Presented By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering
IOE-EER WORKSHOP: "How to Lead an Anti-Racist Life: Working and Living Equity Values" — Nichole Burnside, Joana Dos Santos
In partnership, the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) and the Engineering Education Research Program (EER) will be hosting a dynamic Virtual Mentoring Workshop Series. The aim of this series is to help foster an engaging and inclusive environment for students, faculty, and staff.
Workshop sessions will feature guest speakers across industry, research and DEI professions, and the special series itself is designed with a specific focus to facilitate conversations, build connections and empower self-reflection opportunities to support students’ journeys within the mentoring process as a whole.
This series is open to all College of Engineering students, faculty and staff. Registration is required. Please RSVP early to attend and the Zoom information will be sent prior to the event.
Presentation/Seminar Title:
How to Lead and Anti-Racist Life: Working and Living Equity Values
Bios:
Nichole Burnside is responsible for leading the University of Michigan School of Public Health diversity, equity, and inclusion implementation. She partners with faculty, staff, students, and post-doctoral fellows to integrate DEI into their current responsibilities. With over 15 years of progressive experience, Nichole has worked in higher education capacities, including diversity and inclusion, talent acquisition and retention, and the overall student experience. She is a well-integrated, proactive; professional with attention to detail. She creates an environment of patience and consideration by using active listening skills and a holistic approach to develop measurable outcomes for the DEI strategy.
Joana Dos Santos has dedicated her career to creating equitable organizations and communities for the past 15 years. Currently, she serves as the Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, where she is responsible for organizational cultural change as well as its DEI strategic plan development and implementation. In addition to policy change, Joana focuses on helping people deepen their understanding of the role their multiple identities play in creating an equitable society. Through training and facilitated discussions, Joana helps students, faculty, and staff understand how to use their positions of privilege and influence to advance DEI and racial equity values. Previously, Joana served as Executive Director of a Latinx community center in Massachusetts. She institutionalized racial equity values in the organization’s mission and vision and restructured programming and evaluations to align with these values. As a coalition builder, Joana chaired multi-sectoral committees and developed partnerships with city officials to make the region more inclusive through cultural programming, increasing access to public transportation, and changing city policies to be welcoming to marginalized communities.
Workshop sessions will feature guest speakers across industry, research and DEI professions, and the special series itself is designed with a specific focus to facilitate conversations, build connections and empower self-reflection opportunities to support students’ journeys within the mentoring process as a whole.
This series is open to all College of Engineering students, faculty and staff. Registration is required. Please RSVP early to attend and the Zoom information will be sent prior to the event.
Presentation/Seminar Title:
How to Lead and Anti-Racist Life: Working and Living Equity Values
Bios:
Nichole Burnside is responsible for leading the University of Michigan School of Public Health diversity, equity, and inclusion implementation. She partners with faculty, staff, students, and post-doctoral fellows to integrate DEI into their current responsibilities. With over 15 years of progressive experience, Nichole has worked in higher education capacities, including diversity and inclusion, talent acquisition and retention, and the overall student experience. She is a well-integrated, proactive; professional with attention to detail. She creates an environment of patience and consideration by using active listening skills and a holistic approach to develop measurable outcomes for the DEI strategy.
Joana Dos Santos has dedicated her career to creating equitable organizations and communities for the past 15 years. Currently, she serves as the Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, where she is responsible for organizational cultural change as well as its DEI strategic plan development and implementation. In addition to policy change, Joana focuses on helping people deepen their understanding of the role their multiple identities play in creating an equitable society. Through training and facilitated discussions, Joana helps students, faculty, and staff understand how to use their positions of privilege and influence to advance DEI and racial equity values. Previously, Joana served as Executive Director of a Latinx community center in Massachusetts. She institutionalized racial equity values in the organization’s mission and vision and restructured programming and evaluations to align with these values. As a coalition builder, Joana chaired multi-sectoral committees and developed partnerships with city officials to make the region more inclusive through cultural programming, increasing access to public transportation, and changing city policies to be welcoming to marginalized communities.
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