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News and Resources from the Office of Diversity and Inclusion

September 18, 2020

The Drake Institute is pleased to share news, information and resources from the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

New Minor Announced:

The Department of Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies has announced a new Minor in LGBTQ+ studies . The minor will offer perspectives for students interested in examining the broad array of how people embody and express gender and sexuality.

Respectful Dialog Toolkit:

To achieve a fairer, more equitable and just society, conversations about race, inequity and difference are critical. The Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the Drake...

Cornell Announces MOOC for Educators

September 15, 2020

Cornell University’s Center for Teaching Innovation is offering a massive open online course (MOOC) for educators, Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom , that guides instructors in exploring frameworks and strategies for building and sustaining inclusive learning environments. The course runs from October 1–31, 2020 on edX.org.

U.S.-based and higher-education-centered, the five-week course is for anyone with teaching responsibilities and any level of diversity expertise. Registration for the course is open now .

The course features:

compelling...

Autumn Teaching through Writing seminar

September 11, 2020

Are you looking for a supportive space to reimagine or develop a course writing assignment? Are you looking to adapt your assignments for hybrid or remote teaching?

We know that instructors are often negotiating time and various responsibilities throughout the semester. This three hour a week commitment — divided between asynchronous individual work and a 1 ½ hour synchronous collaboration with the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) team and fellow participants — over four sessions affords several opportunities to:

(Re)design an inclusive writing assignment and assessment plan; Engage with instructors of writing from across...
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 Information Literacy Virtual Workshop Series: Research as Inquiry
Sep
23
 Creative Solutions for Remote Work Challenges
Sep
23
 Let's Talk About... White Fragility: An Anti-Racism Q&A with Ritu Bhasin & Komal Bhasin
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Sep
23
 The Society of Fellows Digital Dialogue Series: Dialogue One
Sep
24
 Redesigning Instruction: Faculty Panel
Sep
24
 Recovery is Spoken Here
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Sep
24
 Climate Change: Insights from History

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Jolynn Pek, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology

Jolynn Pek, Ph.D., assistant professor with the Department of Psychology, faced several challenges while teaching honors students enrolled in her Introduction for Data Analysis course (PSYC2220H). She wanted her students to be engaged instead of disinterested, which she credited to math anxiety and the difficulty learning probability as a concept, the requirement of learning script-based...Learn more