In this workshop, we will discuss evidence-based practices for writing a diversity statement for the academic job market. Increasingly, universities and colleges are requesting that faculty job applicants provide a statement addressing how they plan to contribute to inclusive excellence in their professional lives. Sometimes, a job ad will request that applicants address diversity in the cover letter or the teaching statement, but a request for a stand-alone diversity statement is becoming more common. From the perspective of the university, the purpose of this document is to verify that an applicant has a commitment to diversity in his or her work within higher education, including scholarship, teaching, service, mentoring, and advising. From the applicant's perspective, a diversity statement offers an opportunity to articulate the many ways one may contribute to inclusivity via their research, teaching, and service; and the challenges to this work that one may help academic institutions overcome. This session will introduce several approaches to developing and writing a diversity statement. Please come prepared to think, reflect, and discuss in pairs and as a larger group.

Facilitator: Amanda Brockman, CFT Graduate Teaching Fellows
When: Wednesday, September 23
Time: 2:30-4:00 pm
Zoom link:  https://vanderbilt.zoom.us/j/97125621356?pwd=c1J2eDBOdGFBNW16TGVuanRxVnRlUT09 

Open to Vanderbilt Graduate Students & Postdocs