A Seat at the Table: Centering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Learning and Teaching
Schedule:
March 4 - Principles of Inclusive Teaching and Fostering Inclusive Teaching Environments
March 11 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion or Anti-Racism? Implications for Teaching Pedagogy
March 18 - Fostering Inclusive Learning Environments During Difficult Times
The series is a set of 3 one-hour sessions that will bring together a 3-session faculty cohort to discuss topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in teaching and learning in remote learning environments. 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
Participants are expected to attend all 3 roundtable sessions on March 4th, March 11th, and March 18th. Registration will close Friday, February 12th. 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.
** Please note: Filling out the registration form does not guarantee a spot in the cohort. This will be first-come, first-serve and you will receive a confirmation email once registration has closed. **