Welcome to the home page of the POD Diversity Committee!  The Diversity Committee seeks to 1) encourage and retain a diverse membership in POD and in the faculty/instructional development community more broadly and 2) cultivate greater critical attention to questions of diversity in our work (e.g. the needs of diverse faculty and students, inclusive pedagogies, diversity as it relates to SOTL, etc.).

The Diversity Committee is open to membership from all interested POD members. The POD President serves as an ex-officio member. The leadership team is elected from within the group; whenever possible, a member of the leadership team also serves as Core Liaison to the DC.  All other paid POD members who are interested in the work of the DC may consider themselves DC Affiliates and may participate in discussion forums on the DC listserv and are invited to attend the annual DC business meeting at the national conference.

The current leadership of the Diversity Committee is:

Stacy Grooters, Chair
Lori Schroeder, Vice Chair
Harriette Richard, Core Committee Liaison
Marie-Therese Sulit, Chair of Diversity Grants
Sandra Sgoutas-Emch, Donald H. Wulff Travel Grant Vice Chair
Suzanne Weinstein, Internship Grant Vice Chair

If you are interested in signing up for the DC listserv, then follow this link to the list’s archives and click “Join or Leave POD-DIVERSITY”:

https://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=POD-DIVERSITY

The Diversity Committee oversees two grants meant to encourage a more diverse membership for POD, as well as professional development opportunities for traditionally underrepresented groups at POD.  Follow these links for more information:

Donald H. Wulff Diversity Travel Fellowship

Faculty/TA Internship Grant Program

Find lists of past grant recipients here.

The Diversity Committee organizes a number of events at the annual POD Conference to celebrate our grant recipients and inform the POD membership of the DC's activities.  All POD members are welcome to participate.

Among the activities typically organized are:

• Pre-Reception Meet & Greet for new members 
  
• Diversity Committee Reception 
  
• Topical Interest Group: Diversity in the Classroom
• DC-sponsored session 
  
• DC Business meeting 
  
• Diversity Committee dinner 
  

See the schedules from past POD Conferences here.