Speaker
Lori Lopez
Professor of Communication Arts and Director of the Asian American Studies Program
Lori Lopez, Ph.D., is a professor of communication arts and the director of the Asian American Studies Program at UW–Madison. Her research examines how minority groups use media in the fight for social justice, specifically focusing on the media of Asian Americans. Professor Lopez has published five books on race and media, including her most recent book, “Micro Media Industries: Hmong American Media Innovation in the Diaspora.” She is co-chair of the Campus Diversity and Climate Committee and co-chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee in the UW–Madison College of Letters & Science.
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So You Want to Do a Climate Survey: Alternative Approaches and Ways to Leverage Existing Data and Enact Real Change
Want to understand better the differences that members of your school or division experience, identify best practices, and make improvements? Think your only option is to deploy a unit-level climate survey? Think again! There are alternative approaches and ways to leverage existing data from already deployed campuswide climate surveys to accomplish this work. Learn how to review existing data, dig deeper to unearth inequities, communicate findings, and most importantly, take action to ensure necessary improvements are being made in this workshop.