Fall 2023 Workshop
Topic: Maintaining Effective Communication and Aligning Expectations
Facilitator: Diana Azurdia, PhD (University of California, Los Angeles)
Dr. Azurdia earned her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from UCLA and graduated with a B.S. in Biochemistry from CSU Los Angeles. Dr. Azurdia has ten years of experience in implementing and facilitating culturally responsive evidence-based mentorship training for mentors and mentees nationally, via both the synchronous online environment as well as in-person workshops. She has worked with both the NRMN from 2014 to 2019 and with the CIMER since 2018 as a Principal Facilitator . She is 1 of 26 CIMER Principal Facilitators and 1 of 9 Culturally Aware Mentoring Facilitators in the nation. Dr. Azurdia uses her platform as a Principal Facilitator to promote inclusive mentoring practices in all disciplines at UCLA where she serves as the Director for Recruitment and Inclusion to the Graduate Programs in Bioscience. She founded UCLA’s mentor training program in 2014 and since its inception has facilitated hundreds of discussions with faculty, postdocs, and students on how to optimize their mentoring relationships. In this capacity, she also acts as a campus-wide consultant for departments that aim to increase the impact of mentoring in their programs. In an effort to build capacity for this work, she leads the development of UCLA’s ever-growing cadre of trained facilitators who are primed to lead similar offerings campus-wide.
Date and Location: 13 October (11:00 AM-1:00 PM), McCarthy Hall room 463
Spring 2024 Workshop
Topic: Understanding Privilege
Facilitators: N'Dea Johnson and Steven Filling
For this 2.5-hour interactive workshop, we reflect on several types of privileges as societally granted, unearned advantages that are systemic or structural. Through exercises and discussions, we uncover many faces of privilege (race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic levels, ableism, immigration, etc.), how they work, and why they perpetuate oppression. Together we brainstorm ways to dismantle systems of domination and oppression.
Date and Location: 26 April 2024, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Gordon Hall (GH) Rm 336
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