Telling the Many Stories of Us
The Institute for Diversity and Civic Life was founded in 2015 to research, document, and foster public conversations about the rich diversity of Texas. IDCL has a mission to advance more inclusive public spaces through storytelling, research, and education. Our programs harness the power of stories to transform. We create platforms to amplify underrepresented voices, empower Texans to tell their stories on their own terms, and diversify the historical record. Our programs bridge academic and public conversations and cultivate conversations about belonging and recognition. IDCL’s narrative and storytelling initiatives include Religions Texas, a digital archive and oral history project to document the religious diversity of Texas, and the Migration Narratives Project, an initiative supporting community-based narrative projects that document and explore experiences of migration in Texas and contribute to the public understanding of immigration and refugee experiences. IDCL also develops resources and curriculum guides for navigating religious diversity and addressing discrimination in public spaces and schools as well as an online certificate training program in oral history for social change. Our programs expand civic imaginations and build bridges across differences.
Earn a Certificate in Oral History for Social Change
Each of the following courses are designed to stand on its own, but the courses are most comprehensive when completed together as part of the HUM 300 certificate program.
- In HUM 301 Introduction to Oral History, you will explore the origins of Oral History as a formal methodology and narrative research approach.
- In HUM 302 Oral History and Social Justice, you will investigate critical approaches for narrative driven social change and familiarize yourself with ethical frameworks for community-based oral histories.
- In HUM 303 Oral History Project Planning, you will review best practices for designing a new research project, including seeking consent, identifying and recruiting narrators, and pre-interview preparation.
- In HUM 304 Conducting Oral History Interviews, you will learn interviewing techniques, including listening and questioning styles, time management, and recording equipment.
- In HUM 305 Archiving and Curating Oral Histories, you will learn how to process, transcribe, and code transcripts. You will explore best practices for narrator follow-up, editing, and archiving. You will also identify engagement strategies for educating communities about your findings.
Earn a Certificate in Community-Based Scholarship
The HUM 400 certificate program in Community-Based Scholarship is comparable to a one-credit hour course for non-credit students. In total, this program will provide learners with an overview of five different roles that a scholar often fills over the course of a community-based project:
- Scholar as Bridge Builder: Explore how scholars can connect communities and institutions, building bridges between theory and everyday practices of knowledge production.
- Scholar as Activist: Interrogate the advantages and challenges of pursuing work committed to social change and identify frameworks for understanding the ethical commitments of this work.
- Scholar as Community Organizer: Learn about frameworks for developing rich relationships with your community and develop strategies to support community initiatives and goals.
- Scholar as Project Manager: Review best practices and explore tools to help you imagine, execute, and document your community-based project.
- Scholar as Storyteller: Think creatively about your project outputs and delve into collaborative options for telling the story of your community and their project.
Taken together, the lessons in this course provide learners with insight into a range of skills and approaches that often lay outside of the traditional role of a scholar. This training is geared toward learners who already have qualitative research training and seek guidance on extending their scholarship and methodologies to include rich and sustainable community partnerships. The stories, tools, and exercises presented in this certificate are provided to guide learners through exploring possible approaches. We hope that you will take what works for you and apply it to your own work.
Certificate Group Pricing
Purchase any of IDCL’s certificate programs in bulk to enjoy discounted pricing. Within five working days after the purchase, ReligionAndPublicLife.org will send the buyer unique scholarship codes for each user to apply when registering for the certificate program of their choice. Start a Live Chat or email support@religionandpubliclife.org if you have any questions or need technical assistance.
Users | Certificate Price | Discount | Total Cost | Savings! |
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1 | $ 280 | 0% | $ 280 | $ 0 |
5 | $ 1,400 | 5% | $ 1,330 | $ 70 |
10 | $ 2,800 | 10% | $ 2,520 | $ 280 |
15 | $ 4,200 | 15% | $ 3,570 | $ 630 |
20 | $ 5,600 | 20% | $ 4,480 | $ 1,120 |
Our Experts. Your Success.
Tiffany Puett, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Institute for Diversity and Civic Life
Elizabeth M. Melton, Ph.D.
Director of Public Engagement
Institute for Diversity and Civic Life
Eleonora Anedda, M.A.
Oral Historian and
Curriculum Development Specialist
Institute for Diversity and Civic Life
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