Changing the Culture of the Academy: Toward a More Inclusive Practice

Abstract: KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Professor Troy Duster, Director, Institute for the History of the Production of Knowledge, New York University; Chancellor's Professor, Department of Sociology, UC Berkeley

PLENARY SESSION PANEL PRESENTATIONS

WELCOME BACK AND AFTERNOON KEYNOTE ADDRESS
William Drummond, Chair, UC Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate
Maria Ledesma, University of California Student Regent, 2006-2007; Doctoral candidate, Education, UCLA



Mission Statement
Changing the Culture of the Academy explores ways that the academy might incorporate the challenge of diversity as it pertains to its core mission and practice. Participants will consider new paradigms for rethinking the academy that are inclusive of various cultural and disciplinary traditions, learning styles and identities. This will include opening a dialogue about these issues across all disciplines?from the social sciences and humanities to the physical and life sciences, public policy, law and engineering.

This conference offers a venue for discussing the role of our public institution in connecting diversity with institutional excellence. In what ways does the University of California reflect the needs and concerns of the diverse community in the local and the global arena? How does embracing equity and inclusion affect our pedagogy and research interests? How do intramural and extramural funding priorities dovetail with or divert from these missions? We welcome your participation in any of the preconstituted panels below or you may propose additional papers, presentations, panels and workshops consonant with the conference theme.

The primary goal of the conference is to create a working model for change within the University of California system, developing concrete steps which move beyond tolerance towards a self-reflexive and truly inclusive university system rooted in excellence.

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