Our EDI Resources for Faculty, Staff, and Students
The CBE EDI Initiative has included a variety of workshops to provide tools and build skills tailored specifically to the needs of faculty and staff, resources below.
Resources for Faculty & Staff
CBE Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Training Videos
Part 1: CBE Initiative on IDI – Context and Strategy
Part 2: Intercultural Competence and the IDI
Part 3: IDI Group Results – CBE’s Level of Intercultural Competence
CBE EDI Focus Groups – Summary Report
The College of Built Environments launched a college-wide initiative on equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). EDI has been identified as one of the key priorities for the college, the University and professional communities. The EDI initiative is a partnership with the University’s Office of Minority and Diversity and Undergraduate Academic Affairs. The University hopes to learn from the CBE approach and create a model for achieving University-wide goals on equity and diversity.
The initiative is focused on measuring and building intercultural competency across the College. Intercultural competence is the ability to accurately understand and effectively adapt to differences. It reflects the degree to which differences in values, expectations, beliefs, and behaviors are effectively bridged in order to achieve learning, research, and workplace objectives. This approach to EDI has been shown to be one of the most effective ways to achieve EDI goals and has been adopted globally across sectors and higher education institutions.
Additional EDI Resources & Reports
Special Topic Videos for Faculty & Staff
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) in times of crisis
Working with discomfort online
EDI practices online
Supporting students during crisis: Emerging needs and concerns
Supporting students during crisis: Steps toward agency
Supporting students during crisis: rethinking academic and social goals
Investing in EDI & growth on the intercultural continuum
Continuing the EDI conversation
Resources for Students
The first resource for students can be found at the department level. Adviser’s are well versed in a number of resources available to students. Students with specific concerns or ideas to share are also welcome to schedule time with the Dean during Office hours. You can contact Brittany Faulkner at bfaulk@uw.edu for more information.
Special Topic Videos for Students
Part 1: Building Intercultural Competence
Part 2: Equity, Diversity + Inclusion Q&A with Dean Renee Cheng
University of Washington Resources
UW Centers and Organizations:
Several centers and organizations promote support networks that allow students to experience personal growth, meet new friends, share common interests with other students, faculty, and staff.
- Associated Students of the University of Washington (ASUW)
- Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology (DO-IT)
- International Student Center
- Leadership without Borders
- Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity
- Q Center
- Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center (ECC)
- UW Graduate and Professional Student Senate
- UW Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation
- UW McNair
- Undocumented Student Resources
- UW TRIO Student Support Services
- UW Veterans Center
- Women’s Center
- wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House
- Center for Communication, Difference and Equity
- Center for Environmental Politics
For a full list of student groups on campus, visit the Registered Student Organization Directory.
Mental Health Resources:
Action:
External Resources
Affirmative action
- UW Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action (EOAA)
- Affirmative Action in Washington
- Ten Myths about Affirmative Action, Understanding Prejudice
Disabilities
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Association on Higher Education And Disability
- Disability:INclusive Workplaces. Accessible Technology Procurement Toolkit, Disability:IN
- Mental Health in the workplace, Disability:IN
- National Organization on Disability
Diversity in Environmental Organizations
- Leaking Talent: How People of Color Are Pushed Out of Environmental Organizations (2019), Green 2.0
- The Importance of Diversification in the Environmental Movement, Mobilize Green
- The State of Diversity in Environmental Organizations (2014), Green 2.0
Environmental justice in Washington State
- NEW: Environmental Justice Task Force. Recommendations for Prioritizing EJ in Washington State Government
- Alliance for Jobs & Clean Energy
- Got Green Seattle
- Duwamish Alive Coalition
- Duwamish River Clean-up Coalition
- Environmental Coalition of South Seattle (ECOSS)
- Forterra
- Front & Centered
- King County Exec. Priorities (Equity & Social Justice | Climate Change)
- Northwest Toxic Community Coalition
- Puget Sound SAGE
- Puget Soundkeepers
- Seattle Foundation
- Social Justice Fund NW
- Stand Up to Oil: Community Fueling Change
- United Indians of All Tribes Foundation
Gender
- National Organization for Women
- Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
- Transgender College Student Resource Guide, EduBirdie
- Using Gender Pronouns, Washington University
General
- American Civil Liberties Union
- Government Alliance on Race & Equity
- National Immigration Project
- Racial Equity Tools
- Racial Issues and Identities: A Guide to Resources on the Web
- The National Center for Education Statistics
- The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP)
- We’ve gotten better at diversity. Now the challenge is inclusion, The Washington Post
Inclusive Excellence
- Guide to Using Inclusive Language, Rider University
- Leading different types of groups, National Center for Professional and Research Ethics
- Integrating Racial Equity into Guided Pathways, UW Community College Research Initiatives
LGBTQIA+
- An Ally’s Guide to Issues Facing LGBT Americans, Movement Advancement Project
- Diverse Conversations Supporting LGBT College Students, Higher Education
- Drug Rehab Guide tailored to LGTBQ+, American Addition Centers
- LGBTQ Resource List
Safeguarding against unconscious bias
- “Checking Your Privilege 101”: A Social-Justice Movement in Higher Education, Imagining America
- Hidden/Unconscious Bias, University of Arizona
- Implicit Bias Video Series, University of California Los Angeles
- Project Implicit, Harvard University
- Unconscious Bias in the Classroom: Evidence and Opportunities, Google
- Understanding Bias: A Resource Guide, U.S. Department of Justice
Science and engineering
- A Guidebook for a Campus Self-Assessment of Successes and Challenges in STEM Faculty Diversity and Inclusion, NSF INCLUDES-APLU
- AGU Ethics and Equity Center, AGU
- Best Practices for American Indian and Alaska Native Data Collection, Urban Indian Health Institute
- Creating-Sustaining-a-Culture-of-Excellence-Quick-Tips, National Center for Professional and Research Ethics
- Data Sovereignty Principles, University of Arizona, Native Nations Institute
- Diversity Programs in Science
- Growing the Diversity Awareness & Cultural Competency of Faculty and Partners, Pathways to Science
- National Science Foundation Office of Diversity and Inclusion
- Preventing Harassment in Fieldwork Situations, University of Washington (2017)
- Strengthening the Pathways to Faculty Careers in STEM Recommendations for Systemic Change to Support Underrepresented Groups, ASPIRE-NSF
- Take Steps to Prevent Harassment, National Science Foundation
Social justice in Washington State
- 350 Seattle
- All Home
- American Civil Liberties Union of Washington State
- Amnesty International USA Group 4 of Seattle
- Anti-Defamation League Pacific Northwest Office
- CAIR Washington
- Campus For Peace
- Casa Latina
- Chaya
- Colectiva Legal del Pueblo
- El Centro de la Raza
- Equal Rights Washington
- Ingersoll Gender Center
- International Rescue Committee – Seattle
- Legal Voice
- Muslim Association of Puget Sound
- Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
- OneAmerica
- Seattle Chapter, National Organization for Women
- Solid Ground
- Somali Community Services of Seattle
- Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle
- Youth Undoing Institutional Racism
Undocumented students
- Supporting Access to Higher Education for Immigrant and Undocumented Students, San Diego State University
- Tip Sheet for Undocumented Students, University of Oregon
Veterans
- Student Veterans of America
- Transition Assistance Program
- Veteran Education Connection
- 5 Tips for Transitioning From Military Service to the Civilian Workforce, Purdue University
Places to Learn:
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Asian Americans PBS series
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How to support Asian American colleagues amid the recent wave of anti-Asian violence, CNBC
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Sinophobia: How a Virus Reveals the Many Ways China is Feared
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A comprehensive list of resources to learn more about racial equity
Action: