DEI Activities
(Above) Azerbaijan Fieldwork - Stone arch bridge used by sheep herders
Two Rainbow Doves, in comment clouds saying, "I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH". Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Open Air Chinese Market in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Displaying dried fish and seafood
Rainbow Hot Air Baloon getting ready for take-off. Tucson, AZ, USA
YES WE CAN! Friend's Great Grandmother's Fall deer hunt - YES she hunted it.
Listings of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Activities
2022, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – Environmental Justice Program: Advancing Considerations of Traditional Knowledge into Federal Decision Making. (Completed)
2022, Health and Human Service (HHS) & Housing and Urban Development (HUD): Housing Runaway and Homeless Youth. (Completed)
2022, Office of Native American Programs (ONAP): Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) - Intermediate. (Completed)
2022, Housing and Urban Development (HUD): Federal Labor Standards Workshop for Tribes/Tribally Designated Housing Entities. (Completed)
2022, United States Census Bureau, Advance usage of data.census.gov. (Completed)
2022, United States Census Bureau. “Your Community by the Numbers: Race and Ethnicity”. (Completed)
2022, United States Census Bureau. “Streamlining the Way You Get Data”. (Completed)
2022, United States Census Bureau: “Using Census Data for Grant Writing”. (Completed)
2022, United States Census Bureau: “The American Community Survey: A Comprehensive Look”. (Completed)
2021, Oregon State University - Extension: “Critical Orientations: Indigenous Studies and Outdoor Education”. (Completed)
2021, Global Council for Science and Environment & Land Peace Foundations: “Learning Series on Indigenous Knowledge & Western Science: Collaboration, Relationship, and Climate Solutions”. (Attended)
2021, Dr. Shannon Wong Lerner, PhD – DEI Specialist and Podcaster: “The Intersection–Communication Tutorial for Diverse People, Self-Censorship”. August (Attended)
2021, Tribal Cultural Resources Law Training, with Hon. Christine Williams (Yurok), funded by Tribal Justice Project, Aoki Center, UC Davis School of Law: “Tribal Cultural Resources Law Training on cultural objects, ancestral remains, and repatriation”. (Completed)
2021, Outdoor Outreach, The Nonprofit Institute at the University of San Diego, and the US Fish & Wildlife Service: “Developing Leaders for Outdoor Equity – Workshop Series”, July – December, 2021. (Completed Leadership Training)
2021, Yurok Tribe of Northern California, Tribal Justice Project, funded by the Tribal Justice Support Directorate, Office of Justice Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs: “CA Virtual Trial Advocacy Skills Training”. (Complete)
2021, Dr. Shannon Wong Lerner, PhD – DEI Specialist and Podcaster: “Black Queerness in the Media: They Ain’t Ready, but Here We Are…”. July (Attended)
2021, EEO Training for Supervisors: “HQMC Human Resources”. (Complete)
2021, University of Colorado Certificate, via Coursera: “Inclusive Leadership: The Power of Workplace Diversity”. (Certificate Complete)
2021, Green 2.0, National Park Foundation, & National Parks Conservation Association, Special Guest Senator Corey Booker & Rep. Jimmy Gomez: “Reimagining A Diverse and Inclusive Great Outdoors”. (Attended)
2021, Association on American Indian Affairs: “Episode 61: Suzan Shown Harjo Cheyenne & Hodulgee Muscogee – NAGPRA is Human Rights”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzSy4NDceGE (Attended)
2021, Theresa Worthy (www.theresaworthy.com), with Panelists: Evelyn Mosley, Bruce Denise Olds, and Tonya Richards-Maison, “Inclusive Leadership: Ensuring Effective Mental Health Support”, June 17th, 2001 (Registered)
2021, OUT Georgia Business Alliance, "We've Got Your Back! Learn How to Show Up for your Transgender & Nonbinary Colleagues" (Attended)
2021, Society for Advancing Chicanos and Native Americans in STEM (SACNAS): “SACNAS Native Initiatives Webinar - Co-creating Community: Implementing an Indigenous Mentoring Program”. (Attended)
2021, Affiliated Tribes of Northwestern Indians (ATNI): “National Tribal Leadership Climate Change Summit Virtual Sessions: Session #4 - Traditional Knowledges and Tribal Sovereignty”. (Attended)
2021, University of Colorado Certificate, via Coursera: “Inclusive Leadership: The Power of Workplace Diversity”. (In progress)
2021, SACNAS Native Initiatives Webinar: “Co-creating Community: Implementing an Indigenous Mentoring Program”. June 14th, 2021 (Attended)
2021, SACNAS Native Initiatives Webinar: "Developing a family engagement plan for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander STEM students in higher education”. Jun 8, 2021 (Attended).
2021, Advance Justice Chicago, “Bystander Intervention to stop anti-Asian/American and xenophobic harassment” May 27th, 2021 (Attendance).
2021, Perkins School for the Blind, “Accessibility, Advocacy and Allies: A Community Conversation with Veronica Lewis.” April 20th, 2021 (Attendance).
2021, Human Rights Campaign, “Modeling Inclusion with Virginia State President Dr. Makola Abdullah” April 16th, 2021. (Attendance).
2021, Youth Mentoring Action Network, “Periodt: Black Trans Women Talk about the Future of Youth Work” April 14th, 2021. (Attendance).
2021, Tribal Justice Seminar Series, weekly speakers surrounding Tribal rights, laws, and case studies hosted by University of California, Davis, Law Program (Attendance).
2019, NSF INCLUDES conference “Bringing Conversations on Diversity and Inclusion in Data Science to the Environmental Sciences” (Funded attendee). Boulder, CO, April 2 – 4, 2019.
2019, NSF INCLUDES conference “Bringing Conversations on Diversity and Inclusion in Data Science to the Environmental Sciences” (Funded attendee). Boulder, CO, April 2 – 4, 2019.
2018, LGBTQ Climate and Inclusion Working Group (Member). An aspect of OSU’s Women’s Place initiatives, under the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, focused on campus issues facing LGBTQ Students, Faculty, Staff, Post-Docs, and Lecturers at OSU.
2018, Challenges and Opportunities to Better Engage Women and Minorities in Data Science Education (Attendance). Meeting and webcast hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
2018, BuckeyeDream Ally Training (Attendance). Focused on the issues facing students with varying documentation statuses and ways to be welcoming and inclusive of these students.
2018, National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program Grant Proposal (Diversity and Inclusion coPI). Served to research, leverage, and develop diversity and inclusion aspects of an NSF-NRT proposal, entitled “Training wicked scientists to tackle grand challenges”.
2018, Buckeyes for Inclusive Excellence Workshop (Attendance), Goals: Introduce the Inclusive Excellence Model, Introduce Principles of Strategic Diversity Leadership (SDL), Introduce Diversity & Inclusion best practices, engage in response readiness for diversity crises, Accelerate Ohio State University’s Diversity & Inclusion activation efforts.
2018-2019, OSU Department of Anthropology Diversity Committee (Member), actionables: adding diversity and inclusion language to all anthropology introductory course syllabi.
2017, Diversity and Inclusion Workshop for Graduate Students (Panelist), OSU, Department of Anthropology.
2016 – 2019, American Association for University Women Fellowship (Panelist).
2014-2016, OSU Department of Anthropology Diversity Committee (Member)