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2017-2018 Discussion Series

For the first discussion series, we invited all Oregon State University College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences students, faculty, and staff to become part of a professional learning community started by CEOAS graduate students. 

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Below you can find information about the sessions we held and links to the reading materials. 

SESSION 1: UNPACKING DIVERSITY

Facilitator: Jane Waite, Director of the Social Justice Education Initiative

When: October 5, 2017 4:00pm to 5:30pm

Where: Wecoma Conference Room CEOAS Admin Bldg

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Discussion Materials: â€‹Robin DiAngelo. 2012. What Does it Mean to be White? Peter Lang Publishing: New York. 

  • Chapter 2 - Unique Challenges of Race Education

  • Chapter 3 - Socialization

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SESSION 2: Invisible Barriers to Higher Education

Facilitator: Joseph Orosco, Associate Professor in the College of Liberal Arts, Philosophy Department

When: November 21, 2017 1:30 pm to 2:45 pm

Where: BURT 193

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Discussion Materials: Robin DiAngelo. 2012. What Does it Mean to be White? Peter Lang Publishing: New York.

  • Chapter 4 - Defining Terms

  • Chapter 5 - The Cycle of Oppression

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SESSION 3: Exploring Cultural Influences in Research and in Higher Learning

Facilitator: Natchee Barnd, Assistant Professor in Ethnic Studies in the College of Liberal Arts. Check out his new book: Native Space: Geographic Strategies to Unsettle Settler Colonialism.

When: February 16, 2018 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

Where: WILK 203

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Discussion Materials: Mark Carey, M Jackson, Alessandro Antonello, and Jaclyn Rushing. 2016. Glaciers, gender, and science: A feminist glaciology framework for global environmental change research. Progress in Human Geography: 1-24.  

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SESSION 4: Institutional and Systemic Discrimination in Higher Education

Facilitator: Dwaine Plaza, Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean in the College of Liberal Arts

When: April 4, 2018 11:45 am to 1:00 pm

Where: BURT 193

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Discussion Materials: 

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Powerpoint Presentation for Download. 

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SESSION 5: Guest Speaker Dr. Laura Pulido: The Poisoning of Flint Michigan and Racial Capitalism

Visiting Facilitator: Dr. Laura Pulido, Professor of Geography and Head of Ethnic Studies Department at University of Oregon

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The open presentation on environmental justice and anti-racist research was by invited scholar and winner of the 2018 Harold M. Rose Award for Anti-Racism Research and Practice from the American Association of Geographers. 

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When: May 30, 2018 3:30 to 4:30pm 

Where: Gilfillan Auditorium

Livestream: https://zoom.us/j/469162800

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Co-Sponsors:

OSU Graduate School

Integrative Biology Graduate Student Association

OSU Geography Program

CEOAS Student Services

Coalition for Graduate Student Employees

2017-2018 Other Events

Graduate Student Workshop

Navigating the Grad School Experience: Factoring in Social and Cultural Capital

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Offered through the Social Justice Education Initiative and the CEOAS PLC!

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Description: As graduate students, what shapes the graduate student experience? How do cultural and social identities develop one's social and cultural capital? How do these play an important role in relationships with peers, advisors, administration, and the overall academic community? This workshop is tailored for graduate students where we will discuss elements of the grad experience, including those that influence student success. We will identify different social/cultural capital “currencies” and the role these play in graduate school.

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Date: June 1, 2018

Time: 12:00 to 4:00 pm with lunch provided. 

Place: Cascade Hall 124

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To Register: http://oregonstate.edu/training/course_view.php?crse_id=637 

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Open to those who have completed SJEI Sessions 1 and 2. 

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