The Diversity Data Deep Dive (DDDD) conferences were developed in order to utilize qualitative and quantitative data to advance institutional equity and diversity goals.
The inaugural conference was held in Walter Library on November 17, 2017. Presentations highlighted available institutional data sets, how data can be accessed, and the ways that participants can leverage data to effect change. The second DDDD took place as a half-day conference in April 2018, examining specific cases more deeply.
This established a model for presenting a fall conference that explores many aspects of data in diversity and a spring session that looks more closely at particular scenarios as models for making change happen.
Many of our sessions from these conferences are live-streamed during the event to include online audience members. Videos, along with brief descriptions of those sessions, are available below. Break-out sessions were not recorded.
For more information about any of these presentations, please contact [email protected].
Past Conferences
Diversity Data Deep Dive 10 - Fall 2022
Diversity Data Deep Dive 9 - Spring 2022
Religious Accommodations and Reporting on Race & Ethnicity
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
DDDD9 Program:dddd9_program_2022.pdf |
8:15 to 8:45 am 8:45 to 9:00 am 9:00 to 10:00 am The University's Makeup Work for Legitimate Absences policy provides academic accommodations for religious observances. The Executive Vice President and Provost sends a message each semester to faculty and instructors reminding them of this policy; however, many instructors and students are unclear about what appropriate accommodations may be for an individual student observing a particular holiday. Members of the Academic Calendar Task Force have gathered case studies for review and discussion, the results of which will be used to help develop a resource guide for instructors and students. 10:00 to 10:10 am 10:10 to 11:10 am The University of Minnesota reports on employee and student ethnicity as set by state and federal requirements as well as to guide internal decisions in support of institutional initiatives, such as MPact 2025. This presentation will explain the different ethnicity calculations the University uses based on internal and external requirements and provide examples to compare the differences in numbers the calculations create. 11:10 to 11:25 am 11:25 to 11:30 am |
Diversity Data Deep Dive 8 - Fall 2021
Got Data? Equity Lens on Policy, Representation & Campus Climate
Tuesday, December 7, 2021 | Wednesday, December 8, 2021 |
8:15 to 8:45 am 8:45 to 9:00 am 9:00 to 10:00 am The Diversity Community of Practice’s Equity Lens Policy Review Committee launched in 2018 and is charged with reviewing all University administrative policies through an equity lens. This presentation will explore the work of this committee, its contributions to making policies more equitable, and will engage participants in exploring creative ways of measuring the impact of its work. 10:00 to 10:10 am 10:10 to 11:10 am The Pedagogical Innovations Journal Club is a forum for discussing recent findings in post-secondary educational research. The spring 2021 meetings focused on articles evaluating different approaches to promoting student equity, inclusion, and belonging. Articles addressed how stereotype threat and mindset may contribute to opportunity gaps and how interventions such as active learning and inclusive teaching practices contributed to decreasing those gaps. In this presentation, we will summarize the findings from four such articles and we will discuss appropriate strategies that UMN instructors and staff can incorporate into their teaching and into their support of teaching. 11:10 to 11:20 am 11:20 to 11:55 pm The Gopher Equity Project (GEP) launched in Fall 2020 as an effort to build a positive and respectful campus climate on the Twin Cities campus. Last year, over 10,500 students took the GEP online diversity, equity and inclusion training. This presentation will provide an overview of the Gopher Equity Project and what we learned from student feedback and pre- and post-test results. 11:55 to 12:15 pm | 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm 1:00 pm to 1:05 pm 1:05 pm to 2:00 pm The campus safety presentation discusses safety tips for students and staff along with the numerous resources available on campus. This presentation will also address the three entities within public safety at the U of M: police, dispatch, and security. 2:00 pm to 2:10 pm 2:10 pm to 3:10 pm The University of Minnesota Twin Cities is home to more than 900 military-connected students. In this presentation we will talk about military-connected students and veterans on campus, highlighting demographic information about these students as well as some of the challenges they may face. We will also examine the increasing diversity of those who have served. 3:10 pm to 3:20 pm 3:20 pm to 4:00 pm The Undergraduate Student Experience in the Research University (ugSERU) survey is a comprehensive survey administered to all degree-seeking undergraduates on the Twin Cities campus. These survey data are used to provide Twin Cities campus staff, faculty, and administrators with unique insights into students’ experiences. This presentation will examine trends in student experiences, satisfaction, and perceptions of campus climate through a diversity lens, highlighting the results of the Spring 2021 SERU survey. |
Diversity Date Deep Dive 7 - Spring 2021
Maintaining Momentum: Community Framing of Policing Solutions, Mental Health & Wellness, and Anti-Racist Research Strategies
AM Session: Wednesday April 21, 2021 - 8:45 am to 12:00 pmOur AM session presentations focus on data and insights at the University of Minnesota related to public safety and police reform in our community and survey data around student mental health. Reflection and discussion groups will conclude the morning session. 8:45 to 8:55 am: Welcome & Introduction to DDDD7 9:00 to 10:00 am: From Police Reform to Police Abolition? How Residents and Activists in Minneapolis Want to Make Black Lives Matter The police killing of George Floyd in 2020 was a watershed moment, triggering massive protests across the country and demands to “end” the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD). I draw on a multi-method case study of anti-police violence activism and community perceptions of the police in Minneapolis from 2017-2020 to understand how activists, city leaders, and everyday residents frame the problems in policing and their potential solutions. The findings help to illuminate contemporary debates about the future of public safety in Minneapolis and across the U.S. 10:00 to 10:15 am: Break 10:15 to 11:15 am: College Student Health COVID Impact Survey – Results Katherine Lust, PhD, MPH, Director of Research at Boynton Health One year ago, students who were accustomed to on-campus learning, engaging with other students on a daily basis and participating in normal campus activities were faced with adapting to an entirely new environment for learning and socializing, when the pandemic forced the University to go to online learning. What impact did these changes have on students? Did it impact their mental health? Were students more stressed? What factors impacted their academic and mental health the most? Were there disparities in outcomes based on these changes associated with ancestry/race or disability status? The presentation will address these questions. 11:15 to 11:30 am: Break 11:30 to 11:55 pm: Reflection and Discussion: breakout groups Moderated by Joel Mixon 11:55 to 12:00 pm: Conclusion of DDDD7 AM Session |
PM Session: Wednesday April 21, 2021 - 1:00 pm to 4:00 pmOur PM session presentations focus on data and insights at the University of Minnesota related to conducting research through an anti-racism lens, data around a COVID-19 Wellness Study, and compliance-related data from Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action. 1:00 to 2:00 pm: Conducting Research Through an Anti-racism Lens: A Libraries Guide Shanda Hunt, MPH, Public Health Librarian and Data Curation Specialist at the University of Minnesota Amy Riegelman, MLIS, Social Sciences Librarian at the University of Minnesota 2:00 to 2:15 pm: Break 2:15 to 3:15 pm: COVID-19 Wellness Study Richard M. Lee, PhD, Distinguished McKnight University Professor with the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota The COVID-19 Wellness Study is a mixed-method longitudinal study that was launched in April 2020 by a research team consisting of Prof Lee, Prof Richard Douglass, and psychology graduate students Vanessa Anyanso and Victoria Wee. Prof Patricia Frazier recently joined the research team to add her expertise in stress, trauma, and coping. To date, six waves of survey data have been collected in April, May, June, and October of 2020 and February and April of 2021. The sample consists of 565 faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduate students from across the university. The survey was originally a qualitative survey to assess the immediate social, psychological, and productivity impact of the pandemic and to inform subsequent waves of data collection. Later surveys consist of more quantitative data. Each successive wave has taken into account local and national events that have impacted the university community, including COVID-related discrimination, the murder of George Floyd, the re-opening of the state, the Presidential election, the vaccine rollout, and most recently the Derek Chauvin trial and the rise of anti-Asian violence. The study received initial funding from the Office for Equity and Diversity. 3:15 to 3:20 pm: Break 3:20 to 3:55 pm: EOAA's Compliance-related Data Gabrielle Mead, Assistant Director and Deputy Title IX Coordinator with Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action (EOAA) at the University of Minnesota EOAA is the University office designated to address concerns of discrimination and harassment based on protected identities, as well as sexual misconduct. EOAA also oversees the University's Affirmative Action Plan, which helps the University set hiring goals for certain demographic groups based on our estimate of qualified available individuals. This presentation will highlight EOAA's annual report summarizing its work to address discrimination, harassment, and sexual misconduct, explain the University's affirmative action obligations, and introduce the EOAA Goal Setting Tool. 3:55 to 4:00 pm: Summary/Conclusion of DDDD7 PM Session |
Diversity Data Deep Dive 6 - Fall 2020
Day 1 presentations focus on data and insights at the University of Minnesota related to the impacts of the two pandemics on the experiences of students and a more in-depth look at the experiences of underrepresented groups. | Day 2 broadens the notion of data and experiments with connecting DEI work in addressing the impacts of the two pandemics with a well-being model, mental health as it affects students with marginalized identities, and exploratory healing spaces for the BIPOC community on campus. |
Agenda:8:45 to 8:55 am: Welcome & Introduction to DDDD6 Krista Soria, Director of Student Affairs Assessment, Office of Institutional Research Data insights from the Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) COVID-19 survey completed by over 30,000 undergraduates at nine large, public research universities. Participants will learn how to access results from the graduate version of the SERU COVID-19 survey, which was administered at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and Duluth campuses in summer 2020. 9:45 to 10:00 am: Break 10:00 to 10:45 am: GradSERU COVID-19 Survey results and Graduate Student Campus Climate Issues Revealed by Grad SERU Scott Lanyon, Vice Provost & Dean, The Graduate School Exploring data from surveys of graduate student experiences (6,128 respondents to the 2019 gradSERU and 3,272 respondents to the 2020 SERU COVID-19) that reveal key climate issues that affect graduate students, with a look at data on graduate students of color. Learn about strategies the Graduate School has developed for department chairs, department directors of graduate students, and faculty to improve graduate student experiences. 10:45 to 11:00 am: Break 11:00 to 11:25 am: International Student Update 2020: COVID and Social Unrest Experiences Barbara Kappler, Assistant Dean, International Student and Scholar Services This presentation will discuss key points from the experience and impacts on international students and the University of Minnesota due to COVID-19 disruptions and the social unrest in the Twin Cities in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder. There are more than 5,000 international students and 1,500 international scholars from more than 130 world locations at the University of Minnesota. 11:25 to 11:55 am: Empowering Women in Science (EWIS): Taking Action to Advocate For and Support Women in STEM during COVID Times and Beyond Tori Osinski, Postdoctoral Fellow Pediatrics Department Center for Immunology & EWIS Steering Committee Member Katie Murphy, Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology & EWIS Steering Committee Member In a variety of STEM disciplines, women face gender-specific challenges that inhibit both retention and advancement in their fields. Representation of women in STEM research drops with career advancement,and resources to advocate for and support women are lacking. The COVID pandemic has disproportionately affected women generally, and this is also specifically seen in the STEM research realm. The presentation will review selections of EWIS’s knowledge about and proposed solutions to improving the experience of women in STEM. 11:55 to 12:00 pm: Conclusion of DDDD Day 1 | SESSION 1: WELL-BEING, MENTAL HEALTH, RESILIENCE & DEI1:00 to 1:10 pm: Welcome & Introduction to DDDD6 1:10 to 1:40 pm: Panel Presentations Well-being in Learning Environments Framework Mary Jo Kreitzer PhD, RN FAAN, Director, Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing; Professor, School of Nursing Mental Health and Marginalized Identities Michael Stebleton, Associate Professor & Coordinator of Higher Education & Human Development, College of Education & Human Development
The Art of Healing: A Rejuvenation Space Abimbola Asojo, Associate Dean for Research, Creative Scholarship, and Engagement; Professor, College of Design 1:40 to 2:00 pm: Panel Q&A and Discussion 2:00 to 2:15 pm: Break SESSION 2: EXPLORING CASE STUDIES TO ADVANCE DEI IN THE INSTITUTION2:15 to 3:00 pm: Case Studies in Small Groups Facilitated by partners from Center for Educational Innovation, Graduate School Diversity Office, Office for Equity & Diversity & Diversity Community of Practice CASE #1: Director of Graduate Studies learns of systemic issues in his department CASE #2: Professor responds to student concerns CASE #3: Shifting perceptions and stereotypes of military veterans CASE #4: In-Class Discussion for Deaf Student CASE #5: Discussing Race CASE #6: A Department Chair tries to make DEI progress CASE #7: Supporting Indigenous Students CASE #8: When Microaggressions and Imposter Syndrome Collide Resources 3:00 to 3:25 pm: Debrief as a Large Group 3:25 to 3:30 pm: Conclusion of DDDD Day 2 |
Diversity Data Deep Dive 5 - Fall 2019
Friday, November 8, 2019 | 8 am to 3:30 pm | Mississippi Room (3rd Floor), Coffman Memorial Union Handouts: |
SCHEDULE:INTRODUCTION & WELCOME8 - 8:25 am: Registration and light refreshments 8:25 – 8:35 am: What is the DDDD? Teddie Potter (School of Nursing), Vic Massaglia (School of Public Health), Virajita Singh (Office for Equity and Diversity) 8:35 – 8:40 am: Welcome Remarks Rebecca Ropers, Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs INSTITUTIONAL INSIGHTS ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS8:40 – 9:15 am: Session 1a: Multicultural Student Success for Undergraduate Students Leveraging a Framework and Lessons Learned, Beth Lingren Clark (Office for Undergraduate Education), Steven Hawks (Office for Undergraduate Education), Shelly Wymer (Office of Measurement Services) 9:15 – 9:40 am: Proaction Cafe 1 Refer to page 11 of this program for Proaction Cafe 1 self-reflection exercise 9:40– 10:10 am: Session 1b: Gateway Course Grodes and Student Success, Peter Radcliffe (Office of Undergraduate Education) INSTITUTIONAL INSIGHTS ON GRADUATE STUDENTS10:10– 10:40 am: Session 1c: Insights on Graduate Student Climate, Mylene Culbreath (Graduate School Diversity Office) 10:40 – 11 am: Proaction Cafe 2 Refer to page 12 of this program for Proaction Cafe 2 self-reflection exercise CLASSROOM CLIMATE & MENTAL HEALTH11 am – 12 pm: Session 2: Student Well-Being & Course-Related Stress: Student Perspectives, Deb Wingert (Center for Educational Innovation) 12 pm – 12:30 pm: Lunch & Networking INNOVATIONS AND INSIGHTS FROM STUDENT FACING PROGRAMS12:30 – 1:45 pm: Session 2: As I See It: First Generation College Students & Photo Narratives, Rashne Jehangir (College of Education and Human Development) and Kelly Collins (Department of Leadership, Policy, and Development). Refer to page 13 of this program for opening and closing reflections on the photo voice exhibit. 1:45 – 2:30 pm: Insights from the Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence (MCAE): Highlighting Outreach, Engagement, and Student Success, Caleb Hicks and Raul Aguilar Jr. (MCAE) 2:30 – 3:15 pm: Asian American Students Experiences and Campus Climate: Insights and Impacts from APARC, Peter Limthongviratn, Diana Chandara, Ariana Yang, and Thong Vang (APARC) 3:15 – 3:30 pm Summary and Wrap-up |
Diversity Data Deep Dive 4 - Spring 2019
Ripple Effect MappingThis workshop will offer an in-depth understanding of a tool that can be applied to assess the ripple effect impacts of your equity and diversity work and programs April, 17 2019 Humphrey Forum Room, Humphrey School of Public Affairs Attendance is free but registration is required. Register Here We especially encourage UMN system campuses to join us. |
Diversity Data Deep Dive 3 - Fall 2019
 Visual Notes - by Rebecca Moss |
Session 1: Presentations and Panel Discussion University of Minnesota: Examples from the system. (video)Diversity and data glimpses from four campuses across the University of Minnesota system: Morris, Crookston, Rochester, and Twin Cities. Discussing representational diversity/demographics, campus climate, strategic initiatives, and areas of future focus.
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Session 2: Diversity, Data, Innovation (video)
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Session 3: Presentations and Panel Discussion (video)
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Diversity Data Deep Dive 2 - Spring 2018
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Session 1: Setting the Vision
Session 2: Data Context on Sexual Misconduct
Session 3: Data Context on SERU LGBTQ Student Experience
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Diversity Data Deep Dive 1 - Fall 2017
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Welcome: Michael Goh, Interim Vice President, Office for Equity and Diversity Session 1A: Diversity Data Stories: Why does Diversity Data matter? (video)
Session 1B (video)
Session 1C (video)
Session 2: Snapshots and insights into U of M’s diversity data, where it is located and how might it be accessed (video)
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