2007–2009 Schedule of Events

Cornell Interactive Theatre Ensemble: The Misdirected E-Mail

This scenario depicts an interaction between an assistant professor and her department chair, who suspects she is receiving unwanted sexual attention from a member of the faculty who will soon vote on her tenure case. The scenario explores the potential impact of sexual harassment on individuals, departments, and institutions, as well as the dynamics of status and power in faculty relationships. The workshop includes best practices for managing and preventing sexual harassment.

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Cornell Interactive Theatre Ensemble: It Depends on the Lens

In this scenario participants observe the conclusion of a search committee meeting as the five faculty members begin to argue about candidates for their short list. The scenario explores issues of subconscious gender bias in the search process and the challenges of addressing gender bias. The low blame/high accountability workshop also includes an engaging review of the research studies used to develop the scenario, and best practices for combating subconscious bias.

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Cornell Interactive Theatre Ensemble: Hang in There and Be Tough

This scenario brings to light problematic behaviors that can make the academic environment uncomfortable for students from underrepresented minorities. Participants observe an interaction between an undergraduate student and her faculty advisor, which reveals the student’s sense of isolation, alienation, invisibility and over-visibility in the classroom. The scenario focuses on the question of what faculty should do in response to a student’s perception that a particular professor has a “problem” with regard to race and gender. The workshop includes information about resources for faculty who find themselves challenged by similar situations.

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2009 Alliance for Faculty Diversity Department Head Training Retreat

Please register for this event by emailing Shawn Werner at paid@nmsu.edu.
Registration deadline is Sunday, March 15.

The retreat is a mix of workshops, panels, social events, and presentations that focus on attracting and retaining high-demand faculty in STEM. Some past topics have been effective search committees, job advertisements to attract diverse candidates, competitive start-up packages, valuing diversity, family friendly policies, and the department chair as monitor and mentor. The ultimate goals of the retreat are to broaden applicant pools at each institution, to institutionalize hiring practices for diversity, and retain faculty.

Keynote Speakers:

Barbara Butterfield, Ph.D. and
Jane Tucker, Ph.D.
University of Oregon’s COACh Program

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2008 Alliance for Faculty Diversity Department Head Training Retreat

The retreat is a mix of workshops, panels, social events, and presentations that focus on attracting and retaining high-demand faculty in STEM. Some past topics have been effective search committees, job advertisements to attract diverse candidates, competitive start-up packages, valuing diversity, family friendly policies, and the department chair as monitor and mentor. The ultimate goals of the retreat are to broaden applicant pools at each institution, to institutionalize hiring practices for diversity, and retain faculty.

Keynote speaker: Robert Drago

Robert Drago, Professor of Labor Studies and Women’s Studies at Penn State University, is a Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne, a co-founder and co-chair of the Take Care Net , past president of the College and University Work-Family Association, and moderates the Workfam newsgroup on the internet. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and was a Senior Fulbright Research Scholar. The author of four books and over 70 articles, his most recent book is Striking a Balance, published by Dollars & Sense in 2007. His research, largely funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, concerns time use among parents of infants, working time flexibility, biases against caregiving in the academic workplace, the decline of women in intercollegiate coaching, and public policies for working families. He is a frequent contributor to major media outlets, and has provided Congressional Briefings sponsored by Senators Clinton, Kennedy, and Obama, among others. He was the 2001 recipient of the R.I. Downing Fellowship from the University of Melbourne, serves on the board of the Berger Institute for Work, Family and Children, and is a member of the Council on Contemporary Families and the International Association for Feminist Economics.

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Alliance for Faculty Diversity Training Retreat:
New Mexico Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination

Agenda (PDF file)

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2007 Alliance for Faculty Diversity Department Head Leadership Retreat:
Recruiting and Retaining High-Demand Faculty in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

Agenda (PDF document)

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Responding to Diversity: Three Pedagogical Changes That Improve Retention and Achievement

University of Indiana–Bloomington

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When diversity issues are cast in content-centered ways, many faculty members view them as irrelevant to their own teaching. However, examination of pedagogical practices reveals a need for changes in nearly all courses. In this workshop, participants will learn how to answer these questions:

1. How can I radically reduce or eliminate low grades in lecture courses without lowering standards?
2. How can I make my students brighter and harder working using only one hour of class time–in ways that level the playing field for all groups?
3. Does my assessment system unnecessarily favor particular groups?