Seminar Announcement – DEI in CEE – Scott Brandenberg
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Initiatives at Public Universities
Scott J. Brandenberg, Ph.D.
Professor UCLA
March 30 – 5:00pm EST
https://gatech.zoom.us/j/98437378041?pwd=bk1oaE0wTXB2azNIRm01Mkc3cHlodz09
ABSTRACT
This presentation will discuss equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) training initiatives, including findings of what types of training has worked well, and what has not worked so well. Universities are at the forefront of EDI training, and public Universities in particular face challenges balancing the goals to diversify the student body, faculty, and staff with affirmative action laws (which vary State-to-State). The Samueli School of Engineering at UCLA has implemented an EDI initiative titled Awareness to Action that is an interactive multimedia two-part workshop. The first workshop focuses on gender and the second on race, and covers topics such as implicit bias, in-group/out-group dynamics, and engineering impacts arising from lack of diversity. The program has been delivered to about 400 students, and preliminary post-workshop assessment data indicates that the program has resulted in several positive outcomes with respect to students’ behaviors.
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