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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity Committee

diverse group of students

Purpose and Charge

Charged with collaborating across the university to build community around DEI pedagogy awareness and initiatives to foster an inclusive teaching and learning experience for all students. To accomplish this, we will:

  1. Support multicultural, equity, and resource-based pedagogical perspectives 
  2. Work to increase awareness; address and disrupt systemic inequity in the learning environment
  3. Engage communities of educators in a continuous diversity, equity, and inclusion discourse. 
  4. Frame DEI initiatives as a necessary foundation of excellence in teaching and learning
  5. Provide faculty with experiences and opportunities to embrace their role as inclusive leaders and diversity as a strength

Committee Goals

  • Encourage inclusive pedagogy that focuses on the experiences and perspectives of people from underrepresented and marginalized groups in order to transform and improve teaching, curriculum, and instruction 
  • Ensure alignment with University DEI efforts and goals 
  • Assess, publish, and/or disseminate information and data on CELT initiatives that explore and/or critically engage with DEI in teaching and learning 
  • Create a space for educators from diverse backgrounds to initiate pedagogical changes in higher education. 
  • Facilitate a community that welcomes and supports diverse educators
  • Provide avenues for faculty to deepen their knowledge and understanding of best practices in inclusive education and leadership

Objectives: 2024-2025

  • Identify potential grants that support DEI in teaching and learning
  • Provide DEI professional development opportunities to support a welcoming learning environment
  • Provide opportunities and mechanisms for open dialogue and networking around DEI pedagogy awareness and strategies
  • Develop a mechanism to publish and/or disseminate CELT initiatives that explore and/or critically engage with DEI in teaching and learning
  • Highlight existing tools and programs at SB and SUNY that address DEI in teaching and learning 

Committee Members 

Luis Colón
Instructional Designer

Diana Jernigan-Breedy
Educational Effectiveness Specialist

Catherine Scott
Director of Educational Effectiveness

Rose Tirotta-Esposito, EdD
Director of CELT

Yi Zhang, PsyD
Senior Instructional Designer

 






 

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