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Equity in STEM Community Convening Presentation, Oct. 7, 2019 Agenda Constructing and Catalyzing Change: Panel Presentation Building a Sustainable Faculty Allyship Program •Context of the Faculty Allies training •Pedagogical design and sequencing BGSU ALLIES Team Members: Ellen M. Broido Hyun Kyoung Ro •Extending training to Chairs/Directors Blaze Campbell Sheila J. Roberts NSF ADVANCE–Adaptation Track (Award No. 1760389) Lisa K. Hanasono Margaret M. Yacobucci Jody A. Kunk-Czaplicki Discussion with the Audience Session Goals BGSU ALLIES: Building Inclusive Leadership Practices and Policies to Transform the Institution 3-year, $984,484 ADVANCE-Adaptation Track project 1. Share strategies for engaging September 2018 – August 2021 STEM faculty in ongoing Faculty Allies training Training Project goal: Goals 2. Explain sequencing of activities To make allyship and to form a scaffold of support as faculty develop allyship and inclusive leadership the bystander skills In Institutio stitutional nal expectation and norm at Ch Change BGSU 3. Discuss with audience how Co-PIs and Senior Personnel: Training Training strategies could be applied at Peg Yacobucci, Mike Ogawa, Lisa Hanasono, Julie Matuga, Sheila Roberts, Ellen Broido, Deb O’Neil, Susana Peña, Hyun Kyoung Ro, your institutions Content Sequence Karen Root, Stacey Rychener, Rachel Vannatta, Mike Zickar Doctoral Student Team Members: Blaze Caprice-Amore Campbell & Jody Kunk-Czaplicki Award No. 1760389 Contexts of BGSU Two Approaches Why Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Matters? Faculty Allies Inclusive Leadership & • Faculty Demographics Institutional Change Goal: • Evidence of Bias and Discrimination 40% of full-time faculty Three Components: • COACHE Survey in target units will 1. Inclusive leadership training • BGSU Climate Survey complete our allyship for Chairs/Directors and bystander 2. Policy revisions • Need for Allyship and Inclusive Leadership intervention training 3. Data improvements Development 1

Equity in STEM Community Convening Presentation, Oct. 7, 2019 Contexts of BGSU The Three “I”s – Our Unifying Theme Why Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Matters? "… diverse ideas, perspectives, and interests Intersectionality: are a benefit to any institution and especially Inclusion: to science." Inclusion Critical to challenging Essential to “… have a responsibility to leverage my role as the complex systems a teacher, mentor, lab director, and faculty building Intersectionality of (dis)advantage that community member so that I can help support BGSU’s Interconnections gender diversity and equity on our campus and faculty experience capacity for in our community." innovation "...training as a faculty ally will help Interconnections: me to work at the forefront of change, providing support and information Important for breaking down barriers both within my department and across and building networks of support the community. " Discussion Question Scaffolding Faculty to Success • We equip faculty with the building blocks to catalyze institutional change • Through a series of scaffolding activities and ongoing training How can we address intersectionality more explicitly? activities, we empower faculty to act as allies and advocates for gender equity Pedagogical Design & Sequencing Pre-workshop Online Modules • STEM faculty need continuing support and practices – What We Did What Worked a single training session is not enough! • Pre-Workshop Survey • IRB Approval & Opt In/Out • Implicit Association Tests • Baseline Data to Inform Training • Programs that we have offered: • Readings & Resources • Online Repository  Pre-workshop materials on online module  Half-day workshop on allyship & bystander intervention  Follow-up events throughout semester and beyond What Did Not Work  Selection and development of Faculty Advocates • Pseudonyms 2

Equity in STEM Community Convening Presentation, Oct. 7, 2019 Half-Day Workshop on Allyship & Bystander Intervention Half-Day Workshop on Allyship & Bystander Intervention What Worked What Did Not Work • Provost’s Remarks • Identifying Microaggressions • Overview of the ALLIES Project • Principles of Bystander Intervention • Socially Engineered Small Groups • Participants expressed a desire for more time/additional training • Workshop Goals & Icebreaker • Small Group Practice • Clear Ground Rules, Objectives, and Time Markers • Lacking time to fully dive into the • Ground Rules & So What? • Costs & Benefits of Allyship pre-module readings • Microaggressions Skit, Case • Understanding & Engaging in • Upcoming Events Scenarios, and Group Discussions • Concerns lingered over the risks of Privilege • Evaluation intervening • Increased Knowledge & Efficacy Related to Bystander Intervention* Faculty Allies Follow-Up Events Discussion Question (Spring 2019) Jan 24 Faculty Allies workshop Feb 19 Discussion of Workshop Readings Feb 28 Women Faculty’s Leadership Breakfast How can we help faculty participants overcome the Mar 7 Brown Bag on “Secret Service” Mar 12 Networking Event resistance and fear of “speaking up”? April 5 Brown Bag on Everyday Ally Actions April 8-19 Online Discussion of Allyship Scenarios April 26 Networking Event May 6 Brown Bag on Complexities of Being an Ally May 14 Networking Event May 15 Networking Event Faculty Allies Follow-Up Events Online Modules (Spring 2019) What Worked What Did Not Work Core Skills 1. Recognize biases & microaggressions • Formal presentations (brown • Networking events (no 2. Understand privilege, power, & intersectionality bags) well attended and agenda) had less participation 3. Assess the gravity of the situation & take resulted in effective • Some voices heard more than responsibility Allies discussion others 4. Enact intervention strategies • Skills practice • Too little attention to issues in • Focus on practical strategies addition to and in intersection Contexts and Applications more effective than theory with gender  Mentoring & Sponsoring Faculty • Pronouns  Evaluating Faculty  Promoting Inclusive & Equitable Meetings  Everyday Allyship 3

Equity in STEM Community Convening Presentation, Oct. 7, 2019 Discussion Questions Extending Training to Chairs/Directors What We Learned What We Did • Faculty Administrators generally • Modified ALLIES Workshop How can we empower faculty to apply their skills and rated their knowledge of issues • Added targeted case studies higher than faculty knowledge from the training to real-life situations? • Inclusive Leadership Workshop • Workshops were effective • Participants learned about • Wanted More principles of inclusive leadership • Readings, case studies, How can we develop effective online modules to • Developed and implemented an discussions, with other faculty Inclusive Leadership Action Plan extend the Faculty Allies training? administrators • Planning an “Expanding Your • Include all departments/faculty Network” Workshop • Concerns About Institutional Commitment Discussion Question Round-table Discussion • How can we address intersectionality more explicitly? • How can we help faculty participants overcome the resistance and fear of “speaking up”? How can we translate this scaffolding approach to • How can we empower faculty to apply their skills and knowledge from the training to real-life situations? Chairs/Directors? • How can we develop effective online modules to extend the Faculty Allies training? • How can we translate this scaffolding approach to Chairs/Directors? Thank you! Email: allies@bgsu.edu Web: http://www.bgsu.edu/allies Facebook: @BGSUAlliesProject Twitter: @BGSUAllies 4