Department of Anthropology

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Last Updated:

August 28, 2024

Pertinent Recommendations:

A.2 , A.3

Status Legend

  • Planning
  • In Progress
  • Ongoing
  • Completed

Recommendations and Activities:

A2/A3

2024 Update

  • Worked with EDIO to create a climate survey for all anthropology students, including questions about equity and anti-racism.

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2022 Update

  • Hoping to gain better equity data to inform recruitment and opportunity programs for Black students.
  • Planning to roll out a climate survey to departmental students, including questions about equity and anti-racism.
  • Coordinating a departmental EDI committee to promote anti-racism and better understand student experiences.

A2/A3

2024 Update

  • Established an official departmental EDI committee, which will use the student survey to help inform a mandate.

A2/A3

2024 Update

  • Paused efforts to gather demographic data departmentally; instead, will focus on planning an event for Black students so we can learn more about their experiences.

Other Efforts:

Other Projects

2024 Update

  • Developed recommendations to revise the departmental PTR process, including by recognizing EDI scholarship, service, PD, and teaching, among other factors. 
  • Taught courses focused on anti-racist frameworks, including African Diasporic Archaeology. 

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2022 Update

  • Revising departmental PTR guidelines to better recognize the contributions of faculty members in promoting EDI.
  • Exploring options to center anti-racism and Black excellence in classroom teaching, including most recently through a distinctive undergraduate course on the African Diaspora in Archaeology.