{"id":79249,"date":"2024-08-06T10:29:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T14:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/?page_id=79249"},"modified":"2025-04-29T16:33:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T20:33:56","slug":"diversity-inclusion-cas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/about\/diversity-inclusion-cas\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity &#038; Inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #e31936; text-align: center;\">Diversity &amp; Inclusion at Arts &amp; Sciences<\/h6>\n<hr style=\"text-align: left; border: 3px solid #000000;\" width=\"40px\" \/>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 15pt; font-weight: lighter;\">Our mission can best be achieved through a diverse, inclusive, and accessible environment for all.<\/h3>\n<p>The CAS D&amp;I Office is a primary source for CAS\u2019s strategic diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) goals, and for community members seeking guidance and support. Our goal is to meaningfully engage students, faculty, and staff in prioritizing the values of DEI in their intellectual and creative endeavors, community engagement, and daily practices.<\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow-x: auto;\">\n<table style=\"border: none; margin: 0px auto; width: 100%; padding: 1; border-spacing: 1;\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody style=\"border: none; margin: 0px auto; width: 100%; padding: 1; border-spacing: 1;\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: none; margin: 1; padding: 1; width: 50%;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background-color: #131313; border-radius: 5px;\" class=\"button-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/diversity-inclusion\/di-student-events-engagement-opportunities\/\">Student Events &amp; Engagement<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; margin: 1; padding: 1; width: 50%;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background-color: #131313; border-radius: 5px;\" class=\"button-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/diversity-inclusion\/faculty-staff-engagement-and-workshops\/\">Faculty &amp; Staff Opportunities<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: none; margin: 0; padding: 3; width: 50%;\">\n<div class=\"container\" style=\"background-color: #e4e4e4; color: #ffffff; padding: 20px;\">\n<p><h7 style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bolder; color: #000000;\">We Educate.<\/h7><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.7;\">Workshops &amp; programs for faculty, staff and students.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; margin: 0; padding: 1; width: 50%;\">\n<div class=\"container\" style=\"background-color: #e4e4e4; color: #ffffff; padding: 20px;\">\n<p><h7 style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bolder; color: #000000;\">We Consult.<\/h7><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.7;\">Cultural Climate, Title IX, and Resource consultations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: none; margin: 1; padding: 1; width: 50%; height: 70px;\">\n<div class=\"container\" style=\"background-color: #e4e4e4; color: #ffffff; padding: 20px;\">\n<p><h7 style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bolder; color: #000000;\">We Partner.<\/h7><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.7;\">Academic programs, community events, &amp; trainings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; margin: 1; padding: 1; width: 50%;\">\n<div class=\"container\" style=\"background-color: #e4e4e4; color: #ffffff; padding: 20px;\">\n<p><h7 style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bolder; color: #000000;\">We Transform.<\/h7><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;\">D&amp;I Action Team, CAS DEI Committee Network, Student DEI Council, &amp; Inclusive Pedagogy Institute.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a style=\"background-color: #e31936;\" class=\"button-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/?page_id=79328&amp;preview=true\">Meet the Team<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><strong>Our Resume<\/strong><\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>Since the completion of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2017\/05\/Diversity-Inclusion-Final-Report.pdf\">Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan<\/a> in December 2017, CAS has laid the groundwork for the creation of a diverse and inclusive community. We have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recruited a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/?page_id=54157&amp;preview=true\">Diversity and Inclusion Action Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Created the position of Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion and hired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/profile\/vincent-stephens\/\">Vincent L. Stephens<\/a> as inaugural associate dean.<\/li>\n<li>Established equitable hiring protocols such as training search committee members through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/faculty-staff\/administrative-directory\/office-of-the-associate-dean-of-diversity-inclusion\/\">Office of the Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Participated actively in the University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/2019\/04\/30\/faculty-diversity-hiring-initiatives\/\">Emerging Scholars Program<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"x_contentpasted0\"><span class=\"x_contentpasted01\"><span>African American Art History: Present Coordinate <\/span><\/span><span>(History of Art &amp; Architecture)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_contentpasted0\"><span class=\"x_contentpasted01\"><span>Archives and Knowledge Keepers: Native American and Indigenous Studies and the Art of History <\/span><\/span><span>(English)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_contentpasted0\"><span class=\"x_contentpasted01\"><span>Emerging Scholars in Cosmology <\/span><\/span><span>(Astronomy and Physics)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_contentpasted0\"><span class=\"x_contentpasted01\"><span>Emerging Scholars in Integrative Diversity <\/span><\/span><span>(Biology)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_contentpasted0\"><span class=\"x_contentpasted01\"><span>Race in Global Perspective <\/span><\/span><span>(Sociology)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span>Developed a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/career-development-resources\/society-of-fellows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Society of Fellows<\/a><span> composed of current BU faculty and external postdoctoral scholars from a variety of disciplines<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Integrated social justice into the curriculum via the BU Hub\u2019s Social Justice Pathway and various departmental curricular initiatives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-weight: lighter;\">We invite you to contact us to learn how our office can support you and your work.<\/h3>\n<hr style=\"border: 0.5px solid #e4e4e4;\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p><h7 style=\"color: black;\"> Office of Diversity &amp; Inclusion <\/h7><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:casdi@bu.edu\">casdi@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diversity &amp; Inclusion at Arts &amp; Sciences Our mission can best be achieved through a diverse, inclusive, and accessible environment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22910,"featured_media":0,"parent":21923,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79249"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79249"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85236,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79249\/revisions\/85236"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}