Council on Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Diversity Connect Session: Safe Spaces for Faculty and Administrators: Lessons Learned From an Embedded Systems Environmental Scan

Friday, October 25, 2024

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT

Location: KC Convention Center, Room 2102A

Presenter(s)

Warren K. Graham, MSW, LCSW, ACSW (he/him/his)

Associate Dean
Columbia University
New York, NY, United States
Ebony Perez, MSW, PhD

Assistant Professor & Department Chair
Saint Leo University
St. Leo, FL, United States
DuWayne Battle, PhD, MSW, D.Min., M.Div. (he/him/his)

Assistant Dean and Teaching Professor
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ, United States

This presentation presents the results from a content analysis of higher education administrators and faculty members who died while serving their posts. Strategies for improving work force conditions, institutional response, and fostering faculty learning communities are explored as well as lessons learned from an environmental scan.