Engineering Diversity

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Topics for FALL 2006
Engineering Diversity Seminars
Workshops FALL 2006
DIVERSITY A DOORWAY THAT LEADS TO YOUR
FUTURE A FRAMEWORK FOR EXAMINING CAMPUS ACCESS
AND EQUITY ACCEPTABLE CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR AND
SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION RACIAL
PROFILING INTERCULTULRAL DEVELOPMENT INVENTORY
Sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh School
of Engineering Office of Diversity
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SERIES OF TALKS Dr. Milton Bennett Intercultural
Development Inventory Monday, October 9,
2006, Location TBA Time TBD Dr. Karen
Yoshino A Framework for Campus Access and Equity
Tuesday, October 16, 2006 1200 to 130 Thaw
Hall, Auditorium 102 Dr. David Harris Racial
Profiling Thursday, November 2, 2006 1200-130
p.m. Public Health Auditorium G23
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DR. MARVIN WORTHY
Sylvanus N. Wosu, PhD Associate Dean for
Diversity Affairs
Diversity A doorway that Leads to you Future
Graduate Diversity Enrichment Workshop Saturday,
September 16, 2006 Kresge Auditorium 9 a.m. to
noon OR 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006 Section 1- 100-300
KRESGE AUDITORIUM Section 2 -400-600 KRESGE
AUDITORIUM Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006 SECTION 3
-100-300 KRESGE AUDITORIUM SECTION 4-
600-800 Benedum 823 Friday , Sept. 8,
2006 SECTION 5- 1100-100 Engineering
AUDITORIUM SECTION 6- 200-400 KRESGE
AUDITORIUM
Acceptable Classroom Behavior And Sexual
Harassment Prevention
About the Speaker Sylvanus N. Wosu, PhD is the
Associate Dean for Diversity Affairs and an
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. As
a science and engineering educator for over 15
years, he developed and directed mentoring
programs for preparing women and
under-represented college students for graduate
education, and high school students for college
careers. Since coming to the University of
Pittsburgh, he has created several programs
including the Pitt Engineering Career Access
Program (PECAP), a program to increase the
enrollment and retention of under-represented and
economically or academically disadvantaged
students in engineering education and the PhD and
Pre-PhD Scholars programs, to increase the
numbers of under-represented students earning
doctorates in Engineering. Dr. Wosu also works to
institutionalize initiatives that provide an
inclusive and safe environment for all
studentsone that fosters effective
multi-cultural interaction and communication,
reducing the isolation of any group, and
increasing the Schools ability to provide
equitable educational support services. About
the Program This presentation will cover
strategies for maintaining an equitable classroom
environment free from harassment or
discrimination.
About the Speaker Marvin Worthy completed his
undergraduate degree in Elementary Education with
a sequence in Child Psychology from Shippensburg
University, Masters Degree from Shippensburg
University (MA) in College Counseling and College
Student Personnel Services. As an educational
consultant and trainer Marvin provides training
programs, workshops, and keynote addresses on
diversity, community, and leadership. Marvin
teaches, facilitates, and motivates with such
passion, participants are inspired into action.
He has a unique ability to capture the ear, eyes
and hearts of people. The energy and excitement
Marvin creates encourages others to become agents
for change. About the Program Mr. Worthy will
be discussing the demographic changes in the work
community, and steps to becoming inter-culturally
aware. The discussion will include identifying
major points concerning cross-cultural
relationships, strategies for understanding of
differences and the connection between diversity
and marketability.
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DR. MILTON BENNETT INTERCULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT Sponsored by The School of
Education, The School of Arts and Sciences, and
The School of Engineering

• DEVELOPING AND MEASURING INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE
  IN THE ACADEMIC CONTEXT
• CONTRAST THE INTERCULTURAL APPROACH TO DOMESTIC
  AND GLOBAL DIVERSITY TO AND OTHER APPROACHES THAT
  HAVE BEEN USED ON CAMPUSES
• REVIEW THE THREE PRINCIPLES OF INTERCULTURAL
  COMMUNICATION SUBJECTIVE CULTURE, INTERACTION
  ANALYSIS, AND ADAPTATION STRATEGIES
• DESCRIBE THE DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL OF INTERCULTURAL
  SENSITIVITY (DMIS) AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR
  ACADEMIC ORGANIZATIONS
• DISCUSS HOW THE INTERCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
  INVENTORY (IDI) MEASURES INTERCULTURAL
  SENSITIVITY AND ITS APPLICATION IN ACADEMIC
  PROGRAMS

Monday, October 9, 2006, Time TBA Location TBA
ABOUT THE SPEAKER DR. BENNETT HOLDS A PHD IN
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION AND SOCIOLOGY FROM
THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AN MA IN
PSYCHOLINGUISTICS FROM SAN FRANCISCO STATE
UNIVERSITY AND A BA FROM STANFORD UNIVERSITY.
DR. BENNETT IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
INTERCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE,
WHICH SPONSORS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH IN THE AREA OF
INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE. HE IS ALSO CO-DIRECTOR
OF THE INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION INSTITUTE,
WHICH FOR 20 YEARS HAS SPONSORED PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT IN INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS. HE
CREATES AND CONDUCTS PROGRAMS IN DOMESTIC AND
INTERNATIONAL DIVERSITY FOR CORPORATIONS AND
UNIVERSITIES IN THE US, ASIA, AND EUROPE. DR.
BENNETT IS WELL-KNOWN FOR HIS DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL
OF INTERCULTURAL SENSITIVITY AND THE
INTERCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT INVENTORY, WHICH ARE
USED INTERNATIONALLY TO GUIDE INTERCULTURAL
TRAINING DESIGN AND TO ASSESS INTERCULTURAL
COMPETENCE. FOR 15 YEARS DR. BENNETT WAS A
TENURED FACULTY MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMUNICATION AT PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY, WHERE
HE CREATED THEIR GRADUATE PROGRAM IN
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION. HE CURRENTLY HOLDS
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE
PACIFIC (STOCKTON, CA) THE UNIVERSITY OF
MILANO-BICOCCA (ITALY), AND THE EXECUTIVE
TRAINING PROGRAMS OF THE BOEING LEADERSHIP
CENTER, TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS OF DARTMOUTH
COLLEGE, SMITH COLLEGE, AND ENI CORPORATE
UNIVERSITY (ITALY). DR. BENNETT IS A REVIEWER FOR
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTERCULTURAL
RELATIONS, CO-AUTHOR OF AMERICAN CULTURAL
PATTERNS A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
(INTERCULTURAL PRESS, 1991), CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
OF BASIC CONCEPTS OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
SELECTED READINGS (INTERCULTURAL PRESS, 1998),
AND CONTRIBUTING CO-EDITOR OF THE HANDBOOK OF
INTERCULTURAL TRAINING, THIRD EDITION (SAGE,
2004).
THE DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL OF INTERCULTURAL
SENSITIVITY (DMIS) WAS CREATED BY DR. MILTON
BENNETT (1986, 1993) AS A FRAME WORK TO EXPLAIN
THE REACTIONS OF PEOPLE TO CULTURAL DIFFERENCES.
IN BOTH ACADEMIC AND CORPORATE SETTINGS, HE
OBSERVED THAT INDIVIDUALS CONFRONTED CULTURAL
DIFFERENCE IN SOME PREDICTABLE WAYS AS THEY
LEARNED TO BECOME MORE COMPETENT INTERCULTURAL
COMMUNICATORS . USING CONCEPTS FROM
CONSTRUCTIVIST COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, HE ORGANIZED
THESE OBSERVATIONS INTO POSITIONS ALONG A
CONTINUUM FROM ETHNOCENTRISM TO ETHNORELATIVISM.
THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTION OF THE MODEL IS THAT
AS ONES EXPERIENCE OF CULTURAL DIFFERENCE
BECOMES MORE COMPLEX AND SOPHISTICATED, ONES
POTENTIAL FOR EXERCISING COMPETENCE IN
INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS INCREASES. BY
RECOGNIZING THE UNDERLYING ORIENTATION TOWARD
CULTURAL DIFFERENCE, PREDICTIONS ABOUT COMPETENCE
CAN BE MADE AND EDUCATION OR TRAINING CAN BE
TAILORED TO FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE
CONTINUUM. THE DMIS IS MEASURED BY THE
INTERCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT INVENTORY (IDI), A
VALID AND RELIABLE PSYCHOMETIC INSTRUMENT THAT
HAS BEEN USED EXTENSIVELY IN ACADEMIC SETTINGS
FOR ASSESSING INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL
INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE AND (IN PRE/POST
TESTING) FOR EVALUATING INTERCULTURAL PROGRAM
EFFECTIVENESS
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PROFESSOR DAVID HARRIS Balk Professor of Law and
Value University of Toledo College of Law
DR. KAREN YOSHINO Sr. Project Consultant New
York University A FRAMEWORK FOR EXAMINING CAMPUS
ACCESS AND EQUITY THAW HALL AUDITORIUM
102 October 16, 2006 1200-130 p.m. About the
speaker Dr. Karen Yoshino is a visiting scholar
at New York University, serving as Senior Project
consultant for research on Asian and Pacific
Islander Americans in higher education. Formerly
she, served as the Executive Director at the
College Board in Higher Education Administration
/Special Projects, as well as the SAT. Before
joining the College Board in 1994, Dr. Yoshino
was the Director of Institutional Assessment at
Occidental College in Los Angeles, CA where her
primary focus was on evaluating the impact of the
colleges commitment to diversity. Dr. Yoshino
has actively participated or chaired several
projects including the Diversity Scoreboard
Project, Presidents Council on Diversity, Sexual
and Discriminatory Harassment, Diversity Task
force. Dr. Yoshino received her Ph.D. from the
Department of Education at Claremont Graduate
University. Her research examined the
intersection of personal and community values in
the work of college presidents who had a public
record of dealing with issues of social justice.
About the program Dr. Yoshino will discuss a
framework for defining institutional success, a
method for measuring institutional performance, a
process with minimal resources, and influencing
institutional policies. The discussion will
examine the impact of admission processes,
financial aid, counseling, academic and student
affairs, curriculum and teaching and learning
strategies, leadership, administration, trustees,
alumni and the public face of the institution
committed to diversity. The program will end
with a question and answer session.
November 2, 2006 Public Health Auditorium G23
1200-130 p.m. About the speaker Professor
Harris is the Professor of Law at the University
of Toledo and former Sr. Justice Fellow at the
Open Society Institute. His 2005 book Good Cops
the Case for Preventive Policing reveals that
racial profiling by police actually impedes
efforts to catch criminals. Professor Harris
2002 book Profiles in Injustice Why Racial
Profiling Cannot Work is a definitive work on
racial profiling. Professor Harris works
frequently with government officials, police
departments, judges, and citizens groups. He has
presented his ground-breaking research to the
U.S. Senate and other government bodies,
professional and private organizations, numerous
academic institutions, and conferences. He has
appeared on The Today Show, NBC, The News Hour on
PBS, and National Public Radio. He has been
interviewed by the New York Times, The Wall
Street Journal, and The Los Angeles Times, among
many others. Professor Harris teaches criminal
law and procedure , advanced criminal and
constitutional law, legal ethics, and trial
practice.