Diversity
Highlights
ReNUWIt has undertaken many specific activities in support of our diversity and inclusion goals. These activities range from one-day events to months-long and ongoing efforts, and target populations ranging from K-12 students to faculty. Activities have targeted not only underrepresented minority groups and women, but also other groups that have been historically marginalized in STEM fields, such as people with disabilities, low-income and first-generation students, and queer/LGBT people. Below are a few recent highlights.
Goal 1: Recruit a more diverse population of students and postdoctoral researchers
- ReNUWIt Research Scholars
- ReNUWIt REU Program
- Research Experience in Water-Environment Science and Technology (REinWEST) program
- Inside Graduate Admissions: Merit, Diversity, and Designing for Inclusive Excellence; led by Dr. Julie Posselt, Assistant Professor at USC Rossier School of Education whose scholarship examines movements for equity and inclusion in graduate education
Goal 2: Build an inclusive environment
- Universal Design; led by Dr. Sheryl Burgstahler, Director of AccessERC and Director of DO-IT at University of Washington
- Hack Your Brain // Hack Your Like: The Brain + Stress; led by Dr. Lindsay Bira, a clinical health psychologist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at UT Health Science Center San Antonio
Goal 3: Expand the pipeline
- ReNUWIt Research Scholars
- ReNUWIt REU Program
- Research Experience in Water-Environment Science and Technology (REinWEST) program
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