May 2021
What’s Next? Constellations & Orientations: New Ways to Think About Your Skills
Understanding your skills is a crucial part of exploring careers and figuring out your next steps. But what do we actually mean when we talk about “skills”? This workshop will introduce a critical, contextual, and creative approach to skills that draws on your humanities training and experiences. You will leave with a personalized strategy for understanding what you’re good at—not just a generic list of skills. You will also have a chance to imagine how you can use your skills…
Find out more »What’s Next? Disciplinary Career Panels: Humanities
Panelists include: Ethriam Brammer, Assistant Dean at Rackham Graduate School (Ph.D., English) Catalina Esguerra, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Programs Manager at University of Virginia (Ph.D., Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics) Chris Gerben, Vice President of Marketing at Smokeball Legal Software (Ph.D., English) Briann Greenfield, Executive Director at Harriet Beecher Stowe Center (Ph.D., American Studies) Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/MEwqD. We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this…
Find out more »What’s Next? Disciplinary Career Panels: Social Sciences
Panelists include: Ashley Reid Brown, Principal Consultant at ghSMART (Ph.D., Political Science and Public Policy) Jeremy Welland, Global Head of Data Science and Analytics at Google (Ph.D., Economics) Mary Wright, Associate Provost for Teaching and Learning and Executive Director of the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Brown University (Ph.D., Sociology) Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/MEwqD. We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow…
Find out more »Rackham Minority Serving Institutions Initiative Coffee Chat Series: Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions in Context and Practice
This talk shares the journey of establishing Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISI), the federal government’s most recent Minority-Serving Institution designated to serve Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students. Current descriptive and demographic data will be shared, charting the 14-year growth of AANAPISIs within our postsecondary education system. In doing so, a more accurate portrait of AAPI students will be presented to emphasize the complexity of their educational experiences. Speaker: Mike Hoa Nguyen is assistant…
Find out more »June 2021
Leading Inclusive Teams
In this interactive session, students will work through a team decision-making exercise. We will then debrief the exercise in light of the cutting edge science and best practices for leading inclusive teams. We will explore the value of diversity in teams, the need to create equitable and inclusive participation in team meetings, how to facilitate effective team task-debates to leverage team diversity, and how to manage team influence dynamics to make data-driven, anti-bias high-quality team decisions. Speaker: Lindy Greer (she/her),…
Find out more »Living Inside Out: Leading from the Core of Your Values
Living Inside Out is an opportunity for us to become more fully who we want to be, boost decision making and problem solving skills, and enhance our management of relationships. We will explore (1) What are your core values? (2) Why do they matter to you? (3) The benefits of living your core values (4) How to leverage them in all areas of your life (5) How they align with inclusive leadership. Speaker: Brian Townsend (he/him/his), Director of Leadership Development…
Find out more »Integrating Critical Perspectives into Leadership: Moving Theory and Practice Towards Inclusion and Justice
This session will provide a foundational exploration of critical social theory and the utility of cultivating critical perspectives to interrogate leadership theory and practice. Participants will learn the art of deconstruction and reconstruction of leadership theory and practice, to challenge dominant norms and discover how to engage in leadership grounded in social justice and inclusion. Speaker: Natasha Turman (she/her/hers), Director, Women in Science and Engineering Residence Program Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/R5llQ. We want to ensure full and equitable participation…
Find out more »Leading with Emotional Effectiveness
“Until you make the unconscious conscious it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” - Carl Jung It’s no secret that emotions can influence our motivation and behavior or even control us. However, inclusive leaders are able to understand and regulate their emotions and reactions This is called emotional intelligence. This workshop provides an overview of emotional intelligence and its four components: Self Awareness, Self Management, Social Awareness, and Relationship Management. Attendees will gain tools to help…
Find out more »Empowering Teams and Building Trust Through Experiential Learning
“Make your fun have meaning.” Through a variety of interactive problem-solving activities and outdoor experiences, Adventure Leadership facilitators regularly help teams develop a deeper understanding of themselves and their relationships to others within their organization’s environment. A significant part of this process relies heavily on creating a secure space for exploration—both physically and emotionally. In this workshop, you will learn how to leverage Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle, Tuckman’s Stages of Group Development, and Project Adventure’s Challenge By Choice philosophy to…
Find out more »A Mindful Mindset for Engaged Leadership
To be mindful means cultivating an awareness of the interconnected nature of our lives with a commitment to lead a life with dignity. Our workshop draws on the Mindful Mindset framework (Mahalingam, 2019), a holistic approach to mindfulness drawing from intersectionality theory, Buddhist psychology, social justice, and labor studies, developed by BLI Director and Professor of Psychology Ram Mahalingam. This framework centers on inclusive leadership through the dignity and interconnectedness of all human beings at the center of mindfulness and…
Find out more »Restoration, Transformation, and Leadership: Centering Healing in the Actions We Take Towards Racial Equity
Are you interested in learning how you and/or your organization can make the shift toward healing-centered engagement? Are you interested looking for contemplative practices that can aid in your personal racial healing as you work toward racial equity in larger communities? This workshop will provide an opportunity for you to engage these questions and engage in critical self-reflection on one's level of commitment, courage, and cultural intelligence. Attendees will be exposed to the concept of healing centered engagement and leadership…
Find out more »Mentoring Across Differences
This workshop will address challenges that emerge in mentoring relationships related to the players’ social identities and their intersection. Through a variety of interactive activities and case studies, participants will be able to explore from a distance the way bias plays out in mentoring relationships, dive into closer practice to recognize their own bias from a mentor’s perspective, and develop strategies to interrupt various biases to ensure particular kinds of collaborations with members of their (future) teams. Participants will also…
Find out more »Inclusive Leadership
There is a lot of talk about “inclusive leadership,” but many are left asking: What is it? Why is it important? How can I do it? This workshop will address these questions by presenting research on the specific traits, elements, and styles of inclusive leaders. Participants will be able to reflect on and share their own experiences and times that they have witnessed others modeling inclusive leadership. We will discuss the benefits of inclusive leadership at the individual and organizational…
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