Race, ethnicity, unconscious bias and inclusion education
We’ve launched – or are working toward launching – sustained, pervasive education around issues of race, ethnicity, unconscious bias and inclusion required for everyone in engineering – students, faculty and staff.
Five community teams developed proposals to bring DEI education and awareness, with an initial focus on race and ethnicity, to all persons in the CoE community:
- Undergraduate students
- Content on identity, systemic anti-black racism, and other forms of exclusion in the context of STEM and engineering design will be integrated into the existing curriculum where appropriate, and a new required course will be developed that will examine historical context and societal impact, particularly with regard to STEM practice.
- Graduate students and postdocs
- Expanded professional development opportunities that include education and skills development on race, ethnicity, and other DEI topics to prepare participants for their professional environments.
- Faculty
- Establish and maintain a continuing education program for all College of Engineering faculty on racial equity, inclusive teaching, and broader DEI issues.
- Staff
- Create a professional development system for staff focused on anti-racism; ethnicity issues; social justice; and communication skills needed to develop and maintain an equitable, diverse and inclusive environment.
- Our community at large
- Change it Up to Stop Anti-Black Racism bystander intervention workshop will help participants develop skills to create an environment that rejects anti-black racism
Feedback and data from pilot programs run throughout the 2020-21 academic year informed the plans developed by the DEI Implementation Committee in collaboration with the Dean’s Office and coordinated teams.
Community Teams
Faculty Community Team
- Carol Lagemann
- Cynthia Finelli
- Herek Clack
- Heidi Sherick
- Kathleen D. Klinich
- Kathleen Sevener
- Lisa Campbell
- Mark Moldwin
- Nicole Heffernan
- Chinedum Okwudire
- Pauline Khan
- Ken Powell
- Sara Pozzi
- Tershia Pinder-Grover (co-chair)
- Michael Wellman (co-chair)
- Rose Moya (project manager)
- Atisha Vaughan-Shaw (business analyst)
- Bradley Whitehouse (communications)
Materials for engagement: Lyonel Milton, Akesha Moore
Staff Community Team
- Chanda Doxie
- Edward Brock
- Elizabeth Fisher
- Heather Guenther
- John Rodriquez
- Kelly Cormier
- Kyle Oberle
- Thomas Knox
- Paula Vinales-Bowman
- Deborah Mero (co-chair)
- Heidi Sherick (co-chair)
- Rose Moya (project manager)
- Atisha Vaughan-Shaw (business analyst)
- Zachary Robertson (communications)
Undergraduate Community Team
- Ashli Wilson
- Alison Bailey
- Emmett Springer
- Karl Grosh
- Harsh Jhaveri
- Kathleen Sevener
- Lyonel Milton
- Mark Moldwin
- Ravynne Jenkins
- Karen Revill
- Kate McAlpine
- Sabrina Kim
- Steven Skerlos
- Shanna Daly
- Blaire Tinker
- John Callewaert (co-chair)
- Joanna Millunchick (co-chair)
- Rose Moya (project manager)
- Atisha Vaughan-Shaw (business analyst)
- Katherine McAlpine (communications)
Graduate/Postdoctoral Community Team
- Eric Rutherford
- Gabriella Fleming
- Richard Vanden Heuvel
- Lyonel Milton
- Joanne Navarre
- Mary-Ann Mycek (co-chair)
- Eric Michielssen (co-chair)
- Rose Moya (project manager)
- Atisha Vaughan-Shaw (business analyst)
- Cara Gonzalez (communications)
Bystander Intervention Community Team
- Angie Stewart
- Audra Baleisis
- Amanda Ewing
- Will Sherry
- Jeanne Murabito (co-chair)
- Debby Covington (co-chair)
- Rose Moya (project manager)
- Atisha Vaughan-Shaw (business analyst)
- Jocelyn Reinert (communications)
New Center Team
- Karina Moore
- Gabriella Fleming
- Lyonel Milton
Faculty Curriculum Committee
- Kimberly Diaz
- Carolyn Kuranz
- Jennifer Linderman
- Mingyan Liu
- Lyonel Milton
- Tershia Pinder-Grover
- Ken Powell
- Akesha Moore
- Sara Pozzi (co-chair)
- Rose Moya (project manager)
Graduate Student & Postdoc DEI Education Advisory Committee
- Kira Barton
- Rhima Coleman
- Gabriella Fleming
- Ann Jeffers
- Nina Lin
- Joaquim Martins
- Eric Michielssen (co-chair)
- Mary-Ann Mycek (co-chair)
- Nilton Renno
- Eric Rutherford
- Herbert Winful
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