Education as Disruption Virtual Intensive – Day 2

📣 Dare to Disrupt

This year's theme, 'More Than Words: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Action,' will feature interactive breakout sessions presented by partners across Rutgers where participants will build capacity to engage across difference, explore tools for institutional transformation, and promote community as we collectively work toward inclusion. See below for this year's event program for Day 2.

Day 2, Session 1: 12:15-1:25pm

Inclusivity in Action

Releasing Ego to Center DEI in Your Student Engagement/Outreach Strategy (Airelle Smith, Assistant Director for Career Advocacy & Professional Inclusion, Rutgers University Office of Career Exploration & Success)

Disrupting Linguistic Discrimination in Higher Education: Cultivating Practices of Linguistic Inclusivity (Dr. Nicole M. Houser, Assistant Dean for Curriculum Internationalization, Rutgers Global-Study Abroad & Nela Navarro, Rutgers Global-Study Abroad)

Moving Past Judgement to Connection: Our Personal Culture Molecule (Stephanie Klotz, Rutgers School of Social Work)

The Inclusive Online Teaching Rubric: A Tool for Self-Reflection and Online Course Design Evaluation (Mary Labrada, Sr. Instructional Designer, DEI & STEM Specialist, Teaching & Learning with Technology)

Day 2, Session 2: 1:30-2:40pm

Identity and Experience

The Importance of Peer Mentoring for Transfer Students (Karla Esquilín-Lebrón, Ph.D.-Teaching Instructor, Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology-SEBS & Ines Rauschenbach, Ph.D.-Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology-SEBS)

Impact of Identities, Biases and Fears on the Learning of International Students (Anu Gupta, Rutgers Global)

Supporting Black Women's Advancement in Academia and Beyond (Dr. Rai Tonicia King Ed.D., Leadership and Learning, Vanderbilt University & Instructor, Douglass College)