The College gathered virtually each day during the week to learn and celebrate each other through interactive activities, presentations and small group discussions.
2019
September 30 – October 4, 2019
A week of food, fun, facts and more when students, staff, and faculty came together to learn about and celebrate each other. Read all about it in Dentistry Insider.
Conference on Race, Inclusion, Intersectionality, and Equity
2020 RISE
An interactive summit on matters of race, intersectionality, sexuality, and equality.
This virtual discussion on race, intersectionality (the overlap of various social identities) sexuality, and equality sponsored by the Texas A&M College of Dentistry, provided an opportunity to learn from experts and to connect with other leaders and decision makers in health education, health care, diversity and human resources to learn best practices for creating and maintaining an inclusive, diverse environment.
E. Lisako J. McKyer, PhD, MPH, FAAHB Senior Associate Dean for Climate & Diversity Texas A&M School of Public Health
Sonya Smith, EdD, JD Chief Diversity Officer American Dental Education Association
Neal Newman, JD Professor of Law Texas A&M University School of Law
Herminio Perez, DMD, MBA Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Diversity & Inclusion Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
Pam Zarkowski, BSDH, MPH, JD Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs University of Detroit Mercy
Diversity and Inclusion Speakers’ Series
July 2, 2020
Talk, Teach and Transform!
Traci Brown President, Intentional Inclusion Inc.
Heart of Whiteness The Invisible Core of Racism
Robert Jensen, PhD Professor Emeritus, School of Journalism University of Texas at Austin
November 27, 2018
The State of Diversity: Challenges, Actions and Solutions
Robin Means Coleman
Vice President, Associate Provost, Texas A&M University
October 25, 2018
From Research to Clinical Care: Y does X Make a Difference
Marjorie R. Jenkins
Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean for Women in Science, Chief Scientific Officer, Laura Bush Institue for Women’s Health
Texas Tech University Health Science Center
August 30, 2018
Addressing Institutionalized Racism
Robert Jensen
Professor Emeritus
School of Journalism
University of Texas at Austin
January 5, 2018
Tools and Strategies to Negotiate Unconscious Bias in Academic Dental Institutions
Kim C. D’Abreu, MPH
February 24, 2017
Diversity and Inclusion at Texas A&M University
Christine A. Stanley, Ph.D.
Associate Provost for Diversity, Professor, Higher Education
Texas A&M University
June 21, 2017
The Intersection of Race, Violence and Medicine: Leadership in Times of Crisis