Building an equitable campus culture: Engaging faculty, staff in strategies for sustained change
Posted in 2021 Panel Session | Tagged Shared Equity Work
In order to examine the composition of equitable campus cultures, including people needed, reward structures, and institutional-level strategies necessary to build equity into our work, panels on the theme of Shared Equity Work addressed the questions (4.1) How do we make equity leadership everyone’s work and a shared endeavor? (4.2) How do we recognize, value, and reward appropriately the faculty and staff labor in equity work? and (4.3) What are the connections between recruiting and supporting diverse faculty and staff as core strategies for strengthening student equity and success?
4.1 How do we make equity leadership everyone’s work and a shared endeavor?
This presentation takes a look at the support that students get while on campus. Our panelists examine programs that address whether students get equitable access to information and improve mentorship. The discussion also looks at issues of representation and inclusivity, such as building a sense of community among students of color who often feel isolated on campus.
Panelists
Dr. Adrianna Kezar
Dean’ s Professor of Leadership
Wilbur-Kieffer Professor of Higher Education University of Southern California
Dr. Virginia Valian
Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Hunter College
Dr. Randy Bass (meeting chair)
Vice President of Strategic Education Initiatives and Director of the Red House
Georgetown University
Slides
- Shared Equity Leadership (Kezar)
- An Inclusive Academy (Valian)
Resources
- https://www.acenet.edu/Documents/Shared-Equity-Leadership-Work.pdf
- https://www.amazon.com/Inclusive-Academy-Achieving-Diversity-Excellence/dp/026203784X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Virginia+Valian&qid=1624393936&sr=8-1
4.2 How do we recognize, value, and reward appropriately the faculty and staff labor in equity work?
This panel examines some under-recognized aspects of faculty who are involved in equity work. Panelists discuss the obstacles faculty face in equity work, welcoming academic environments, and the impact of college experience on student outcomes.
Panelists
Gene T. Parker III
Associate Professor of Higher Education Administration
University of Kansas
Gina Sánchez Gibau
Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Diversity and Inclusion and Associate Professor of Anthropology
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
Dr. Adanna J. Johnson
Associate Vice President for Student Equity and Inclusion
Georgetown University
Dr. Ian Scott
(meeting chair)
Senior Advisor for Student-Athletes and Transfers
Xavier University of Louisiana
4.3 What are the connections between recruiting and supporting diverse faculty and staff as core strategies for strengthening student equity and success?
Systems change requires structural change, relational change, and transformative change. Equity work does not fall equally on all educators, and This panel asks us to look at the distribution of leadership in fostering change and to reflect on our own campus experiences of equity leadership distribution. This requires that we think differently about how we evaluate faculty and examine sources of error. These transformative changes also require centering the student experience and personal reflection.
Panelists
April Belback
Director of Undergraduate Advising and Mentoring
University of Pittsburgh
Professor of Chemistry
Xavier University of Louisiana
Dr. Deniece Dortch
Assistant Professor, Higher Education Administration
The George Washington University
Richard Peters (panel chair)
Associate Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences
Xavier University of Louisiana
Presentation slides
- Shared Equity Work Advising and Student Success (Bilbeck)
- XULA STrIDES (DiMaggio)
Resources
- https://www.provost.pitt.edu/gallup-report
- https://www.advisingsuccessnetwork.org/structures-and-processes/academic-advising-as-a-tool-for-student-success-and-educational-equity/
- https://www.personaled.pitt.edu/student-success