Acknowledgments

UTA CARES Grant Program

Creation of this OER was funded by the UTA CARES Grant Program, which is sponsored by UTA Libraries. Under the auspices of UTA’s Coalition for Alternative Resources in Education for Students (CARES), the grant program supports educators interested in practicing open education through the adoption of OER and, when no suitable open resource is available, through the creation of new OER or the adoption of library-licensed or other free content.  Additionally, the program promotes innovation in teaching and learning through the exploration of open educational practices, such as collaborating with students to produce educational content of value to a wider community. Information about the grant program and funded projects is available online.

Author’s Note

We thank the UTA Libraries OER Department for supporting this project. Specifically, we thank Katie Willeford, Jessica McClean, Jasmine Bridges, and Hamsa Puttaswamy for their guidance, support, and assistance! We thank Dr. Mary Vaccaro, Dr. August Davis, Dr. Fletcher Coleman, and Professor Cheryl Mitchell in the UTA Art & Art History Department for their support and feedback on the development of this project. Thank you to the UTA Land Acknowledgement Task Force and Professor Darryl Lauster as well!

Lead Author/Editor/Project Manager

Dr. Leah McCurdy – Senior Lecturer, The University of Texas at Arlington

Contributing Authors, Illustrators, and Reviewers

• Victor Tsao – Undergraduate Student, University of Pennsylvania
• Marizela Garza – Undergraduate Student, The University of Texas at Arlington
• Emery Martinez-Blas – Undergraduate Student, The University of Texas at Arlington
• Maria Esswein – Graduate Student, The University of Texas at Arlington
• Mya Lewis – Curatorial Assistant, National Museum of African American Culture and History, Smithsonian Institution
• Jessica Khazem – Consultant, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington
• Allyson Frizzell – Undergraduate Student, The University of Texas at Arlington
• Emily Berkes – Graduate Student, University of Colorado, Boulder
• Vy Dang – Undergraduate Student, The University of Texas at Arlington
• Simona Cabella – Undergraduate Student, The University of Texas at Arlington
• Dr. Lina Jammal – Editor of Al-Markaz: Journal of Arabic Studies
• Dr. Fletcher Coleman – Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Arlington