IFSAM General Meeting

Guest Speakers: Dr. Anthony James, Interim Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion: Provost Jason Osborne

Topic: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion beyond IFSAM

In this meeting, Dr. Anthony James (Interim Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion) discussed practical applications, implementations, and challenges related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at Miami. The following subtopics were focused on: 1) recommendations and achievements of the Task Force on DEI specifically to women and people of color, 2) equity of teaching loads across gender, ethnicity, and race, 3) supporting historically weak department(s) in diversity and inclusion, 4) engaging and motivating those who have shown limited interest in diversity and inclusion efforts. Numerous questions were answered by Dr. James and Provost Osborne.