Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Teaching & Learning
Getting Started
In A&S LDT, we use the framework of the Equity Literacy Institute to inform our thinking around DEI. Please visit their website for much more information, including:
- Basic Principles of Equity Literacy
- Understanding Equity and Inequity
- Learning to be a Threat to Inequity
- Deficit Ideology
Faculty Community
- The A&S Faculty Collaborative Learning Community for Design for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion supports faculty at the College who want to enhance diversity, equity and inclusion in their courses and departments.
- Contact Gail Hunger, Learning Design and Technology for more information
DEI on Grounds
Upcoming Events
UVA’s Division for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion hosts an extensive list of upcoming learning opportunities and events.
A&S DEI
Learn more about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in A&S
DEI in the News
Transforming STEM Education Eight years ago, UVA chemistry professor Linda Columbus set out to design a better chemistry course for her students. Her efforts are changing the ways introductory science is taught at the University.
Center for Teaching Excellence
Uva’s Center for Teaching Excellence offers resources to support inclusive teaching, as well as consultations and other faculty development opportunities.
Equity Literacy Resources
We’ve curated a brief list of resources to support faculty interested in exploring DEI in teaching, learning, and higher education
Inclusive Teaching
Inclusive Teaching and Course Design: practical course design and teaching tips from the Educause Review
The Equity Literacy Institute offers a host of shareable resources, mini-courses, and links to equity-minded resources.
Antiracist & Inclusive Pedagogy Resources
- Anti-racist Pedagogy (tumblr.com) – a collection of anti-racist pedagogy readings and resources, geared toward world language and humanities faculty
- R.A.V.E.N. method of responding to racial microaggressions, via Diverse Issues in Higher Education
- Yale University’s Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning offers a definition of antiracist pedagogy and helpful related resources
- How We Pronounce Student Names, and Why It Matters, an article on the benefits of learning to pronounce students' names correctly
STEM-Specific Resources
For those teaching, learning and working in the Sciences:
- Worchester Polytechnic Institute's Teacher Resources for AntiRacism in STEM
- Anti-racist science education panel on NPR/additional resources from the participants
- Mathematics in Context: The Pedagogy of Liberation (essay on how math educators humanize math/explain the reality behind the statistics
- Why Trust Science? Naomi Oreskes
- STS Conference
- Prentis Hemphill's Podcast "Finding our way" features interviews with writers, scholars, and thinkers including Alexis Pauline Gumbs and Adrienne Maree Brown if anyone is interested in a quick intro to their work!