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Session Time: 10:00- 11:00 AM
After two years of operation, the Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility, or IDEA, Committee, has navigated what reasonable efforts look like as a small group of seven (7) operating in the library of a 12,000+ student higher education institution. With recent political discourse targeting diversity efforts and "woke culture", conversations about what our continued efforts look like now and in the future have come up frequently. We would like to open this discussion to the greater TAMUS community and encourage conversation that includes what we're doing now, what our aspirations are, and what is taking place on other campuses. It's time to address the DEI in the room and encourage the fact that no matter what you call it, it's here to stay for a reason.
Speaker(s):
Patricia Hernandez
Alexa Hight
Rinki Suryavanshi, Ph.D.
Campus:
TAMU-CC
Speaker Bio(s):
Patricia Hernandez (she, her, ella), is the Student Success and Diversity Librarian for Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi's Bell Library. She co-chairs the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) committee, but has had a long-standing role in conversations of diversity and cultural representation on campus. She enjoys engaging conversations with students conducting research on social justice, cultural consciousness, and other diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) topics. Patricia, or Trisha, earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Criminal Justice from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and a Master's in Library Science from Texas Woman's University.
Alexa Hight, alexa.hight@tamucc.edu, 361-825-2588, Alexa Hight is the Scholarly Communication and Copyright Librarian at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, where she provides leadership for the Scholarly Communication Program. The Scholarly Communication Program includes institutional repository services, copyright and author rights' education, digital publishing services, open access publication funding, open education, and research data management. She holds an MLIS from the University of Denver and an MA in History and Literature from Columbia University.
Dr. Rinki Suryavanshi, rinki.suryavanshi@tamucc.edu, 361-825-6214, is an Instructional Designer for the Digital Learning and Academic Innovation at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi where she supports college of science and college of engineering. In her role Dr. Suryavanshi supports faculty with online course designs and LMS training. She also supports TAMU-CC staff and students with various campus technologies and other digital strategies. She has published in peer-review journals and presented at many conferences. She holds a Ph.D. in Instructional Systems and Learning Technologies from Florida State University.
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