Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 100
2020 Annual Conference Virtual Workshop (Conference Registration Required)
Open access session coming soon!
Session
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Abstract
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion starts with us. The session aims to answer the questions: What is DEI? Why should I care about it? What work do I need to do to become a more equitable educator? In this workshop, participants will identify ways in which we can expand our awareness through self-analysis. Participants will engage in learning activities that provide an introductory overview of DEI, including reflection on their identities, privileges, biases, spheres of influences, and beliefs related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Facilitators
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Fantasi Curry is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research interests include the recruitment and retention of racially minoritized groups in engineering graduate studies and STEM careers, the career pathways of racially minoritized individuals, the professional development of early-career engineers in STEM industries, and diversity and inclusion strategies in institutional and organizational climates. Her interests stem from her experiences as a Black woman in her undergraduate and graduate studies and industry endeavors. For the past nine years, she has been heavily involved with the recruitment, mentoring, and tutoring of racially minoritized groups within engineering through her employment with diversity, k-12, and minority engineering programs, and through membership in professional societies. Fantasi received her Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Mississippi State University in 2016, and her Master of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Auburn University in 2017. She worked as a Manufacturing Engineer in Stamping Engineering for Ford Motor Company prior to beginning her doctoral program. |
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Liz Litzler, Ph.D., is the Director of the Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE) at the University of Washington and an Affiliate Assistant Professor in UW Sociology. She comes to all her research and evaluation work with an equity lens. The program evaluation projects she works on are focused on improving the representation and inclusion of systemically marginalized students. She infuses her equity and inclusion principles into the way she operates CERSE, engages employees, and plans events. She has presented on ways to infuse equity and inclusion into evaluation, research, and workshop facilitation. Her social science research has used critical race theories such as Community Cultural Wealth to describe the experiences of systemically marginalized students in engineering. |