AS&E Office of Diversity Education and Development
What is the Office of Diversity Education and Development?
In 1998, following a recommendation of the December 1997 Task
Force on Race Report, the AS&E Office of Diversity Education and
Development (aka the Diversity Office) was created. Its
purpose is to work collaboratively with faculty, staff, and students
to augment the diverse community that already exists at Tufts. This
office is responsible for developing, implementing, and assessing a
range of programs for faculty, staff, and students, and for
collaborating with offices, departments, and programs in the School
of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering and other parts of
the University, as appropriate, to promote diversity. Diversity is a
term that encompasses differences among people with respect to race,
culture, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, social
class, religious belief, disability status, and age.
What programs and services does the office provide, and how does
one access them?
The Office provides workshops and other educational sessions, is a
resource for consultations, develops a variety of resource materials,
and helps to plan some diversity-related events on campus. Examples
include:
- Workshops on topics such as Teaching Diverse Student Populations;
Invisible Differences: Sexual Orientation in the Classroom; and
Diversifying Curriculum Content. Contact Dr. Jean Wu.
- The Inclusive Classroom Project, which provides small grants
for faculty who want to work on their curriculum and/or pedagogy
to increase their inclusivity of diversity at Tufts. Prerequisite:
Attendance at a workshop on Teaching Diverse Student Populations.
Contact Dr. Jean Wu.
- Consultations to departments and programs on issues related to
diversity, such as how to carry out an assessment of the state of
diversity in a department (Who are the students? Who are the faculty
and staff? What are we teaching? How are we teaching and learning?)
Contact Dr. Jean Wu or Dr. Margery Davies.
- Consultations to individual faculty on how to create inclusive
and nonbiased environments for their teaching and advising.
Contact Dr. Jean Wu.
- AS&E Diversity Fund: The office helps to coordinate
this fund, which supports ongoing activities and special projects
that will help build a healthy diverse community at Tufts. A Request
for Proposals is sent out twice a year; faculty, students and staff
can submit applications. Examples of funded projects include
increased support for undergraduate recruiting, curriculum
transformation projects, special course projects, conferences, and
a wide variety of outside speakers and performers. Contact Dr.
Margery Davies.
Research and Pedagogy on Inequality and Difference Colloquium Series
Scott Kurashige - The New American Majority: Los Angeles and the Rise of
Multiethnic Community, November 20, 2008
Adriana Zavala - Research and Pedagogy on Inequality and Difference: Power and Images, Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Who are the staff?
- Dr. Margery Davies is the Director of the Office. She also
serves as the Affirmative Action Officer for AS&E, and in
that capacity monitors all faculty searches and hires.
(margery.davies@tufts.edu; X73385)
- Dr. Jean Wu is the Program and Education Director. She is
also a Senior Lecturer in the American Studies Program.
(jean.wu@tufts.edu; X73672)
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