Drafting DEIJ statements: How do I Articulate my Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice?

September 16, 2021 | 12:00pm to 1:30pm
CarmenZoom

For Graduate Students and Postdocs 

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ) statements are increasingly being requested in the academic job market. In this workshop, you will reflect on what each of these terms mean to you and how to communicate your commitment to DEIJ in practice and future goals. This session will have interactive components in which you will work with others to reflect on examples from DEIJ statements and will have an opportunity to start refining your own statement, based on guiding questions and prompts.

After this workshop participants will be able to: 

  • Understand guiding organizational structures for writing DEI statements.
  • Evaluate components of DEI statements​.
  • Self-reflect on how your own experience and identity informs your commitment to diversity in your own practice​.
  • Learn from others and reflect on how to communicate your values around DEI. ​

You may register here.

If you have registered for this event, or are on the waitlist and require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate, please contact drakeinstitute@osu.eduRequests should be made at least two weeks prior to the event, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

All members of the university community are welcome in Drake Institute activities, programs, services, and employment —regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, HIV/AIDS status, military status, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other bases under the law.

Institute for Teaching and Learning programming is offered in accordance with university guidelines associated with in-person and remote activities. The Institute will inform registrants of delivery modifications should those guidelines change.


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