10155: Teaching Diversity in Multiple Contexts and Creating a Diversity Minor
Primary Sponsor: Gender and Diversity in Organizations
Other potential sponsors:
Teaching Theme Committee
Management Education and Development
Social Issues in Management
Critical Management Studies
Human Resources
Organizational Behavior
Asia Academy of Management
Abstract:
This session will help participants learn to teach gender and diversity courses at
undergraduate, MBA/MA/MS, and doctoral levels. Specific sessions on each level will be
offered, along with sessions on teaching diversity in ethics, human resources, and
organizational behavior courses; facilitation skills, class conflict, and the instructor as medium;
using experiential exercises; building support for and creating a business diversity minor; and
teaching diversity in the Asia Pacific Rim context. We believe this is important because the
demand for such courses has increased along with the increasing diversity of organization
members and the increased awareness that diversity management affects organizational
performance. Teaching such a course or incorporating it into other course content because
few faculty have taken such courses themselves, the range of potential goals is large, the
number of potential topics is large, and there is no standard model of what a course should
incorporate or how it should be taught. This PDW will give experienced teachers an
opportunity to share their expertise with others and may also increase the number of courses
or the inclusion of such content in other courses because of the increase in confidence about
ability to teach the material.
WORKSHOP OVERVIEW
NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE WITH RULE OF 3+3
I have received signed statements from all intended participants agreeing to participate for
the entire workshop, AND that these participants are not in violation of the Rule of Three +
Three."
Myrtle P. Bell
I. PROPOSED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP INFORMATION
Full Description
of Proposed
PDW:
An approximate schedule is given below. Please note request for
2 adjacent rooms for breakout at 9:20.
7:45 – 8:00
Welcome and Introduction to Session
8:00 – 8:40
Presentation on Conflict & Facilitation Skills
(Debbie Litvin, Merrimack College)
A professor will give a presentation about how to establish a safe
class culture that will permit open discussions of touchy topics.
This will include dealing with emotions, resistance, facilitation
skills, etc. It will also include consideration of the position of
instructor as medium.
8:40 – 9:20
Teaching Diversity in Other (HR, OB, Ethics)
course content (James King, U of Alabama)
Many concepts central to diversity are conveyed in other
management courses, including HR, OB, and Ethics. A professor
who has taught diversity in such courses will give presentations
about how this is done effectively.
9:25 – 10:10 Presentation on Teaching Undergraduate Diversity
Courses (Belle Rose Ragins, U of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Judith
Clair, Boston College)
A team of two speakers will give a joint presentation about
teaching undergraduate courses on organizational diversity. The
presentation will include suggested resources and materials.
They will end by leading a Q & A session.
10:10 – 10:50
Gaining Support for and Creating a Diversity
Minor (Mary Connerley, Virginia Tech)
A professor who has recently gained support for and created a
diversity minor in the college of business at her university will
give a presentation on how this was done, including what
courses to include in such a minor and finding competent faculty
to teach such courses.
10:50 – 11:30
Presentation on Teaching an MBA/MS/MA or
Doctoral Diversity Courses (Bernardo Ferdman, Alliant U.)
A speaker will give a presentation about teaching MBA/MS/MA
and doctoral courses on organizational diversity. The
presentation will include suggested resources and materials and
a Q&A session.
THE FOLLOWING SESSIONS WILL BE HELD IN THE 2ND ROOM.
PLEASE PROVIDE ADJACENT ROOMS
9:25 – 10:00
Teaching diversity in the Asia Pacific Rim
Context (Isabel Metz, U of Melbourne)
An experienced scholar will give a presentation on teaching
gender and diversity in the Asia Pacific Rim Context, recognizing
the need for education on teaching gender and diversity in a nonWestern context and the need to be aware of context when
teaching such a course.
10:10 – 11:30 Presentation on Types & Uses of Exercises
(Linda Hite, Kim McDonald, Indiana University Purdue-Fort
Wayne)
Many gender and diversity classes utilize some type of
experiential activity, especially if affective or behavioral (skill
building) goals are emphasized. Two experienced diversity
professors will give a talk about the types and uses of
experiential exercises. Some time will be spent actually
participating in exercises as well (75-80 minute session).
11:30 – 11:40
11:40 – 12:00
Break & Return to Initial Room
Closing
Closing words will be offered and participants will complete a
PDW evaluation form.
Keywords:
Diversity
Registration?
Teaching
Gender
Pre-registration required
By invitation only
 Open, no restriction on participation
Other:
Registration Details:
(How would participants
register?)
Special Notes to Program
Chair:
(for PDW chair’s review)
Orientation:
Please Note that we will need two rooms from
approximately 9:00 to 11:30 a.m.
 Teaching
Management Practice
International
Theme – “The Questions we ask”
Research
II. PROPOSED SCHEDULING/TIMING/LOGISTICS (Please note that the final
schedule may differ from the proposed time):
Day/Date:
Start Time:
End Time:
Room Size / Est.
Attendance:
Seating
Configuration:
(requested room
setup)
Friday,
Saturday,
 Sunday,
07:45 (start time must either be at beginning of hour or ½ past the hour)
12:00 (end time must include 10 minutes for transition between workshop)
100 (approximate number of anticipated attendees)
Classroom
Theater
x Banquet (10 people per table)
Reception
Standard room setup includes an LCD projector with screen, XGA switcher, head
table or podium, and water stations. Large rooms will be equipped with a
microphone. If you have any additional audio visual or catering needs outside of
this standard setup, please specify below. ALL requests MUST be approved by
the PDW chairs. The cost for additional audio visual or catering can be high
($300/laptop, $4/soft drink etc.). Please consider this when placing your request.
Will Additional
Audio Visual
Materials Be
Needed?
No
(ex. Laptop, overhead
projector, etc)
Will Additional
Catering Be
Needed?
(ex. Coffee, Breakfast,
Lunch, etc.)
Please indicate
Other Specific
Needs:
Yes
We are currently seeking sponsors for coffee/pastries.
IV: PARTICIPANTS INFORMATION
Bell,
Myrtle P.
U. of Texas,
UNITED STATES
Arlington
King,
Participant
James E.
U. of
UNITED STATES
Alabama,
Tuscaloosa
Litvin,
Participant Deborah
R.
Merrimack
College
UNITED STATES
Participant
U. of
Ragins,
Wisconsin,
Belle Rose
Milwaukee
UNITED STATES
Participant
Hite, Linda Not
M
Specified
UNITED STATES
Participant
McDonald, Not
Kimberly S Specified
UNITED STATES
Participant
Metz,
Isabel
AUSTRALIA
Organizer
Ferdman,
Participant Bernardo
M.
U. of
Melbourne
Alliant
International UNITED STATES
U.
Participant
Virginia
Connerley,
Polytechnic UNITED STATES
Mary L.
Institute
Participant
Clair,
Judith A.
Boston
College
UNITED STATES