Strengthening Leadership to Develop and Support a Diverse Community

Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity’s Academic Diversity Symposium

March 21 and 22, 2019

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Program Overview

Thursday, March 21

10:00 to 10:30 am

Registration and Breakfast

Location: Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street

10:30 to 11:00 am

Welcome and Program Overview

Location: Joukowsky Auditorium

1:00 pm to 2:30 pm

Keynote Lunch                                                                                           

Location: Brown Faculty Club

 

The Transformative Potential of Social Justice Leadership in Higher Education

Kris De Welde, Director of Women’s and Gender Studies and Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Sociology, College of Charleston

3:00 to 4:30 pm

Concurrent Breakout Sessions II (see program for details)

4:30 to 6:00 pm

Reception

Location: Brown Faculty Club

Friday, March 22

8:30 to 9:00 am

Warm Breakfast                 

Location: Chancellor’s Dining Room, The Sharpe Refectory

9:00 to 11:00 am

Film Screening and Discussion

Can We Talk? Difficult Conversations with Underrepresented People of Color: Sense of Belonging and Obstacles

 

Kendall Moore, Professor of Journalism and Film/Media, University of Rhode Island

Alycia Mosley-Austin, Assistant Dean, Graduate Recruitment and Diversity Initiatives and Associate Director, Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, University of Rhode Island

Bryan Dewsbury, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island

11:00 am to 12:00 pm

DDIAP Strategic Planning: Department Assessments

Kris De Welde, Director of Women’s and Gender Studies and Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Sociology, College of Charleston

12:00 to 1:00 pm

Working Lunch

Goals for Fostering Diverse and Inclusive Learning Communities

Shontay Delalue, Vice President for Institutional Equity and Diversity

Marlina Duncan, Assistant Vice President for Academic Diversity and Associate Dean of Diversity Initiatives

Lynn Hernández, Director of University Inclusion Programs

 

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