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N#TW*RK!NGMCUCSA JUNE 2014
Tori Svoboda, Ed.D.University of Wisconsin – La
Crosse
BASIC ASSUMPTIONS
INTROS• What “diversity issues” are present
on your campus? • Why is this a topic for this group
today?• What hopes do you have for this
conversation?
CLASS CONCEPTS• Economic capital • Social capital• Cultural capital• Habitus• Field
(multi)CULTURAL CONCEPTS
• Acculturation v. assimilation• Cultural suicide v. cultural integrity• Variations in terms of:– collective v. individual identities– understanding of time, space, respect
COMMON CONCERNSComplications• Micro-aggressions• Savior Complex• Stereotype Threat• Deficit Ideology
Considerations• Solidarity with rather
than charity for• Systems, not students,
need fixing• Relationships are a
necessary precursor to collaboration
Question Break
Addt’l Possible “turn-offs”
Your Office• Lack of visibly diverse
staff, visibility at diversity events
• Limited co-sponsorship with related areas (MSS, TRIO, McNair, etc.)
• “Competition” from employer relations
Broader Context• Anticipated
discrimination…– may come from past
experiences of students’ or families’ needs not being met
• Fear of “selling out” or being asked to conform
Small Group Work• What other “turn-offs” or problems
with our systems have you seen?• What promising practices would you
share?
Promising Practices• Digital Storytelling, UW-Bothell
• Identity-Conscious Parent Programs, DePaul
• Specific Diversity-focused Staff, University of GA
• Things Not to Say, DiversityInc
• Rising TIDE, Duke
• NACE Diversity & Inclusion Excellence Awards or NCDA Diversity Initiative Award
Suggested Reforms• Recognize
– Change the questions being asked
• Respond
– Create lasting relationships across campus and in the community
• Redress
– Collect data that matters
Suggested Readings• Doctoring Diversity, Lisa Wade
• Inside the College Gates, Jenny Stuber
• Mentoring At-Risk Students through the Hidden Curriculum of HE, Buffy Smith
• Equity Literacy, Paul Gorski
• Good is Not Enough & Other Unwritten Rules for Minority Professionals, Keith Wyche
Contact InformationTori Svoboda
[email protected]@torisvoboda/torisvoboda
with thanks to my colleaguePatricia Conde-Brooks pecondebrook@
stthomas.edu