Mental Health & DEI 鈥 April 24, 2024

April 25, 2024

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and it is important to discuss the connection between Mental Health and DEI. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), one in five adults in the U.S. have a mental illness. While the statistics show that these rates are similar across racial/ethnic...

National Autism Acceptance Month 鈥 April 10, 2024

April 10, 2024

April is National Autism Acceptance Month. By definition, students with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have some problems which may interfere with receptive or expressive communication. Some of these differences are very subtle and can be misinterpreted as volitional acts on the part of the student. It鈥檚 important to understand...

Imposter Syndrome in Academia | Celebration of Ramadan 鈥 March 13, 2024

March 13, 2024

Happy Ramadan: This year, Ramadan is from March 10 - April 9 with Eid-al-Fitr taking place on April 10 . We are re-sharing correspondence sent to our faculty and staff earlier this week (below). Imposter Syndrome Have you ever felt like you鈥檙e not good enough for academia? Do you ever...

Belonging or Mattering? 鈥 Feb. 28, 2024

Feb. 28, 2024

What is the difference between belonging and mattering? And how can this inform our work around DEI efforts? In the 2023 book Academic Belonging in Higher Education , authors Cook-Sather, Felten, Stewart & Weston write, 鈥淭he rhetoric of belonging can be alienating to students, particularly students with historically marginalized identities,...

How did Black History Month come to be? 鈥 Feb. 14, 2024

Feb. 19, 2024

Every February, we celebrate Black History Month by recognizing the contributions and sacrifices of our Black and African American community. Before there was a month, there was 鈥淣egro History Week,鈥 established in 1926 by U.S. historian Carter G. Woodson who became known as the 鈥渇ather of Black History.鈥 Woodson envisioned...

Spring Semester Updates 鈥 Feb. 1, 2024

Feb. 1, 2024

Spring Semester Updates Welcome to the spring 2024 semester! Every two weeks, the CEAE JEDI Committee sends this brief email (designed to be read in one minute or less) to the department鈥檚 students, staff, research faculty, and faculty on DEI topics. Today鈥檚 email is meant to share some reminders and...

Signs of Microaggressions 鈥斕鼶ec. 13, 2023

Dec. 13, 2023

Microaggressions are brief, behavioral, verbal, and environmental insensitivities by potentially well-meaning individuals that convey insults to individuals of marginalized groups. It is different from everyday rudeness or incivility because they tend to be constant and are reminders that the person鈥檚 status is equivalent to that of a second-class individual. Typically,...

Role of Gender in Seeking Knowledge 鈥 Nov. 29, 2023

Nov. 29, 2023

Within the academic realm, the influence of gender on knowledge-seeking is a dynamic interplay shaped by historical legacies, societal expectations, and ongoing initiatives for inclusivity. Traditionally, gender norms have guided the access to education, influencing the perceived suitability of specific fields of study for individuals of different genders. However, in...

National Transgender Awareness Week 鈥 Nov. 15, 2023

Nov. 15, 2023

National Transgender Awareness Week, Nov. 13 鈥 19, is a time to celebrate, uplift and honor our transgender friends, family, students, staff, and faculty. The week concludes on November 20 th with the Transgender Day of Remembrance; an annual observance that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives...

Israel-Hamas War: Campus Resources & Insights 鈥 Nov. 1, 2023

Nov. 1, 2023

CU Boulder has issued a few statements on the Israel-Hamas War, including one on October 11 which states 鈥淲e stand against all acts of violence and human suffering, and recognize the profound effects of the crisis on people living in the region, as well as Israeli and Palestinian scholars and...

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