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Oct 21
Future Faculty Event to Enhance Diversity at Liberal Arts Colleges
9:30am, Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Faculty from top liberal arts colleges are coming to University of Michigan on October 21 and 22 to promote greater diversity in the faculty at their institutions. Attendees will have the rare opportunity to meet one-on-one with a faculty member to discuss your individual job application portfolio materials (CVs, teaching philosophies, research statements, etc.) and hear about job opportunities at these colleges. Attendees will also hear about work-life at a liberal arts college and network with faculty, administrators, and diversity officers from participating colleges. Registration closes on October 13 to allow time for scheduling one-on-one consultation meetings. Please note that one-on-one meetings will be scheduled once registration is closed on October 13. The brief outline of the agenda for this event is below: October 21 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Panel: Academic Life at Liberal Arts Colleges 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Lunch: Roundtable Discussion of Social and Intellectual Life at Liberal Arts Colleges 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Discipline Workshops 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. One-on-One Meetings (to be scheduled only with registered participants) 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Networking Reception October 22 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. One-on-One Meetings (to be scheduled only with registered participants) Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/WweX7. We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.
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Oct 21
"An Ingenious Way to Live": Fostering Disability Culture in Higher Education
12:00pm, Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
"Disability is not a great struggle or 'courage in the face of adversity.' Disability is an art. It's an ingenious way to live." -Neil Marcus In this panel event, scholars and practitioners discuss opportunities for ingenuity as a growing number of higher education institutions shift toward an intersectional cultural model of disability. Panelists: Dr. Stephanie Kerschbaum (she/hers), a U-M National Center for Institutional Diversity scholar in residence and associate professor of English at the University of Delaware whose work includes understanding experiences of disability and difference within academic and institutional culture. Lloyd Shelton (he/him), U-M School of Social Work alumnus who founded Students with Disabilities and our Allies Group (SDAG) and received the 2014 Neubacher Award for his contributions to advancing disability inclusion on U-M’s campus. Piotr Pasik (he/him), Director of Adaptive Recreation at Michigan State University who teaches courses on integrated wheelchair sports, uses adaptive sports to cultivate disability inclusion, and has helped propel MSU's adaptive sports facilities to the top of the Big Ten. liz thomson (they/them), University of Minnesota-Morris's Assistant Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs and Director of Equity, Diversity, and Intercultural Programs with 20+ years of higher education experience, including teaching women's studies and Asian American studies, whose current research focuses on the new phenomenon of disability cultural centers in US higher education. Moderated by Ashley Wiseman, Co-Chair of Disability Culture at U-M, with welcoming remarks from Dr. Robert Adams, Director of U-M Initiative on Disability Studies. This event is co-presented by Disability Culture at U-M and the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Our generous cosponsors include the UM Initiative on Disability Studies, Voices of the Staff, and the Council for Disability Concerns. Accessibility information: The RSVP form (myumi.ch/QAnrZ) includes an opportunity for you to tell us about your access needs and how we can ensure you are able to access the event. You can also reach out to Ashley Wiseman (wisemana@umich.edu). Please refrain from wearing strong scents, such as perfume/cologne. The building, event space, and restroom are wheelchair accessible. A lactation room (room #2521) and gender-inclusive restroom (third floor, east wing) are available on site. The nearest reflection room is in the Michigan League (room #347). CART and ASL services will be available. This event will be video-recorded, as well as live-streamed via (the link will be provided when available and to those who RSVP). The Palmer Parking Structure is the closest public parking structure (two blocks away); it is free for U-M employees with a blue pass and $1.70 per hour for anyone else. It includes parking spots for individuals with disabilities. About Disability Culture at U-M In the University of Michigan's 2016 campus climate survey, 48% of disabled students, nearly a third of disabled staff, and a quarter of disabled faculty reported experiencing at least one incident of discrimination based on their disability identity. Our cross-disability group is dedicated to bringing disabled students, staff, and faculty together in order to build a prideful community that centers disability culture, as it intersects with our other identities. We foster friendships, coordinate events (e.g., our recent panel on disability inclusion that drew 500 attendees), and work toward the establishment of a Disability Cultural Center at the University of Michigan.
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Oct 21
Landscapes of Racial Dispossession and Control: Tracing the development of early career research on racial health inequities
12:00pm, Institute For Social Research
Racial inequities in health have been documented and described in the public health literature for decades, yet these inequities have remained or even increased. In order to move forward, we must understand the role of cultural and structural racism upon which these inequities are built. Cultural racism shapes our society's structure and ultimately shapes the answers to the questions: "Whose life counts? Who is worthy of a healthy life?" In this presentation, Dr. Hicken will discuss the interwoven nature of both career trajectory, as a former PSC predoctoral trainee, and the development of her science on cultural and structural racism and health inequities. Specifically, she will outline her theory on racism and health and describe her collaborative data project designed to empirically examine this theory. BIO: Dr. Margaret Hicken is on faculty at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan where she serves as director of the UM RacismLab, an interdisciplinary research collected designed to facilitate the career progression of scholar who study cultural and structural racism. She is also director of the Landscapes of Racism Dispossession and Control data project, supported with funding from NIDDK, NIMHD, and NIA, to examine the ways in which historical and contemporary forms of racial control have resulted in contemporary health inequities. PSC Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.
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Oct 21
King Talks Information Session
4:00pm, Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
This session will allow you to learn more about the King Talks, including expectations and application tips. Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/bv0wY. We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.
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Oct 21
Sounds Fake But Okay
6:00pm, North Quad
The Spectrum Center is inviting UM alumni and co-creators of the asexuality-focused podcast Sounds Fake But Okay to talk about being content creators in the asexual community. Learn about why these two friends came together to make the podcast, how they've kept it going for over two years, their evolution as creators, and maybe pick up something new to listen to! Check out the other Asexual Awareness Week events at http://bit.ly/AsexualAwareness19 Spectrum Center Accessibility Statement If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accommodation Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, but we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.
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Oct 22
Future Faculty Event to Enhance Diversity at Liberal Arts Colleges
8:30am, Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Faculty from top liberal arts colleges are coming to University of Michigan on October 21 and 22 to promote greater diversity in the faculty at their institutions. Attendees will have the rare opportunity to meet one-on-one with a faculty member to discuss your individual job application portfolio materials (CVs, teaching philosophies, research statements, etc.) and hear about job opportunities at these colleges. Attendees will also hear about work-life at a liberal arts college and network with faculty, administrators, and diversity officers from participating colleges. Registration closes on October 13 to allow time for scheduling one-on-one consultation meetings. Please note that one-on-one meetings will be scheduled once registration is closed on October 13. 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. One-on-One Meetings (to be scheduled only with registered participants) Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/WweX7. We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.
