community College and Historically Underserved Students

Melissa Dennihy is Associate Professor of English and coordinator of Writing Across the Curriculum at Queensborough Community College, City University of New York, USA. Her research focuses on pedagogical practices in community college settings and online contexts. She has published widely in academic journals and books on topics including educational technology, culturally responsive pedagogy, and community college pedagogy. She is also a long-standing contributor to Inside Higher Ed, where her columns focus on pedagogy and service to the profession.Zivah Perel Katz is Professor of English at Queensborough Community College, City University of New York, USA. Her publications include Service-Learning at the American Community College (co-edited with Amy E. Traver), as well as articles on film, literature, and community college pedagogy. She has over 15 years of teaching experience at the community-college level, including ten years of teaching online and hybrid courses.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Pandemic Pedagogy: Developing Innovative, Inclusive, and Compassionate Pedagogies During a Global Health Crisis.- Part I: Creating Community and Fostering Engagement in Physical and Virtual Learning Spaces.- Chapter 2: Moving Forward: The Evolution of Ungrading, Dialogical Conferencing, and Collaboration in Writing Classrooms.- Chapter 3: Creating Safe Spaces for Engagement in Blended Classrooms Using Interactive Technologies.- Chapter 4: Cultivating Student Voices: Multimodal Composing in Community College Classrooms.- Chapter 5: Science Labs for Diverse Non-Major Community College Students: Equitable Strategies Developed During the COVID-19 Pandemic That Promote Student Engagement, Science Interest, and Science Identity.- Part II: Diversity, Inclusivity, and Equity in Online and Face-to-Face Modalities.- Chapter 6: More Than Words: Student Participation in Blended Courses.- Chapter 7: Living and Learning in Crip Time: Neurodiversity and Universal Design After COVID-19.- Chapter 8: Engaging the Black Box: Lessons from Remote Teaching That Foster More Inclusive Pedagogy.- Chapter 9: Access for All: Universal Design in Community College Classrooms.- Part III: Culturally Relevant and Compassionate Pedagogies.- Chapter 10: The Multi-Layered Crisis: Teaching the Pandemic, Police Violence, and Civil Unrest in Adult/Returning Classrooms on Chicago’s South Side.- Chapter 11: Harm Reduction Pedagogy: Developing a Pedagogy of Care During a Crisis.- Chapter 12: Grading In and Beyond the Time of COVID-19.- Chapter 13: Communities of Correspondence: Compassionate Peer Review in a Post-Pandemic World.- Chapter 14: Advancing Care in Our Classrooms: An Inquiry of Curriculum-Based Emotional Support and Its Efficacy in Community College Classroom Settings.- Chapter 15: Conclusion: Forging New Paths: Applying Lessons from the Pandemic Period.