Storytelling through Data to Address Equity Gaps

Posted in 2021 Panel Session | Tagged Data practices, Storytelling through data

Following the opening provocation, three panels explored three queries (1.1) What possibilities exist for new data practices – integrating thick and thin data to address equity? (1.2) How do we engage students as co-researchers in storytelling and dissemination efforts? and (1.3) What are ethical and inclusive approaches to collecting and using data to close the equity gap? These questions were intended to prompt participants to consider the life cycle of ethical and inclusive data practices, including who might be involved in data gathering, strategies for the collection of relevant data, collective opportunities for analysis, and the process of sharing data strategically in order to enact change.

1.1 What possibilities exist for new data practices – integrating thick and thin data to address equity?

Dr. Finley and Dr. Daly discuss with Dr. Elmendorf the life cycle of ethical and inclusive data practices, including who might be involved in data gathering, strategies for the collection of relevant data, collective opportunities for analysis, and the process of sharing data strategically in order to enact change.

Panelists

**Dr. Ashley Finley**
Vice President of Research and Senior Advisor to the President
Vice President of Research and Senior Advisor to the President,
**AAC&U**

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Resources

1.2 How do we engage students as co-researchers in storytelling and dissemination efforts?

Engaging students in research is becoming an increasingly more important task, as recent research has shown the value of student voice in conversations on inclusive classroom discussion. Panelists discuss their efforts in collaborating with students, drawing from data at Virginia Tech and the experiences of research interns at Georgetown.

Introductions 00:05 | Jill Sible Presentation | 2:25 Natalia and Amanda 13:15 | Sophia Abbott (26:29)

Panelists

**Dr. Jill Sible** (new window)
Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
**VA Tech**

Presentation Slides

Resources

Learning to Honor My Own Epistemology: The Long-Term Effects of Student-Faculty Partnerships (new window) (Elon University)
Georgetown University’s The Hub for Equity and Innovation in Higher Education (new window) and
Mercer-Mapstone, L., & Abbot, S. (Eds.). (2020). Chapter 5: Partnership as a Civic Process. In The power of Partnership: Students, staff, and Faculty Revolutionizing higher education. essay, Elon University Center for Engaged Learning (new window).
TILT Higher Ed Examples And Resources (new window)
Students as Partners (new window)(Elon University Center for Engaged Learning)
Student-Faculty/Staff Partnership Videos (new window) (Elon University Center for Engaged Learning)
Through the Eyes of a Student: An Interdisciplinary, Multi-institutional Research Seminar (Elon University Center for Engaged Learning) (new window)

1.3 What are ethical and inclusive approaches to collecting and using data to close the equity gap?

Increased reliance on data seems inevitable, and in this panel data collection is examined in its capacity as a tool for good. This panel explores the role that ethical data collection has in storytelling to address equity gaps. Drew Allen connects this mission with Georgetown’s Cultural Climate survey, while Justin Keen emphasizes the values of humility and transparency in guiding his own practices

Panelists

**Dr. Drew Allen** (new window)
Associate Vice President, Institutional Data Analytics,
**Georgetown University**

Resources

Data Equity Walk Toolkit (new window) (Education Trust-West)
Option 1: Ready-made California State-level Data Slides (new window) (Education Trust-West)
Gaddy, M., & Scott, K. (June 8, 2020) Principles for advancing equitable data practice (new window). Urban Institute. https://www.urban.org/research/publication/principles-advancing-equitable-data-practice.