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- The lnclusiveVT Impact 2022(Virginia Tech, 2022)This infographic summarizes the impact of InclusiveVT programs from 2021-2022.
- 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.
- Advancing Diversity Mid-Year Summit, January 17, 2020(Virginia Tech, 2020-01-17)This is the PowerPoint presentation from the Advancing Diversity Mid-Year Summit, held at The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center on January 17, 2020. The event included lightning discussions, poster exhibits of best practices across campus, and information on upcoming events.
- InclusiveVT Spring/Summer 2019 Programs(Virginia Tech. Office for Inclusion and Diversity, 2019)This flyer puts the spotlight on InclusiveVT programs in Spring/Summer 2019.
- 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 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.
- Diversity Summit PresentationPratt-Clarke, Menah (Virginia Tech, 2017-08-15)Key Message:
- Sustainable transformation is needed at Virginia Tech around diversity and inclusion
- Employers and Alumni recognize value of diversity and excellence
- VT needs to be a destination for the recruitment of a diverse workforce
- VT needs to be a destination for preparing leaders to serve in the spirit of community, diversity, and excellence
- Advancing the Human Condition: Equity, Disparity, and Identity in the Curriculum and ScholarshipGraves, Ellington T. (Virginia Tech, 2017-08-15)This area explores the ways social identities related to race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, class, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, veteran status, economic status, age, and other socially salient categories and statuses, influence the human condition and experience, with focus on the United States in particular or in comparative perspective.
- 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
- 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.