Inclusive Language and Community Building
Language signals who belongs, who is welcomed, and what perspectives we value. However, language is also very cultural and goes beyond the words we choose. In this seminar, participants will learn how to communicate across differences and build a sense of community in the work place.
Speaker Bio: Dr. Christina Roman comes to the Office of Diversity and Inclusion by way of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics PhD program here at the University of Chicago. Before coming to Chicago for graduate school, she studied biochemistry at Stony Brook University in her home state of New York. During her time as a graduate student Christina led numerous diversity and inclusion organizations such as GRIT, SACNAS and the BSD Diversity Committee. Now as an administrator working along side students, staff, and faculty, Christina seeks to bridge the gaps in understanding and bring the community together using our shared goals and values. Her primary responsibilities include: supporting the development of a new faculty hiring approach to help diversify the biological sciences departments as well as working closely with the office of graduate and postdoctoral affairs to support student recruitment and engagement.
Date & Time:
Wednesday, December 17 at 3:30 PM
Location:
BSLC 008
Organized by:
BSD Postdoctoral Affairs
For more information:
Please contact Laurie Risner, PhD, Director, Postdoc Affairs, at lrisner1@bsd.uchicago.edu.