PO159: Performative Versus Actionable DEI Initiatives in Higher Education

  • PMD: 8
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Introduction
  • Poster Session 1: Promoting Diversity and Multicultural Competence in School Psychology

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. develop a meaningful understanding of performativity and its implications in higher education;
  2. gain strategies to identify and reflect on the performativity within their institution’s DEI initiatives; and
  3. advocate for and implement actionable steps toward DEI initiatives.

Description

Graduate institutions publicly vocalize support of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), but it’s often a statement without policy. How can we work to disrupt performativity and be a catalyst for actionable DEI advancement?

Presenter(s)

Rachel L. Savaglio, University of Washington
Sierra Winters, University of Washington
SeoYeon Kim, University of Washington

Contributor(s)

Lyvinna Lee, Nayomi Martinez-Ubay, Monique E. Armendariz, Katharine Y. Kashima

Letter to Supervisor

Looking for a concise way to pitch the convention to your employer? This letter and the corresponding talking points are here to help!

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