graduate student/postdoc workshop: developing a written diversity statement
in this workshop, we will discuss evidence-based practices for writing a diversity statement for the academic job market. increasingly, universities and colleges are requesting that faculty job applicants provide a statement addressing how they plan to contribute to inclusive excellence in their professional lives. sometimes, a job ad will request that applicants address diversity in the cover letter or the teaching statement, but a request for a stand-alone diversity statement is becoming more common. from the perspective of the university, the purpose of this document is to verify that an applicant has a commitment to diversity in his or her work within higher education, including scholarship, teaching, service, mentoring, and advising. from the applicant’s perspective, a diversity statement offers an opportunity to articulate the many ways one may contribute to inclusivity via their research, teaching, and service; and the challenges to this work that one may help academic institutions overcome. this session will introduce several approaches to developing and writing a diversity statement and give participants an opportunity to begin generating ideas on their own and in small groups.
date: wednesday, november 7th
time: 11:30am-12:30pm
location: vanderbilt 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分, 1114 19th ave. south, 3rd floor classroom
facilitators: chelsea yarborough and alex oxner, cft graduate teaching fellows
open to vanderbilt graduate students & postdocs
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