Invitation: Collaborate on a published volume (curriculum design from a decolonial perspective)

[Jill McSweeney-Flaherty]

Greetings, Colleagues in Teaching and Learning!

We are excited to offer an opportunity to collaborate on a published volume on curriculum design and implementation from a decolonial perspective, highlighting current praxis, application, and examples. Working with a top publisher in the field of teaching and learning, this volume would be for higher education teachers, scholars, higher education leaders, faculty developers, and other administrators who are looking to learn more about curriculum design, implementation, and assessment and engage with current work that underscores the practical applications of decolonizing curricula. Decolonizing in this context is largely defined through a western context, but we invite explorations, comparisons, and critiques of the impacts of colonization on systems and environments within higher education globally.

We are organizing the volume through the lens of the SoTL 4M framework (Frake-Mistak, Friberg, & Hamilton, 2023; Simmons, 2020), and we are inviting the community to submit interest in collaborating on chapters that share examples and work across various contexts (institutional, disciplinary, geographical) at each level (i.e., mega, maco, meso, micro). This volume focuses on moving from the philosophical and conceptual to the practical, with chapters expected to have tangible artifacts readers can utilize in their teaching, learning, leadership, and faculty development practice. We wish to decolonize this process (as much as possible) by welcoming chapters that are original research, reflective and narrative, creative and artistic, or other forms that represent diverse forms of knowledge sharing.

Expected Timeline:

• Expressed interest and chapter proposals submitted to the co-editors by January 1, 2026.

• Invited authors notified by early February 2026.

• Book outline submitted by the co-editors to the publisher by late February 2026.

• Next steps from co-editors to chapter authors in early to mid-2026.

Next Steps:

If you have a chapter idea for inclusion in this volume, please submit the following to the co-editors by January 1, 2026:

• Sample chapter title.

• 200-word sample abstract for the chapter, including reference to relevant literature, research, and/or theories that might be covered in the chapter.

• Description of the types of tangible artifacts/pedagogical tools (e.g., reflection questions, activities, etc.) that might be included with your chapter.

• Indication of the level (i.e., mega, maco, meso, micro) your chapter will address and a brief rationale for why you feel this is the appropriate lens for your work. 

• Names and brief biographies of chapter authors/co-authors, including authors’ current institutions and professional titles.

• Authors’ contact emails for book-related communications.

Questions and chapter proposals may be directed to co-editors Dr. Jennifer Stephens (jstep...@elon.edu) and Dr. Jill McSweeney (jmcsw...@elon.edu).