We are pleased to contribute to campus and CIRTL Network workshops on topics relating to inclusive excellence and the climate of academia, as well opportunities for the alumni of the Inclusive Teaching Institute and Learning Community on Inclusive Teaching for Graduate Students and Postdocs to continue exploring issues of identity, diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education.

Upcoming Events

Inclusive Teaching Institute for Graduate Students and Postdocs

The Inclusive Teaching Institute is a retreat-based workshop offered annually for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to explore strategies for engaging diversity and fostering inclusion in teaching and learning.

Next offered: October 25, 2024 from 9:30-3:30 (in person with Zoom follow-up the week afterwards)

This is a multi-day event with both in person and online components, so applicants should be prepared to commit to each date and modality. Space in the institute is limited. See details on Center for Teaching Innovation webpage

If you have any questions please contact Melina Ivanchikova at the Center for Teaching Innovation or Colleen McLinn with the Graduate School’s Future Faculty and Academic Careers program.

Previously offered:

• February 9, 2024
• February 11-12, 2022 (online)
• March 8-9, 2019 – Read about the March 2019 Institute
• April 13-14, 2018
• March 10-11, 2017
• February 12-13, 2016

Massive Open Online Courses

• Cornell’s Center for Teaching Innovation is offering Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom as a massive open online course (MOOC) on the edX platform. The course is self-paced, so you can enroll at any time. (Cornell instructors at all levels are also invited to participate in an annual June session with greater local interaction.)
• The Inclusive STEM Teaching Project MOOC is offered periodically through edX. This is a 7-week course designed to advance the awareness, self-efficacy, and the ability of faculty, postdocs, and doctoral students to cultivate inclusive STEM learning environments for all their students and to develop themselves as reflective, inclusive practitioners.

Past Events

Learning Community on Inclusive Teaching for Graduate Students and Postdocs

This is a five-week online program that runs concurrently with the asynchronous Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom course. Participants meet weekly via Zoom to discuss how to create and sustain inclusive learning environments. Identify practical, evidence-based strategies appropriate for your discipline and future teaching plans.

This program is a collaboration between the Center for Teaching Innovation and the Graduate School’s Future Faculty and Academic Careers program.

Recent offerings:

• June 1-30, 2023
• June 2-30, 2022
• June 3 – July 8, 2021
• October 1 – November 5, 2020
• May 26 – July 2, 2020

See full details on the Center for Teaching Innovation website.

Intergroup Dialogue Project Course for Graduate Students and Postdocs

Do you ever find it challenging to connect with your students? With faculty? With colleagues? Have you ever encountered power dynamics in your field or at Cornell that you didn’t know how to address? Have you ever been in a situation where someone said something that made you uncomfortable and you didn’t know how to react? Do you ever want to talk about social identities like race, gender or sexual orientation, but you don’t know how? Do you want to connect with others who have the same questions?

Recent offerings we have co-sponsored:

• July 2022
• June-July 2021
• June-July 2019
• December 2018-January 2019
• July 2018
• January 2018
• August 2017
• July 2017

Exploring Diversity in Implicit Leadership Theories and Their Role in Inclusive Teaching and Learning

• A two-part online workshop from the CIRTL Network
• November 10, 2021 and November 24, 2021 from 12:00-1:30pm ET
• July 26, 2021 from 1:00-2:30 pm ET and July 29, 2021 from 1:00-2:00pm ET

Equity Changemaking in the Classroom and Beyond

• June 25, 2021 from 1:00-2:30 pm ET
• Meets remotely via Zoom
• Co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching Innovation and the Graduate School’s Future Faculty and Academic Careers office and Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement.

“Equity in Science” Book Talk with Author and Professor Julie Posselt

• February 17, 2021, from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm ET
• Meets remotely by Zoom
• The e-book of “Equity in Science” is now available through the Cornell Library system

Faculty Holistic Review Workshop for Graduate Admissions

Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People

• Robert L. Harris, Jr. ADVANCEments in Science Lecture; Institute for the Social Sciences Distinguished Lecture in the Social Sciences
• Monday, February 11, 2019 from 3:30-5:00 pm
• Alice Statler Auditorium

Broadening Participation in Computing: Breaking Down Barriers and Increasing Access

Wednesday, November 29, 2017, 4:00-5:00 pm ET

The Information Science Colloquium speaker for Wednesday, November 29, 2017, will be Juan Gilbert, the Andrew Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and Chair of the Computer & Information Science & Engineering Department at the University of Florida, where he leads the Human-Experience Research Lab. His research areas include database, data science and informatics, human-centered computing, information security and machine learning.

Note: The Graduate School Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement and Future Faculty and Academic Careers also hosted a Power Mentoring dinner for graduate students and postdocs with Dr. Gilbert on Tuesday, November 28 at 6:30 pm.

Beverly Tatum Talk: Why Are All the Black Kids Still Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Campus Conversations About Race in the 21st Century 

Wednesday, September 13, 2017, 3:00 – 4:00 pm, Sage Chapel

Dr. Tatum is a nationally recognized authority on racial issues and the psychology of racism in America, in exploring racial stereotypes and cross-racial dialogue. She will be presenting from her book, Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race, with a discussion to follow.

Intergroup Dialogue Project: Special Sessions on Social Justice in the Sciences – Spring 2017

Especially in the sciences, graduate students rarely receive the training needed to address cultural and social differences they encounter during their careers. Learning how to communicate and work across difference is an essential skill in any career, and this program will allow graduate students to explore their social identities, to practice communication across difference, and to think together about authentic diversity in academia. This workshop series is complementary to the longer-format graduate course in IDP.

• Session 1: March 11 & 12, 11 AM – 2 PM
• Session 2: March 25 & 26, 11 AM – 2 PM
• Session 3: March 20 & 22, 5:30-8:30 PM

This IDP Program was made possible by funding from the American Association of University Women.

Regional Learning Community on Inclusive Teaching – Summer 2016

A 7-week program for current and future faculty at Cornell, Columbia, University of Rochester, and University at Buffalo. Through online group discussions and in-person workshops, participants will develop an understanding of the impact of identity, attitudes, and biases on student learning, and explore teaching strategies to create more inclusive learning environments.

Readings and Online Discussions: May 1-June 11, 2016. One-day in-person symposium: June 15, 2016

• University of Rochester River Campus, Rochester, NY
• Speaker: Dr. Heather Hackman

Funding for Cornell University’s Inclusive Teaching Series was provided by a grant from the Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation and Affiliates to the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning from 2015-2017.

Creating Inclusive Courses: Universal Design and Beyond

• Thursday, May 26, 2016 from 3:00-5:30 pm
• Presenter: Dr. Peter Martin, Associate Professor and Interim Chair of Education, Ithaca College

The Practice of Inclusive Teaching in STEM

• Thursday, May 12, 2016 from 10:30-1:30 (lunch provided)
• Panelists: Dr. Mark Lewis, Dr. Cissy Ballen, Nicholas Mason, Dr. Michelle Tong
• Bring a syllabus or work on enhancing a provided one. Optional certificates are available – more details will be sent to interested registrants.

The Future of Diversity: Rethinking Pedagogy in Diverse College Classrooms

• Friday, April 15, 2016 from 3:00-4:30 pm
• Presenter: Dr. Sean Eversley Bradwell, Ithaca College

Inclusive Teaching Institute for Graduate Students and Postdocs (Inaugural Institute in 2016)

• Friday and Saturday, February 12-13, 2016 from 9:30-2:00
• 423 ILR Conference Center

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Sponsorship

This project is currently funded in part by the National Science Foundation (grant #: 1647094; CIRTL AGEP). Any opinions, findings, interpretations, conclusions or recommendations expressed at these events and in related publications and materials are those of their respective authors and do not represent the views of the National Science Foundation.