Learning and Professional Development Opportunities

To advance equity and belonging for all who study and work at Bryn Mawr requires action and learning:

• About structures and practices that exclude, even inadvertently—and how to interrupt and change those practices
• About histories that shape our perspectives, and the language in which we express them
• About assumptions that we all make about identities
• About communicating across differences
• About how to listen more effectively.

Each individual and department at Bryn Mawr is responsible for and expected to engage in at least one learning opportunity each semester related to the advancement of equity and belonging. To support varied needs and interests, the College provides multiple opportunities. Below you will find links to campus events and ongoing programs; resources for faculty and staff; and a selection of approaches that administrative departments have taken to learn, to examine practices, and to work toward the goal of creating a Bryn Mawr in which all can feel a sense of belonging.

This is a dynamic, living resource. Please send suggestions for additions or updates to Ruth Lindeborg.

Ongoing Campus Learning Opportunities

• Black at Bryn Mawr Tour
• Center for Visual Culture Colloquia
• Teach-Ins
• 150+ LinkedIn Learning courses on Diversity and Inclusion (login instructions)

Faculty Support

The Provost's Office provides faculty support events covering a number of areas, and its Support for Teaching page provides links to departments across the College dedicated to providing faculty with crucial tools related to inclusion, equity, and anti-racism.

The Teaching and Learning Institute offers resources and workshops on syllabus design and pedagogy.

Faculty support for diversity, equity, and inclusion also includes a course release process for junior faculty, as well as tenured and continuing non-tenure track faculty, to free up time for such work.

Resources for Faculty and Staff

• College and University Professional Association for Human Resources Racial Equity Habit Building Challenges
• National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity
• TLI’s Pedagogy Circles for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are open to staff and faculty.
• Bryn Mawr College Workplace Advisors
• Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance: Monthly eConvening Series. Interested faculty and staff should contact rlindebo@brynmawr.edu for registration information.
• TED has collected a group of talks titled a A Blueprint for Diversity in the Workplace.

Resources for Staff Departments

Many departments have launched their own DEIAR education efforts. Examples and contacts for more information:

• Departmental DEIAR reading groups, including Alumnae Relations and Development (contact: Sarah Conner-Smith); Library and Information Services (contacts: Maria Ocando Finol and Katie Surkin); and Pensby (contact: Ann-Therese Ortíz; Pensby also offers reading groups open to all staff).
• Use of webinars and other online resources offered by professional organizations; check your relevant professional group, or learn more from colleagues in Athletics (contact: Kathy Tierney), ARD (contact: Liz Balcolm), Communications (contact: Jesse Gale), Health Professions Advising (contact: Glenn Cummings), Human Resources (contact: Marty Mastacusa), and Phebe Anna Thorne School (contact: Amanda Ulrich)
• Accessing tools developed by experts (e.g. Race Matters Institute) to assess structural and cultural barriers to equity and inclusion. Learn more from colleagues in ARD (contact: Bob Miller); Center for Career & Civic Engagement (contact: Katie Krimmel); LITS (contact: Gina Siesing); and the President’s Office/ Board of Trustees (contact: Ruth Lindeborg).