Higher Education Workshops
We are pleased to contribute to campus and CIRTL Network workshops on topics relating to inclusive excellence in higher education and the climate of academia, as well opportunities for the alumni our cohort-based programs to continue learning and connecting around the future of 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 a Canvas-hosted version with greater local interaction.)
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.
Dialogue and Pluralism Courses 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 sensitive topics but you don’t know how? Do you want to connect with others who have the same questions?
Sessions we 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
- 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.
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
- August 19, 2019, from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm ET
- 401 Warren Hall
- Presenters: Julie Posselt, University of Southern California, and Casey Miller, Rochester Institute of Technology
Holistic Graduate Admissions Mini-Workshop for Future Faculty
- August 19, 2019, from 4:00-6:00 pm ET
- 401 Warren Hall
- Presenters: Julie Posselt, University of Southern California, and Casey Miller, Rochester Institute of Technology
Holistic review is an evidence-based practice for identifying talent in graduate admissions. In this mini-workshop, led by nationally recognized experts Drs. Julie Posselt and Casey Miller, participants will learn the research basis for holistic review and practical applications to graduate admissions. Participants will come away with tools and resources to support implementation of holistic graduate admissions.
These events are hosted by the Graduate School Office of Inclusion & Student Engagement and the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) at Cornell.These events are hosted by the Graduate School Office of Inclusion & Student Engagement and the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) at Cornell and supported by the NSF AGEP Transformation Alliance: Improved Academic Climate for STEM Dissertators and Postdocs to Increase Interest in Faculty Careers (NSF Grant No. 1647094). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed during this event are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Broadening Participation in Computing: Breaking Down Barriers
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 Book Talk
Wednesday, September 13, 2017, 3:00 – 4:00 pm, Sage Chapel
The Center for Teaching Innovation, Engaged Cornell, the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity, and the Graduate School welcome Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, President Emerita at Spelman College, to campus on September 13.
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 latest book, with a discussion to follow.
Dialogue and Pluralism Special Sessions – 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.
- 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
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.
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 was funded in part by the National Science Foundation from 2016-2022 (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.