DEI professional development opportunities

As we move past performance appraisals and into the year, many of you might be working toward ASR’s DEI and IDP goals and looking for DEI-related professional development opportunities. To help, the DEI committee compiled a list of upcoming conferences, workshops, and webinars that center on diversity, equity, and inclusion and can assist you in meeting some of your personal DEI goals. You can also check out the Office of Equity and Diversity’s Deep Dive Resources for more ideas!

Free webinars, talks, and courses

• Insight Into Diversity webinars (past webinar recordings available)
• National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) webinars (past webinar recordings available)
• Leading for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education, Coursera course
• The Minneapolis Reckoning: Race, Violence, and the Politics of Policing in America, College of Liberal Arts, Race, Indigeneity, Disability, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Conferences and workshops

• 2024 Phyllis L. Mable Emerging Leaders Institution, The American College Personnel Association (ACPA)–College Student Educators International (registration fee required)
• NAFSA Annual conference and & expo, NAFSA Association of International Educators
• Diversity and Inclusion Conference: U.S. Focus, AACSB

University of Minnesota-sponsored

• Equity Certificate Hosted Online (ECHO), Office of Equity and Diversity
• Rethinking Mentoring: Building Communities of Inclusion, Support, & Accountability, Institute for Diversity, Equity & Adversity
• Online Module: The Confidence Gap, Office of Equity and Diversity: The Women’s Center
• Unraveling the Blanket for Liberation: The Abolitionist Cause for Public Health, School of Public Health
• Injustice in our Backyard: The Unspoken History of Genesis & Genocide at Bdote, School of Public Health

If you know of any other opportunities, please share them with the DEI Committee by emailing us at asrdei@umn.edu or share directly with ASR DEI Community of Practice Google group.