Diversity and Inclusion Webinar Series: “Practical Steps for Interrupting Bias in Academia”, September 10th

09/08/15

Please join us for this one-hour community learning webinar which focuses on techniques to effectively interrupt bias within the academic workplace followed by a 30 minute discussion. Learn how to use a new, innovative, model of organizational change: metrics driven bias interrupters that hold the promise of creating a more inclusive workplace. This is part of a webinar series sponsored by the Office of the Associate Provost Diversity, Inclusion & Engagement and the Office of Human Resources. Refreshments will be provided.

Practical Steps for Interrupting Bias in Academia

Date: Thursday, September 10, 2015, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Eastern
(Time includes optional 30 minute discussion period)
Location: Peggy Ryan Williams Center, HR Training Room

By now we have all heard about implicit bias, but how can organizations change the ways they do business to interrupt bias effectively? This webinar will introduce a new model of organizational change: metrics driven bias interrupters that hold the promise of creating a more inclusive workplace.

Speaker Bio: Joan C. Williams has played a central role in reshaping the debates over women’s advancement for the past quarter-century.  Williams, who has taught at Harvard Law School and the University of Virginia Law School, is Distinguished Professor of Law and Hastings Foundation Chair at University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She has authored or co-authored eight books, most recently What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know (co-written with her daughter, Rachel Dempsey), which provides “unabashedly straightforward advice in a how-to primer for ambitious women,” according to The New York Times Book Review. Williams is the author of over 100 academic articles and book chapters, including “Deconstructing Gender,” listed in 1996 as one of the most cited law review articles ever written. Williams has lectured at virtually every major American university, and appears widely in the press in outlets as diverse as the Harvard Business Review, O Magazine, Human Resource Executive, Jezebel and the Yale Law Journal.

To RSVP for this event or any below, please sent an email to mriosdominguez@ithaca.edu. Beverages and snacks will be available.

This webinar series is sponsored by the Office of the Associate Provost Diversity, Inclusion & Engagement and the Office of Human Resources. This is an opportunity to learn in a community setting and build competencies in the topic of diversity and inclusion. Below is a list of webinars that will be aired in a community viewing and discussion format:

SEPTEMBER 2015 
Practical Steps for Interrupting Bias in Academia
Thursday, September 10, 2015, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Eastern 
(Time includes optional 30 minute discussion period)

Making a Business Case for Campus Diversity
Tuesday, September 15, 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Eastern 
(Time includes optional 30 minute discussion period)

Transgender Issues in the Workplace: What you need to know
Thursday, September 17, 2015, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Eastern 
(Time includes optional 30 minute discussion period)

Microaggressions: A Campus Climate Conversation with Maura Cullen 
Wednesday, September 30, 2015, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Eastern 
(Time includes optional 30 minute discussion period)

OCTOBER 2015
Courageous Leadership: Recruiting and Retaining Latino(a) Faculty and Higher Education Professionals
Thursday, October 15, 2015, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Eastern 
(Time includes optional 30 minute discussion period)

NOVEMBER 2015
Accommodating Employees with Mental Health Disabilities in Higher Education
Tuesday, November 3, 2015, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Eastern 
(Time includes optional 30 minute discussion period)

DECEMBER 2015
Authentic People with Real Disabilities: Learn How to Represent this Important Diversity
Thursday, December 10, 2015, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Eastern 
(Time includes optional 30 minute discussion period)

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Michelle Rios-Dominguez at mriosdominguez@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-1506.

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