This workshop is centered around the presentation of three short monologues that depict members of academic communities disclosing their concerns about sexual harassment: a graduate student experiencing unwanted attention from her advisor, a staff member encountering explicit inappropriate comments around gender and sexual orientation from a co-worker, and a faculty member talking about his role […]

If you plan to retire in A2, or did so recently, please join us for a discussion about how to make your retirement meaningful and fulfilling. This discussion will not concern finances or a post-retirement continuation of your academic career. Instead, we will consider various visions of retirement, the landscape of organizations and activities in […]

Light breakfast food will be available. Disrespectful treatment of other students based on social identities or other characteristics, interruptions of faculty presentations, viewing of inappropriate websites during class: many faculty have felt that such student behaviors are on the rise in recent years. How can you set up a learning environment that prevents such incivilities--and […]

Though many universities aspire to cultivate a climate that is welcoming to the members of their diverse student, faculty, and staff bodies, we know that the lived experiences of many in our communities don't always align with these aspirations. Comprised of a series of vignettes focused on a Muslim student over a year as she […]

This workshop will offer an opportunity for department chairs and associate deans who play a critical role in the search process to discuss some of the particularly crucial and tricky aspects of their role in the process of recruiting diverse and excellent faculty. STRIDE Committee members, including current and former chairs, will share information about research-based best practices, feedback from […]