Writing Your Diversity Statement for the Job Market

Friday, March 3, 2023
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM

 

This workshop is a webinar ONLY – please do not come to the CTE office.

 

To attend the webinar, log-in as a guest at https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/f782493a8fe0409c9d9feb780233db03. This is a Blackboard Collaborate Session.

 

The webinar starts at 11:45 a.m. and we kindly request participants to enter the webinar at least 15 minutes prior to the start time and no later than 11:50 a.m.


Details

Faculty job postings regularly request a diversity statement in addition to teaching and research statements. These written essays from job applicants help search committees identify candidates who have the skills, experience, and/or willingness to engage in activities that enhance campus diversity, equity, and inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) efforts.

How do you approach writing a diversity statement? What should it say and what are search committees looking for? What can be included research, teaching, and service activities, or rather values, views and future goals? Or both? What if you feel you haven’t experienced any DEIJ situations personally? This workshop will guide you in exploring your personal experiences and help you determine what to emphasize and include in your statement. You will learn what aspects of faculty life contribute to an institution’s DEIJ mission, and how best to illustrate your personal commitment to DEIJ goals using facets of your own experiences.

This is a working webinar that requires you do some reflective writing in advance of the workshop. You DO have a story to tell. Learn how to write a diversity statement that stands out!


Register

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Facilitator


Michelle L. Hardee
Program Manager, Graduate TA Training
Center for Teaching Excellence


Michelle L. Hardee is the program manager for graduate student teaching assistant training and professional development in the Center for Teaching Excellence. She received her Ph.D. in marine science from the University of South Carolina and a master's from Grice Marine Laboratory at the College of Charleston. Throughout her 19-year teaching career, Hardee has been actively involved in marine science education and teacher training. She taught throughout her graduate program, as an instructor at Coastal Carolina University and as an adjunct professor of geology at the College of Charleston and is currently an instructor in the Marine Science Program at UofSC. She is a staunch advocate of all graduate students and of the critical need that GTAs develop pedagogical knowledge and professional skills for any future career pathway.