{"id":24224,"date":"2023-12-27T19:03:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T00:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/?page_id=24224"},"modified":"2024-02-02T11:14:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T16:14:30","slug":"data-driven-persona-adesina","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/data-driven-persona-adesina\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Driven Persona &#8211; Adesina"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_f0ce9b-fb12, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_f0ce9b-fb12[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_f0ce9b-fb12\"]{text-align:center;font-size:40px;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-family:'EB Garamond';color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_f0ce9b-fb12 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_f0ce9b-fb12[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_f0ce9b-fb12\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_f0ce9b-fb12 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_f0ce9b-fb12[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_f0ce9b-fb12\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_f0ce9b-fb12 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_f0ce9b-fb12\">Meet Ad\u00e9\u1e63\u00edn\u00e0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This persona is a fictional profile of a UMaine student. 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Students&#8217;<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"kt-btn-wrap kt-btn-wrap-1\"><a class=\"kt-button button kt-btn-1-action kt-btn-size-standard kt-btn-style-basic kt-btn-svg-show-always kt-btn-has-text-true kt-btn-has-svg-false\" href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/data-driven-persona-billie\/\" style=\"border-radius:0px\"><span class=\"kt-btn-inner-text\">Go to the next data-driven student persona<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_291aa3-5b > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(#kt-layout-id_291aa3-5b > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}#kt-layout-id_291aa3-5b > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1250px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-top:var( --global-kb-row-default-top, 25px );padding-bottom:var( --global-kb-row-default-bottom, 25px );padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 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width=\"434\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/266\/2024\/01\/Adesina_867w-434x650.jpg\" alt=\"3\/4 portrait of a young dark skinned woman wearing a black turban with gold motifs, a blue top with short sleeves and a red necklace and bracelet set, smiling at the camera while holding a saxophone, ready to perform.\" class=\"wp-image-24325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/266\/2024\/01\/Adesina_867w-434x650.jpg 434w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/266\/2024\/01\/Adesina_867w-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/266\/2024\/01\/Adesina_867w-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/266\/2024\/01\/Adesina_867w-93x140.jpg 93w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/266\/2024\/01\/Adesina_867w-317x475.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/266\/2024\/01\/Adesina_867w-423x634.jpg 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accent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Languages spoken:<\/strong> Yoruba, Hausa, English, Russian<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: Orono, ME<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where is home?<\/strong>&nbsp;Ibadan, Nigeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pronouns<\/strong>: She\/her<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Accessibility accommodations<\/strong>: None<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_40423f-a1 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(#kt-layout-id_40423f-a1 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}#kt-layout-id_40423f-a1 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var( --global-kb-row-default-top, 25px );padding-bottom:var( --global-kb-row-default-bottom, 25px );padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}#kt-layout-id_40423f-a1 > 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class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>Ad\u00e9\u1e63\u00edn\u00e0 was born and raised in Nigeria. Her older sister is finishing her Ph.D. in electrical engineering in Moscow, Russia, and her a younger brother is in elementary school in Nigeria. She is a proficient saxophonist and she traveled many times with her ensemble during her undergraduate studies. Ad\u00e9\u1e63\u00edn\u00e0 is excited about her first year at UMaine. She has some experience teaching, but not at the college level, so running her own lab section is still very new to her.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-15 kt-pane_fffa31-fa\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\"><strong>What are her frustrations so far? <\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>&#8220;I am fully fluent in English. It is the official language of Nigeria after all\u2026 but my students make a big deal of my accent and act as if I was not competent enough to be a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA). This is both frustrating and demoralizing, and I don\u2019t know how to go about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The hierarchy is not very clear here. I can tell that I am more formal in my exchanges with professors than some of my peers. It is hard to navigate.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Some of my students made fun of what I was wearing the other day. I just thought this sweater was nice, but apparently people only wear these colors for the holidays? The whole class laughed and I don&#8217;t know what to say to these remarks. It&#8217;s like they are trying to find anything to discredit me and it hurts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-16 kt-pane_9f1de1-ed\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\"><strong>Five teaching strategies focused on digital equity that will help Ad\u00e9\u1e63\u00edn\u00e0 succeed:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Given that many students at UMaine are not used to hearing people speak English with an accent other than an American accent, here are two suggestions to help students learn to understand your accent. The first suggestion would be to use a microphone in the classroom and make sure to face the students when speaking. If a student is using automatic captioning as part of their accommodation, or if you are on Zoom, this will help with the quality of the captions. The second suggestions would be to record videos to be posted in the course with corrected captions to introduce yourself, the assignments, the lecture topics, the work for the week, etc, and communicate to the students that you have made these resources available to them so they can learn your accent faster. <\/li><li>Use templates for important emails, so communication is less of a barrier between students and instructors and between instructors and mentors. This can be communicated through the syllabus or informally between mentor and mentee.<\/li><li>Prior to teaching a class, review your syllabus with a mentor, colleague, or instructional designer at CITL to ensure that everything is clear, free of jargon, and US centric as far as class management goes.<\/li><li>Get familiar with the <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/homepage\/instructional-resources\/\">instructional resources CITL has to offer<\/a> and discuss the specificities of teaching in a US and in a UMaine classroom. You can use our <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/homepage\/instructional-resources\/accessibility-in-classrooms\/meet-your-students\/\">Meet Your Students page<\/a> as a way to start this conversation.<\/li><li>Find a community of peer within or outside the department to break the isolation. <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/programs\/\">CITL offers programming<\/a> for graduate students, the <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/graduate\/apply\/\">Graduate School<\/a> as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/gsg\/\">Graduate Student Government<\/a> also offer opportunities for graduate students to get together.<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-17 kt-pane_61144e-7a\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\"><strong>What has helped Ad\u00e9\u1e63\u00edn\u00e0 feel included in the UMaine community?<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>\u201cEvents organized by the Office of International Programs to help new international students navigate life in the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWeekly check-ins with the instructor for whom I teach the lab section to discuss the content for the next class and lab but also whatever else is going on in the classroom, as well as classroom culture in the U.S., and more specifically at UMaine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTraining programs organized by CITL for graduate teaching assistant where I can meet other GTAs from different departments.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-18 kt-pane_965209-1e\"><div 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the Office of International Programs,&nbsp;to learn more around immigration identities and statuses<\/li><li>Explore resources and training sessions offered by CITL by visiting the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/programs\/\">Events and Programs section<\/a>&nbsp;of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fumaine.edu%2Fcitl%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AOvVaw3GYTdfaPFhkbvf-WmSOgC6\">CITL website<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_412afe-3d > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(#kt-layout-id_412afe-3d > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}#kt-layout-id_412afe-3d > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var( --global-kb-row-default-top, 25px );padding-bottom:var( --global-kb-row-default-bottom, 25px );padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 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