The magazine’s 2022 list of innovative, impactful trendsetters includes Jessica Whitehead, Narketta Sparkman-Key and Jerry Cronin.
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On October 29, 2021, the American Psychological Association (APA) Council of Representatives ratified an apology for the role the APA and the discipline of psychology played in contributing to systemic racism.
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As we start the Fall semester, please take the time to review the Academic Affairs Three Point Plan to a More Inclusive Environment and watch the video message from Provost Agho.
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Please view the Provost’s Council Diversity Statement as a reminder of our collective commitment to making Academic Affairs a more diverse and inclusive community.
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The Office of Faculty Diversity and Retention is excited to announce the Provost's Award for Faculty Mentorship.
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The Office of Faculty Diversity and Retention is excited to announce the new Culturally Competent Content Development Program.
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The required annual search committee training is now available.
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Anti-Racism in Academia: A Learning Journey (ARiA) was created by a small group of community leaders from multiple academic institutions to promote anti-racism in higher education.
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Black in Microbiology Week is scheduled for September 28 - October 4, 2020. It features eminent Black microbiologists, virologists, parasitologists, mycologists, microbiome researchers, women and early career microbial scientists.
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The New York Times Pulitzer Prize winner discussed "The 1619 Project" in a virtual presentation hosted by the Darden College of Education and Professional Studies.
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During the first surge of the COVID-19 pandemic in April, reporter Colleen Flaherty published an article in Inside Higher Ed that generated much attention. In a piece entitled “No Room of One’s Own,” Flaherty quoted several editors of academic journals who expressed concern about the decline in article submissions authored solely by women scholars.
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The current literature on mentoring lacks the perspective of students of color relationship with their white mentors. As more students of color enter historically white institutions, they will find they have limited options for mentors of color, thus increasing the need of a focus on how the behaviors of white mentors impact their students of color.
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COVID-19 is taking a toll on professional women. In fact, women’s productivity has decreased during the pandemic due to the disproportionate role they play in managing their families’ social and emotional well-being, home schooling, social isolation and work.
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In this article we explore suggestions made by researchers on how to frame the request for diversity statements and what candidates should be expected to include in a diversity statement.
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Writing a diversity statement is important because your prospective employer is then able to recruit a diverse faculty, now has an idea as you how you will contribute, how the institution will better serve its increasingly diverse student population, and how your presence, culturally unique perspectives and experiences will benefit students and the institution.
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In this interactive workshop, Dr. Key discussed how to embrace one’s authentic self in order to be a more culturally competent leader.
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In our first virtual Mentoring Monday in collaboration with the Asian Caucus, the topic was Resource Recognition, Utilization, and Integration with panelists Dr. Harry Zhang, Dr. Wie Yusuf, Dr. Hua Liu and Dr. Weiyong Zhang.
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Virtual Café is specifically in response to social distancing that resulted from the Coronavirus – Covid 19 pandemic.
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In this our final Mentoring Monday of the semester, we collaborated with the Hispanic Latino Employee Association (HLEA), Dr. Alan Meca, Ms. Tania Alvarez, Dr. Orlando Ayala, Dr. Luis Guadano, and Ms. Maria Doran to bring a very interesting session entitled Effective Mentorship and Supervision – Inspiring the Next Generation.
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Excite the Dream ODU is a pilot program designed to attract and ultimately recruit faculty of color. The Office of Faculty Diversity and Retention, along with Dean Bray, Dean Dodge, Dean Sandstrom, and Dean Van Lunen, invited 7 scholars to explore ODU, get acquainted with faculty and to share their research.
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Panelists fielded questions related to their choice of career, their career path in Higher Education, resilience, empowerment, and how these qualities are related to their continued success at ODU specifically and higher education more broadly.
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The session, a collaboration with the University Women's Caucus, included opportunities for participants to document their career goals and establish plans of action.
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Professor Annette Finley-Croswhite said, “I want to create global citizens infused with empathy as they face 21st-century challenges.”
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They will receive Community Leaders’ awards at the organization’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast.
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Narketta Sparkman-Key, Elizabeth Locke and Yvonne T. Allmond receive 2019 Women in Business honors.
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The Institute on Teaching and Mentoring is the largest gathering of underrepresented minority Ph.D. scholars in the country. The goal of the Institute is to provide a safe environment for doctoral scholars to share insights and survival tips for success in graduate work, build communities among themselves, enrich their research and teaching strategies, and give scholars the skills that will serve them in the profession of their choice.
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Focus, or Faculty of Color Uniting for Success, centers on annual summer workshops that offer direct support.
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On Friday, September 27, 2019, the Faculty Diversity Leaders attended a retreat focused on preparing them to be more culturally competent in the development of activities to address diversity and inclusion.
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The College of Education and Professional Studies sponsored Diverse Conversations, a meet and greet event with Dr. Narketta Sparkman-Key, on October 9.
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Old Dominion University will be sponsoring Excite the Dream ODU program. This program gives an opportunity for underrepresents scholars to attend workshops, visit our campus and discuss research agenda with chairs, deans and potential hiring committee members.
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The College of William and Mary’s Center for Gifted Education has invited Dr. Elizabeth Locke to share her knowledge and professional experience on physical therapy for middle school students, at Focusing on the Future Event on February 1, 2020.
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New faculty, along with there families, joined senior leaders and college administrators for networking on the American Rover Sailboat
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Faculty diversity leaders and committee members across colleges participated in a five hour workshop was led by Dr. Karen Sanzo focused on using design thinking to develop goals and objectives that would guide diversity activities for the academic year.
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Online membership registration is now available for those interested in joining the Asian Caucus.
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Assistant Professor of Literacy Dr. Judith Dunkerly-Bean and her husband Tom Bean have dedicated their summer to volunteering at the William A. Hunton YMCA, located in Tidewater Gardens, Norfolk, Virginia.
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We are currently seeking coaches to support our second year faculty with a specific project they are working on.
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Join senior leadership aboard the Rover and sail across downtown Norfolk enjoying music and networking.
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Dr. Key will host a number of conversations across campus to gain insight from faculty on needs, ideas and to answer any questions.
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The 10 Day Writing Challenge is designed for faculty members to get cohort support while achieving their writing goals.
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Mentoring Monday's is a collaboration between each affinity group to offer mentoring to faculty members on a variety of topics.
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The Department of Counseling and Human Services is sponsoring the visit of Dr. Jennifer Stuart-Dixon, a psychotherapist and lecturer at the University of West Indies. She will speak with students and faculty at Old Dominion University.
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There are six traits or behaviors that we found distinguish inclusive leaders from others
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What do leaders need to understand about diversity?
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The Coalition of Black Faculty & Administrators is offering free membership for new faculty for the first year.
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Women's Caucus is offering free membership for the first year for new faculty members.
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Assistant Professor Dr. Felecia Commodore's latest book Black Women College Students explores the state of Black women students in higher
education.
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She wants to enhance the University’s efforts to continue its progress toward inclusive excellence.
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Dr. Muge Akpinar-Elci, chair of Old Dominion University's School of Community & Environmental Health and director of the Center for Global Health, recently was named an American Thoracic Society (ATS) fellow at the organization's 115th annual international conference.
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There is a need for discussing diversity in the most accurate way possible and often women of color are left out of the discussion.
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In order to increase diversity within organizations individuals responsible for hiring must be committed to reducing personal bias.
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The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education listed Dr. Sparkman-Key among four scholars who were recently appointed to administrative positions.
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We have been awarded a new HRSA grant for the undergraduate HMSV program focused on helping our undergraduate students gain experience in addictions prevention, treatment, and recovery services during their internship experiences.
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This year is going to be epic! We have lots of new initiatives kicking off this year.
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The University’s Center for Social Mobility brings together higher-education leaders from across Virginia and national experts. This year’s Symposium is scheduled for June 4-5.
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American Association of Blacks in Higher Education