Since 2020, the Office of Equity & Justice (OEJ), Graduate Student Equity & Excellence (GSEE), and Graduate Student Affairs (GSA) has hosted this annual tri-campus event for faculty, staff, graduate students, and university leadership across the Bothell, Seattle and Tacoma campuses. The day-long summit is a partnership with equity-focused units across the tri-campus and strives to help university leadership develop a better equity focus.
This year’s summit introduces the Graduate Equity Progress (EP) Tool, designed to assist units/departments in pinpointing strengths as well as areas for growth in efforts to create a just, diverse, and inclusive environment for students at every stage of their graduate career, from pre-recruitment to post-graduation. In the morning, we will dive into the history and development of the tool, while afternoon sessions will focus on the tool in practice, allowing attendees an opportunity to try out a section of the tool with guidance from the Equity & Justice team. This annual summit guides faculty, staff, graduate students, and campus leadership to reflect and actively engage in the work to promote equity in Graduate Education.
*Please note virtual sessions will take place on Zoom and in person sessions will be at UW Seattle Peterson Room
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2024 > 10 A.M. – 4 P.M.
Sessions
For more detailed session descriptions, please download the program and schedule above.
Session 1
10:00am-10:35am, Hybrid
(Process) Navigating Equity: Unveiling the Graduate Equity Progress (EP) Tool
- Dr. Ralina L. Joseph, Associate Dean, Equity & Justice
- Maxine K. Wright, Doctoral Research Assistant
- Cheyenne Evans, Equity and Inclusion Specialist/Program Manager
Explore the evolution and process of designing the Graduate Equity Progress (EP) Tool. Discover how questions are strategically scored across phrases, empowering departments to assess and improve practices to promote a just and inclusive graduate student environment.
Session 2
10:50am-12:15pm, Hybrid
(Process) Panel: Collaborative Insights from Supportive Partners and Summer Pilot Participants
- LizAnne M. Ngo, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Office of Educational Assessment
- Emily Beylerian, Institutional Analyst, Computing and Information Resources, The Graduate School
- Whitney Bennett, MA, Graduate Program Manager, Department of Communication
- Carmen Gonzalez, Ph.D., Dart Endowed Assoicate Professor in Trauma, Journalism, and Communication, Department of Communication
- Ana Pinto da Silva, Director, Master of Human Computer Interaction + Design (MHCI +D)
- Maxine K. Wright, Doctoral Research Assistant
- Moderated by Dr. Ralina L. Joseph, Associate Dean, Equity & Justice
This panel session includes supporting partners who assisted in survey platform methods and established new data dashboards for staff and faculty to access student data as well as participants in the first pilot of the EP Tool. Panel members will offer actionable insights about tool use and putting results into practice at the program level.
Lunch/Connection
12:15pm-1:30pm, UW Seattle Peterson Room
This networking session will allow participants to foster connections and dialogue from the morning sessions in a collaborative environment. Guided prompts will be available as well as opportunities for reflection. Lunch will be provided for the first 50 registrants. The practice session of the EP Tool will immediately follow.
Session 3
1:30pm-2:30pm, Hybrid
(Practice) Diving into a section of the Graduate Equity Progress (EP) Tool
- Dr. Ralina L. Joseph, Associate Dean, Equity & Justice
- Maxine K. Wright, Doctoral Research Assistant
- Cheyenne Evans, Equity and Inclusion Specialist/Program Manager
Join us as we collectively answer a section of the Graduate Equity Progress (EP) Tool. In this session, the Equity & Justice team will walk through the questions with you and allow for preliminary assessment of your unit’s DEIJ policies and practices.
Session 4
2:45pm-4:00pm, Hybrid
(Practice) Revealing the Results from Actionable Practices
- Dr. Ralina L. Joseph, Associate Dean, Equity & Justice
- Maxine K. Wright, Doctoral Research Assistant
- Cheyenne Evans, Equity and Inclusion Specialist/Program Manager
In this session we will provide an overview of results and scoring, allowing participants to process their responses from the previous session and ask questions. This session will include engagement with actionable resources to assist in structural changemaking at the unit level.
*Please note to attend this session you must be in attendance for Session 3 (Practice) Diving into a section of the Graduate Equity Progress (EP) Tool