2018 Conference
Days of paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters, and colloquia.
Delegates from all over the world who attended the Eighteenth International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations
Countries represented.
Individuals ascribe meanings to their personae, or meanings are ascribed to them by others through processes of social categorization. Sometimes these processes produce the effect of exclusion, either on a person-to-person affective basis, or through systemic or structural exclusion—hence classifications such as racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism, and classism. At other times, inclusive remedies are prescribed to injustices of difference, including equity, access, multiculturalism, tolerance, and recognition, for instance. “Affinity in Diversity” raises a strategic question: how, in our current social conditions, do we address demands to reconsider the boundaries of individual and social categorization?
The Eighteenth International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations featured plenary sessions by some of the world's leading thinkers and innovators in the field.
Director, Center for Diversity and Social and Economic Justice, Council on Social Work Education, Alexandria, USA; Professor, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA
"How to Change the World: A Critical Pedagogy for Diversity and Social Justice"
Professor, Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA
"On Becoming Teachable: Lessons on Teaching Sexual Violence, Race, and Cultural Diversity"
The Eighteenth International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations will feature a presentation on the African-American Cultural & Heritage Facility, part of the Economic Development Department of the City of Austin’s Cultural Arts Division.
Program Manager and Facility Director, African-American Cultural & Heritage Facility, Austin, USA
Presenting on the African-American Cultural & Heritage Facility
The Eighteenth International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations will feature a panel of representatives from various units within the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin.
Director, Project MALES and the Texas Education Consortium for Male Students of Color, Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Speaking on Research
Coordinator for Community-based Learning, Longhorn Center for Community Engagement, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Speaking on Community Engagement
Director, Gender and Sexuality Center, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Speaking on Campus Culture
Director, STEM Initiatives, Longhorn Center for Academic Excellence, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Speaking on Educational Pipeline
Director, Community Engagement Center, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Moderator
For each conference, a small number of Emerging scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active academic interest in the conference area. The Award, with its accompanying responsibilities provides a strong professional development opportunity for early career academics. The 2018 Emerging Scholar Awardees are listed below.
University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
Mercer University, Macon, USA
University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, USA
University of Gießen, Gießen, Germany
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
Austin, USA
Virtual Posters present preliminary results of work or projects that lend themselves to visual representations. Download the posters below.
Lightning Talks are 5-minute "flash" video presentations. Click the button below to view the videos on our YouTube channel.