Incorporating Diversity into the Classroom: Using Place to Explore Structural Inequality and Institutional Racism In-Person
Buffalo-Niagara is one of the most racially segregated metropolitan regions in the nation. Residential segregation imposes a wide range of costs on people of color, impairing their health, education, job access, and wealth. Using primary evidence as our guide, we will unpack the structures of inequality responsible for widespread racialized inequity. In doing so, we will explore how place can be utilized towards more informed discussions and inquiry of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Presented by Dr. Michael Durfee, Associate Professor in the Department of History.
This is the second of a series of workshops on incorporating diversity into the classroom, and is designed for a broad academic audience and anyone considering various methods of teaching diversity. In addition, the workshops are resources for faculty who are interested in having their course(s) included in a new interdisciplinary minor being developed that focuses on diversity, equity, and inclusion. There is funding available to faculty to develop related materials. Also, this minor is proposed to be the first of others that may be completed through the general education curriculum. Details on these opportunities will be provided at the workshop and refreshments will be served. This workshop is supported by a Humanities Connection Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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