About CSCTW
About the CSCTW Website
Developed by the interdisciplinary University of Tennessee Leadership Studies Student Research Team, the CSCTW website went live in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the students’ occupation of the Montgomery Co. Courthouse dinner in pursuit of a just society. These students launched the 1960 Alabama State College student sit-ins in Montgomery, Alabama. These events led to precedent-setting court cases - Dixon v. Alabama State Board of Education, 294 F.2d 150 (5th Cir. 1961) and New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964).
About the History of the CSCTW Project
Dr. Karen D. Boyd and Dr. John W. Lowery began exploring the events surrounding the Dixon v. State of Alabama Board of Education (1961) lawsuit in preparation for its 50th anniversary in 2010. Dr. Boyd presented her findings in introducing Attorney Fred Gray, the counsel who filed the case for the expelled students, as the keynote for the Opening Session the 2010 Association for Student Conduct Administrators annual meeting. The Opening Session also included a 50th Anniversary panel with St. John Dixon, James McFadden, and Attorney Gray hosted by Tamara King (the 2010 ASCA president). The Opening Session was immediately followed by a closed door interview of the panel and a follow-up open panel discussion hosted by Dr. Lowery. Each of those sessions were recorded (The ASCA 2010 Tapes).
Since that beginning Dr. Boyd has continued to collect activist interviews and presentations, visit over 8 archives, and lead undergraduate and graduate student research teams to explore the leadership exhibited by and lived experiences of college students associated with the 1960s Civil Rights Movement for racial justice. Beginning in Fall 2018, Dr. Boyd (ELPS) and Professor Cary Staples (Design) launched the University of Tennessee Leadership Studies’ transdisciplinary research team working with graduate and undergraduate students in the Higher Educaiton Administration (Graduate), College Student Personnel (graduate), Leadership Studies Minor - Honors (Undergraduate), & Design programs (Undergraduate). The
Team Values, Vision, and Mission Statement of Commitment
governs our work.
About the Current CSCTW Reserach Team
This team is hosted within the University of Tennessee
Leadership Studies Minor as an Undergraduate Research Team
2020 - 2021
The current research team’s goal is to evolve the game from ARIS to a team-programmed web-based platform, which will allow for more flexible and inclusive game design and play. This team will complete the historical and design foundations needed to develop the next generation of this game. University of Tennessee SURGE Grant Funding and other undergradaute reserach funding support this team's work.
Project Leadership
Karen D. Boyd, PhD - Principal Investigator (Content)Cary Staples, MFA - Principal Investigator (Design)
James W. Kemp - Lead Graduate Researcher
Jordan Adams – Undergraduate Team Lead Researcher
Alabama Satate College Sit-in Activist Consultants
St. John DixonJames McFadden
Eleanor Moody-Shepherd, PhD
History
Taylor Jefferson - History Group Lead & History Undergraduate Research Work StudyJordan Adams – Eleanor Moody Shepherd Character Development
Amanda Ellis – St. John Dixon Character Development
Spencer Wood – James McFadden Character Development
Wesleigh Wright – Bernard Lee Character Development
Historical Game Design Resources
Wesleigh Wright – Design Group Lead & Game Locations MapMary Bennett – McFadden Auto Tour of Montgomery Interactive and Printed Map
Taylor Jefferson – Character Relationships Game Wireframe
Presley Nohm – Timeline Game Wireframe
Technology and Production
Khoa Dang - Technology and Production Group LeadPresley Nohm – Video and Audio Clips Internal Researcher Archivist
Destiny Smith – Scanned Documents and Newspaper Internal Researcher Archivist
Game Design
Michael Bloodsworth – Creative DirectorLearning Outcomes
Ridhwan Shakil - Learning Outcomes: Perspective and Empathy Group LeadAmelia Pi - Learning Outcomes: Perspective and Empathy Group Member
Emmanuel “Manny” Quezada - Learning Outcomes: Perspective and Empathy Group Member and application to the game scenarios