A Seat at the Table: Centering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Learning and Teaching
A Seat at the Table: Centering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Learning and Teaching
Schedule:
April 26th-Cultural Competence in the Classroom
12:00PM - 1:30PM
May 10th-Power & Positionality
12:00PM - 1:30PM
May 17th-Difficult Conversations
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Cohort Design:
12-15 faculty members
2-3 facilitators per session
Location: Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching
627 Dartmouth Place
Evanston
The Searle Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning is pleased to announce a new roundtable discussion series: A Seat at the Table: Centering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Learning and Teaching. This series will bring together a faculty cohort to discuss topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in teaching and learning (e.g., facilitating difficult dialogues). During these roundtable discussions, participants will engage in dialogue with fellow attendees on selected readings as well as share their personal thoughts, questions, insights, and experiences with engaging in DEI work in higher education. The Seat at the Table series aims to create awareness about the importance of fostering inclusive classrooms and learning environments and to provide a space in which individuals can work together to further their understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Learning Objectives
-Enhance knowledge of key DEI concepts that promote inclusive classroom
settings through empirical readings, self-reflection, and peer dialogue
-Examine challenges in incorporating DEI concepts in the context of a learning
environment
-Apply DEI concepts and related issues to current events in higher education
-Increase self-efficacy in intervening or serving as an ally when the
expectations of an inclusive learning environment are challenged
Participation in the roundtable series is limited and enrollment will occur on a first-come, first-serve basis. Participants are expected to attend all 3 roundtable sessions on April 26th, May 10th, and May 17th. Registration will close Thursday, April 18th. After we have reached the maximum number of participants, interested colleagues may be placed on a waitlist.
Please direct all questions to Omari W. Keeles (omari.keeles@northwestern.edu), Assistant Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching.
*Registration Required. Please register.
Location: Current location is not wheelchair accessible. Please note we may move the location at the Evanston Campus if needed. Please keep a look out for the location announcements closer to the event data.