3:00–4:00 pm
Gordon Center for Integrative Science, room W301/W303
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has announced its most recent competition to select new appointees for its Hanna H. Gray Fellows program. The program seeks to improve diversity in the professoriate by supporting fellows who are underrepresented in science. Fellows receive generous support through postdoctoral training and during the early period of their first research faculty position. If you would like to learn more about applying for the program, or about being a faculty mentor for this program, please attend this seminar with Dr. Dennis McKearin, a Senior Scientific Officer with HHMI.
9:30–10:30 am
Billings J-103
Part of the BSD's Thinking Inclusion series, Confronting Microaggressions will introduce the concept of microaggressions in order to help you reflect on your own behavior and address instances in which you may feel harmed.
3:00–5:00 pm
Wieboldt Hall, Room 310 D/E
This workshop provides practical approaches to help people learn from and appreciate each other’s differences.
2:00–4:30 pm
Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality
Enjoy homemade cookies and hot drinks at a joint study break sponsored by the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture.
12:30–2:00 pm
Foster Hall, Room 110
This workshop with guest faculty Miguel Valerio, Assistant Professor of Spanish at Washington University in Saint Louis, will focus on the topic "Visualizing Afro-Creole Performance and Dance in Colonial Latin America." Lunch will be provided.
11:00 am–12:30 pm
William Eckhardt Research Center, Room 201B
Learn about best practices in faculty search in this interactive, 90-minute workshop.
5:00–7:00 pm
Center for Identity + Inclusion Community Lounge
Take a study break and enjoy an evening of fun and relaxing activities.
3:30–5:00 pm
Wieboldt Hall, Room 310 D/E
The Inclusive Pedagogy Reading Group welcomes faculty, instructional professors, postdocs, and graduate students to come explore topics around inclusion, teaching, and learning. This open group will discuss Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom.
11:30 am–1:00 pm
William Eckhardt Research Center, Room 201B
Learn about best practices in faculty search in this interactive, 90-minute workshop.
12:30–1:50 pm
Social Sciences Research Building, Tea Room, #201
Join Frank Dobbin, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University, for this discussion: "Do Faculty Diversity Programs Work? Evidence from 600 Schools, 1993 - 2015."