Foundations of Diversity and Inclusion
The Center for Integrated Professional Development's Foundations of Diversity and Inclusion seminars tackle tough questions involving culture, identity, and responsive teaching in a friendly, non-threatening environment.
About the seminar series
This series tackles tough questions involving culture, identity, and responsive teaching in a friendly, non-threatening environment. This seminar series can give faculty and staff an essential start in understanding issues that aren’t always easy to talk about. Attend as many or a few as you can. Workshops are typically repeated in the fall and spring semesters. Participants who complete all sessions receive a certificate of recognition.
Implicit Bias
Synchronous session:
Friday, February 17 • 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Mayuko Nakamura, Center for Integrated Professional Development
Implicit bias is our unconscious tendency to judge people based on past experiences. Even when we’re mindful of diversity and inclusion, it is hard for us to notice our implicit bias until we encounter the situations where it is activated. In this workshop, explore the nature of implicit bias and discover strategies to minimize bias in the classroom and in the workplace. Registration is required.
This workshop falls under the AAC&U High-Impact Educational Practice of Diversity/Global Learning.
Microaggressions
Synchronous session:
Friday, March 24 • 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Mayuko Nakamura, Center for Integrated Professional Development
Microaggressions are small acts with potentially big effects—little behaviors that communicate hostile or derogatory slights towards a person or a group of people. These acts may be intentional or unintentional. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to identify microaggressions and explore the role they play on our campus. You’ll leave this seminar with a better understanding of the psychological impact these types of communications can have on others and how best to respond when a microaggression occurs. Registration is required.
This workshop falls under the AAC&U High-Impact Educational Practice of Diversity/Global Learning.
Privilege and Power
Synchronous session:
Friday, April 14 • 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Online
Facilitators:
Mayuko Nakamura, Center for Integrated Professional Development
How do privilege and power function through society, and how does it affect you, personally? By reflecting on this, you can identify strategies to become more inclusive in your teaching and the workplace. This seminar will help you better understand your own multiple identities and the presence and absence of privileges based on your identities. By the end of the workshop, you will be able to analyze how privilege and power exist and function in U.S. culture and how they impact your view of the world. Registration is required.
This workshop falls under the AAC&U High-Impact Educational Practice of Diversity/Global Learning.
If you need a special accommodation to fully participate in an event, please email us at ProDev@ilstu.edu.