Hello friends,
I have organized a conference on diversity teaching, training, and
research (on diversity teaching and training) for this summer (July
10-12). It is described in more detail below and on the web site
(som.gmu.edu/diversity). Briefly, I'm trying to help shrink the
research-practice gap in the domain of diversity education, by bringing
together people who teach higher education courses on workplace
diversity, those who do diversity training in the workplace, and those
who do research on diversity teaching and training. This will be the
second year for the conference. Participants were enthusiastic about
last year's offerings and I think this year's will be substantially
better. The registration fee is quite inexpensive and we got a great
deal for a Hilton hotel that's right on the Washington DC Metro line. I
hope you can join us.
Cheers,
David Kravitz
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Diversity Conf 2008 <http://somweb.gmu.edu/diveduc08/>
*/Bridging the Research-Practice Gap <http://somweb.gmu.edu/diveduc08/>/*/
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/*/Featuring a unique blend of workshops, small group discussions,
and keynote remarks./
*July 10 - 12, 2008*
*Hilton Arlington
*/950 North Stafford Street,
Arlington, Virginia
[adjacent to Ballston Metro station]/
*Conference Designed for:*
*Professors* who are designing or teaching academic courses on workplace
diversity
*Executives* who are designing or managing diversity programs in
organizations
*Professionals* who are providing diversity training in organizations
*Academics* and *practitioners* who are conducting research on the above
issues
/*Sessions Include: *
*What should be the goals for diversity classes and training?
*Practitioner and academic panels designed to bridge the
research-practice gap in diversity training
*Diversity training in organizational and global context
*Metrics & measurement of training/teaching success
*Keynote remarks by Rohini Anand, Bernardo Ferdman and Mary-Frances Winters/
*Visit som.gmu.edu/diversity for complete program.
<http://somweb.gmu.edu/diveduc08/program.html>*
*Click Here To Register <http://somweb.gmu.edu/diveduc08/register.html>
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Discounted early-bird registration
available through June 3 /
Registration Fee: $195
Student Fee: $95
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*Visit
som.gmu.edu/diversity <http://som.gmu.edu/diversity>
for detailed conference information
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*/Sponsored By:
Title Sponsor
Diversity Conf 2008 <http://www.gmu.edu/equity/>
Bronze Sponsors
Diversity Conf 2008 <http://www.sodexousa.com/>
Diversity Conf 2008 <http://ulife.gmu.edu/>/*
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Contributor Patrons
/*The Diversity Training Group <http://www.diversitydtg.com/>
Mason Multicultural Research
and Resource Center <http://www.gmu.edu/student/mrrc/>
OBTS—Teaching Society for Management Educators
<http://www.obts.org/index.html>
The Winters Group, Inc. <http://www.wintersgroup.com/>/*
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*Sponsorship Opportunities are available.*
/Click here for more information./
<http://somweb.gmu.edu/diveduc08/sponsorship.html>
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David A. Kravitz
PDW Chair, Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division
Academy of Management
Associate Professor
School of Management
218 Enterprise Hall, MSN 5F5
George Mason University
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
703-993-1781 (Voice)
703-993-1870 (fax)
dkravitz@gmu.edu
http://mason.gmu.edu/~dkravitz/