Ways of Being: The Black Experience on the UC Irvine Campus documentary, 2015

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Ways of Being: The Black Experience on the UC Irvine Campus (cc)

Summary

Creators:

University of California, Irvine. Office of the Vice Provost, Teaching and Learning and Gross, Daniel M.

Abstract:

This collection consists of one digital file containing a documentary entitled Ways of Being: The Black Experience on the UC Irvine Campus (2015). The documentary is directed and produced by Carla Wilson, in association with the University of California, Irvine's Advisory Council on Campus Climate, Culture, and Inclusion. Ways of Being: The Black Experience on the UC Irvine Campus focuses on institutional and cultural shortcomings at UC Irvine impacting Black students spanning from the 1990s through 2014.

Extent:

3.23 Gigabytes (1 digital file)

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

Ways of Being: The Black Experience on the UC Irvine Campus documentary. AS-239. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. [Date accessed].

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Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a digital file containing the documentary entitled Ways of Being: The Black Experience on the UC Irvine Campus (2015). The documentary is directed and produced by Carla Wilson, in association with the University of California, Irvine's Advisory Council on Campus Climate, Culture, and Inclusion.The documentary discusses structural and cultural shortcomings at University of California, Irvine (UCI) negatively impacting Black students from the 1990s through 2014. It also includes constructive reflections by Black UCI members of faculty, and administration about how UCI has responded to cultural differences between Black students and the rest of the UCI student body, including other students of color. They assert that while not perfect, UCI strives to ensure Black students are supported and empowered to succeed throughout their academic careers and beyond.

The following UC Irvine students, faculty, and administrators were featured in this documentary film, in order of first appearance:

Tamara Austin, Office of Student Affairs
Frank Wilderson, African American Studies, and Drama Faculty
Mia Ogundipe-Tillman, Senior student; Co-chair of the Black Student Union
Douglas Haynes, Vice Provost for Academic Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Nicole Mitchell, Music Department Faculty
Thomas Parham, Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs
Jordan Bentley, Freshman student
Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, African American Studies Faculty

Faculty consultants for this documentary film, in alphebetic order include:

Daniel M. Gross, English Department
Douglas Haynes, History Department
Jared Sexton, African American Studies
Frank Wilderson, African American Studies, and Drama Department

Biographical / historical:

The Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning (OVPTL) was founded in 2019 to promote "students' academic and future success through campus and community partnerships" (Dennin, 2022). OVPTL accomplishes this mission through three major divisions: Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE), Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation (DTEI), and the Division of Summer Session (OVPTL, 2021). The Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) is committed to support and enrich the academic experiences of undergraduate students so they succeed and thrive (DUE, n.d.). The Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation (DTEI) strives towards creating community with faculty, graduate students, and postdocs to improve students' academic success through inclusive excellence (DTEI, 2024). The Division of Summer Session offers hundreds of courses, many online or interdisciplinary, that give students the opportunity to make up classes or advance through their degree programs more efficiently (Dennin, 2022).

Acquisition information:

Transfered by Daniel Gross and Carla Wilson via Vimeo, 2023.

Processing information:

Digital materials processed by Frank J. López-Huerta in 2024.

Arrangement:

The original order of the digital materials has been retained without any intervention by processing staff. Please see Other Finding Aids note for a directory list and complete inventory of all available files.

Physical description:

Material is in good condition.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: African American college students -- California -- Irvine -- 21st century
African American college students -- California -- Irvine -- 20th century.
Documentary films
Born digital
Names:: University of California, Irvine
Gross, Daniel M.

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