Office for Inclusion and Diversity (OID)
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InclusiveVT is a phase in the process of building an inclusive and diverse campus with the goal of distinguishing Virginia Tech as an example of the modern land-grant research university. InclusiveVT is a framework that creates active, intentional engagement of Virginia Tech communities in efforts and initiatives that advance inclusion at Virginia Tech. InclusiveVT includes the affirmation of the campus’ Principles of Community, the Strong Together message and the Diversity Strategic Plan.
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- 2nd Annual Advancing the Human Condition Symposium(Virginia Tech, 2018-11-27)The Office for Inclusion and Diversity presents the second annual Advancing the Human Condition Symposium, Nov. 27-28, 2018 at the Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center. The two-day event fosters intellectual discourse around emerging questions of the human condition from multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, and adopts a dialogue format that features key discussants and respondents in conversation with other researchers, practitioners, and scholar activists.
- Advancing Diversity at Virginia Tech (program 2017)(Virginia Tech, 2017-01-10)Some concurrent sessions discussed:
- Challenges and successful practices to recruit, retain, and advance women in the academy and learn practical tools for negotiation and advocacy within existing structures
- Strategies to expand the pool of outstanding faculty candidates and practice ways to reduce the effects of unconscious bias in evaluation
- Experiences with language stereotypes, attitudes and judgments critical reflection with classroom strategies for creating environments where learners can share thoughts and opinions
- Advancing the Human Condition Symposium 2017 Flyer(Virginia Tech, 2017-11)Topics Include: What does it mean to be human when biological and digital life are increasingly intertwined? Are standard social scientific methods adequate to meet the challenges of communities facing historical inequities and injustices? How does political agency foster more inclusive economic systems? Who determines the work of advancing the human condition? Whose conditions are improved--and at what costs?
- Authenticity in the academy: The misinterpretation of Black Women’s communication in academic White spacesNeal, Brandi R. (Virginia Tech, 2019-04-11)Language is the dominant standard through which communication occurs. It provides us with resources to manipulate concepts and solve problems. The ways in which we use our language to communicate varies depending on culture, identity, environment, and experiences. Specific groups such as Black women are habitually judged for their communication skills and stereotyped as “angry”, “loud”, “aggressive” and “deviant”. Cultural differences and power relations such as sexism, patriarchy, and racism among individuals and institutions produce these stereotypical perspectives toward Black women particularly in White spaces. How Black women communicate in predominantly White spaces often relates to their use of African American Vernacular English (AAVE), which contains a rich depository of language factors by which the African American community expresses a cultural self. These factors are evident in the development of internal components of the language’s “sounds, words, rhythm, sentential structures, and their expressions” (Zeigler 2001, p. 70). Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their personal experiences and the ways in which they combat these microaggressions and stereotypes.
- Faculty Women of Color in the Academy 5th Annual Conference Program(Virginia Tech, 2016-04)This year’s theme was Say (Her, Their, Our) Name and this year's goal was to help women connect with one another, support each other, and leave empowered to continue to succeed in the academy. The program included professional development workshops, networking socials, and mentor development sessions customized for administrators, faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates. The conference honored the legacy of the late Zenobia Lawrence Hikes, VT Vice President for Student Affairs 2005 - 2008, commemorating her by giving the first Faculty Women of Color in the Academy award in her name.
- Faculty Women of Color in the Academy 6th Annual Conference Program(Virginia Tech, 2018)Our goal this year is to help women connect with one another, support each other, and leave empowered to continue to succeed in the academy. The national and local planning committees have created a dynamic program focusing on career development, leadership, personal well-being, and scholar activism. Women of color need opportunities to come together to uplift one another and build lasting professional connections that will strengthen our communities. The conference program includes a lineup of outstanding keynote speakers including Maria Hinojosa and Brittney Cooper. The conference also continues its partnership with the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, founded by Kerry Ann Rockquemore. This year, the center offers two workshop: Solo Success: How to thrive in the academy when you’re the only _____ in your department, and Post-Tenure Pathways. Rosemarie Roberts of Connecticut College facilitates these workshops. In response to participant requests to hear from women in leadership positions, a panel of Women of Color presidents representing diverse institutions has been organized. We are pleased to have Dr. Nancy “Rusty” Barcelo, former President of Northern New Mexico College, Dr. Cynthia Lindquist, President of Cankdeska Cikana (Little Hoop) Community College, and Pareena G. Lawrence, President of Hollins University. The panel will be facilitated by Johanna B. Maes who co-authored the book Journeys of Social Justice-Women of Color Presidents in the Academy with me. Workshops and poster exhibits prepared and delivered by our community of scholars complement our keynotes. This year, we are pleased to offer a post-conference academic writing retreat led by Michelle Boyd of Inkwell Academic Writing Retreats.
- Faculty Women of Color in the Academy 7th Annual Conference Program(Virginia Tech, 2019)Our goal this year is to help women connect, support each other, and leave empowered to continue to succeed in the academy. The national and local planning committees have created a dynamic program focusing on career development, leadership, personal well-being, and scholar activism. Women of color need opportunities to come together to uplift one another and build lasting professional connections that will strengthen our communities. The program includes a lineup of outstanding keynote speakers including Nontombi Naomi Tutu and Aida Hurtado. The conference also continues its partnership with the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, founded by Kerry Ann Rockquemore. This year, NFCDD is offering two workshops: Writing your next chapter: How to find your mojo and move forward at mid-career and Rethinking mentoring: How to build communities of inclusion, support, and accountability. Both workshops are facilitated by Joy Gaston Gayles of North Carolina State University. In response to participant requests to hear from women in leadership positions, we are once again offering a panel of Women of Color presidents representing diverse institutions. We are pleased to have Shanna Jackson, Nashville State Community College; Wilma L. Santiago Gabrielini, University Puerto Rico; and Laurel Vermillion, Sitting Bull College, as our panelists. Patrice Dickerson, Director of Faculty of Diversity at Virginia Tech, facilitates. Workshops and poster exhibits prepared and delivered by our community of scholars complement our keynote speakers. Once again, we are pleased to offer a post-conference academic writing retreat led by Michelle Boyd of Inkwell Academic Writing Retreats.
- Program Schedule for Advancing Diversity Mid-Year Summit January 17, 2020(Virginia Tech, 2020-01-17)A schedule of events for the Advancing Diversity Mid-Year Summit, held at The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center on January 17, 2020. This schedule includes abstracts from lightning discussions and poster exhibits of best diversity practices across campus.
- Supporting Adaptive Brain and Behavior: The Abecedarian Approach to Social, Educational, and Health DisparitiesRamey, Craig T. (Virginia Tech, 2017-11-30)This paper places the Abecedarian Approach in theoretical and historical context and reviews the results from 3 randomized controlled trials that have tested an experimental protocol designed to prevent cognitive disabilities and their social consequences. Results affirm that cognitive disabilities can be prevented in early childhood and subsequent academic achievement enhanced via a multipronged comprehensive approach that contains individualized and responsive early childhood education starting in early infancy, coupled with pediatric health care, good nutrition, and family-oriented social services. Additional important findings reveal that the most vulnerable children benefited the most and that cognitive gains were not at the expense of children’s socio-emotional development or relationship to family. In general, mothers derived benefits in education and employment and teenage mothers especially benefited from their children participating in the early education treatment group. On the whole, the overall pattern of results supports a multidisciplinary, individualized, and long-term longitudinal perspective on human development and prevention science. Recent structural and functional brain imaging in the fifth decade of life shows persistent effects of intensive early educational treatment. Independent recent cost-benefit analysis in adulthood reveals a 7.3:1 return on investment with a 13.7% average annual rate of return. The paper concludes with a discussion of implications of the Abecedarian Approach to today’s highrisk population in the U.S. and with recommendations for further tailoring the protocol to better meet the multiple needs of vulnerable families.