Addressing Race and Gender Inequities in the Legal Profession
Shalini Vivek
Student Legal Services is requesting $200 in support to fund a speaker for students in the Explore the Law (ETL) program. The speaker will run a two-hour workshop with students regarding race and gender inequities in the legal profession and how to overcome barriers.
Online Tutor Training for Multilingual Graduates and Professionals
Monika Mulder and Linnea Spitzer
The purpose of this project is to design an online tutor training program for tutors working with multilingual graduate students, visiting scholars, and other multilingual academics on scholarly writing projects.
Adding Authentic Student Voices to Open Educational Resources for First-year Spanish
Jenny Ceciliano
Current undergraduate students who are Heritage Spanish speakers will contribute voice and video recordings to the OER program being used in first-year Spanish courses.
Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning Community of Practice on Anti-Racist and Accessible Pedagogy
Megan Horst and Kacy McKinney
This mini grant will support a Community of Practice, comprised of four to six faculty members in the Toulan School of Urban Studes and Planning, to undertake course revisions and establish a collective anti-racist pedagogical approach across four academic programs.
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Pilot Peer Mentorship Program
Alejandra Acevedo, Danna Guzman, Malcolm Peavy, Nahom Ketema, Patricia Cabrera, Raul Rodriguez, and Dr. Joyce Pieretti
The LSAMP student advisory council will launch a pilot peer mentorship program for students from underrepresented backgrounds pursuing a STEM bachelor’s degree. This program will help build a resilient community of students and strengthen the leadership skills of those on the council.
Deconstructing Thanksgiving Teach-In and Community Feed
Maria Tenorio, Jan Abramovitz, Amanda Sugimoto, and Dot McElhone
This event brings together the larger PSU community to critically discuss the misrepresentations and ethnocentric lens that underscore the Thanksgiving holiday. Native American students often feel marginalized, vilified or invisible. This event will bring Native voices to the fore.
De-centering Whiteness in the First-Year Music Theory Curriculum
Antares Boyle
This project will develop new content and learning outcomes for the first-year undergraduate music theory courses required of most music majors, with the goal of making these courses more inclusive and equitable.
Increasing Accessibility of Chemistry Laboratories and Content
David Stuart, Theresa McCormick, Nicolas Maier, Irving Rettig, Nicole Javaly, and Evan Batson
The Chemistry DEI Committee will invite Prof. Sharon Rozovsky, PhD to present a virtual seminar on the inclusion of disabled students in STEM, particularly in chemistry. The Chemistry Department will collaborate with the Disability Resource Center (DRC) to enact best-practices.
An Empirical Investigation of Support Group Participation for BIPOC and First-Generation White Students
Zeinab Hachem and Tessa Dover
To improve equity and inclusion in higher education, we propose a support group intervention geared toward BIPOC and first-generation White college students at PSU. We anticipate that participation will increase student retention and improve intergroup interactions among students.
Inclusive Campus: Inquiry to Explore Students' Spiritual/Religious Needs at Portland State University
Jill Townley and Neera Malhotra
To Create a More Inclusive Campus, the purpose of this project is to invite an external consultant to conduct a campus-wide needs assessment to explore students’ spiritual/religious needs on the PSU campus.
Critical Perspectives on Race in University Campus Design (PSU Architectural Design Studio Course)
Anna Goodman
This grant will fund stipends for 2 BIPOC visiting scholars to each run 2-hour workshops with PSU third-year undergraduate architecture students during a Spring 2021 design studio course focused on race and university facilities planning.
Increasing Mental Health Treatment Access for BIPOC Students at PSU
Lena Lindhorst, Celina Prado, Giovanni Barranco-Medina, Kilsi Naanee, Suong Do, Amanda Ramirez, and Marcy Hunt
Our collaboration seeks to understand barriers BIPOC students at PSU experience that limit mental health treatment access and to re-envision how PSU and SHAC can increase equitable mental health treatment access for underserved BIPOC students.
Re-Enter and Rebound: Experiences of Justice Impacted Students at PSU
Deborah Arthur, Julie Connor, Jenna Williams, Kara Hayes, and Shayna Snyder
This project involves an online event that will create space for justice impacted students at PSU to share their experiences on the PSU campus, and to express their thoughts, desires and visions regarding necessary supports.
Bridging the Racial Diversity Gap in Book Publicsing: Connecting Students and Alumni with Industry
Rachel Noorda
This one-day workshop is a collaboration between the Book Publishing Program and University Career Center. The objective is to connect BIPOC book publishing students and alumni with publishers and offer training/resources to encourage more racial diversity and support in publishing.
Amplifying Minoritized/Underrepresented Perspectives in Speech & Hearing Sciences
Sarah Key-DeLyria, Megann McGill, and Carolyn Quam
The Speech and Hearing Sciences Department is applying for funding to establish a departmental mechanism through which we will provide paid speaking opportunities for community experts with diverse identities, experiences, and perspectives to speak to undergraduate and graduate students.
COVID-19 and the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Student Experience
Ava Kupperman, Motutama Sipelii, and Betty T. Izumi
This project intends to conduct in-depth focus group interviews and an online questionnaire for the AAPI student community to shed light on how the on-going COVID_19 pandemic has impacted their lives, including their education and to offer recommendations to PSU on how it can better support AAPI students.
Increasing Equity and Diversity in Geography Curriculum
Alida Cantor and Paul Loikith
This project increases equity and diversity in Geography undergraduate curriculum through increasing representation of perspectives, authors, and case studies. It institutionalizes the Geography Department’s commitment to inclusive pedagogy by ensuring issues of inclusion and justice are reflected in all curriculum.
Me and White Supremacy Discussion Circles
Sarah March, Brian May, Sydoney Blackmore, Madeline Snyder, and Mackenzie Barron
This partnership with Associate Dean Richardson (SPH) will support PSU graduate students with white privilege to participate in Me and White Supremacy reading circles, with the goal of creating a more inclusive campus and promoting retention of diverse students.
UHC faculty and staff workshop on culturally responsive pedagogy
Rebecca Summer, Brianna Avery, Olyssa Starry, Paul McCutcheon, Cullen Goldblatt, and Tina Burdsall
In order to more intentionally incorporate culturally responsive pedagogy into the University Honors College’s four-year curriculum, UHC faculty and staff will collectively read a book on culturally responsive pedagogy and meet for a half-day, action-oriented discussion of key findings.
Latinx Success Workshops
Myrna Najera Perez
In collaboration with the Multicultural Center, the Learning Center will host two virtual workshops in Spring 2021. These workshops will last 2 hours (one will be presented in Spanish) and they will focus on the academic success of Latinx students.
A Production of Broaching Conversations in Professional Counseling
Javier F. Casado Pérez and Karin Magaldi
This university funded project aims to create videos demonstrating broaching conversations (Day-Vines et al., 2007; 2013; 2018; 2020) in professional counseling. The project will capture effective practices in broaching, while providing the Theater Program with practice in applied theater.
Transformative Talks: Sharing Actionable Research on Workplace Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Nicholas Smith and Talya Bauer
Invite Enrica Ruggs, PhD, Assistant Professor of Management and Director of the Center for Workplace Diversity and Inclusion in the Fogelman College of Business and Economics at University of Memphis, to speak about authenticity and workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The Feminist Parent's and Caregivers' Book Club
Pamela Bock and Ida Lombardozzi
SSWC and WRC will collaborate on an ongoing series which offers a selection of thoughtfully and intentionally curated books aimed at sparking discussion, reflection, and introspection as it relates to the critical issues facing feminist parents and caregivers today.
Enhancing Support for BIPOC Students During the Transfer Process
Andrew Nguyen, Mariah Miller, Mariah Smith, Tiara Freeman, and Tsionah Novick
It is our goal to research the quality of support and resources that are available to BIPOC transfer students through surveys and focus groups in collaboration with the Advising & Career Services department, to encourage successful integration to the PSU community.
"Let's find that money" : Path to Scholarship Writing Workshop
Tania Sanchez, Cree Rose Dueker, Jasmine Taylor, and Yamile Nataren Fuentes
Seek to reduce financial obstacles students face in accessing higher education by offering financial literacy resources; including guidance on scholarships and how to write a competitive essay. Providing these access services will enable us to better recruit and retain students.