This Week @ AU

Auburn University will host a conference, "Understanding Differences that Matter: Diversity Research at Auburn University," this Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 29-30, at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center. Featured speakers will be Patricia Arredondo, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Elijah Anderson, Yale University. Arredondo will speak on "Multicultural Perspectives in Scholarship - Essential to Advancing Interdisciplinarity" at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday. Anderson will present "From 'Affirmative Action' to 'Diversity'" at 2:15 p.m. Thursday. Six Auburn researchers will be recognized for their contributions to the study of diversity and each will give a presentation. They are Robin Sabino, Department of English; Juan Gilbert, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering; Marilyn Strutchens, Department of Curriculum and Teaching; Toni Alexander, Department of Geology and Geography; Michael Clay, School of Architecture; and Conner Bailey, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. The conference is cosponsored by the Research Initiative for the Study of Diversity and the Office of Multicultural Affairs. For more information, visit https://fp.auburn.edu/researchdiversity/UnderstandingDifferencesThatMatter.aspx.

Tags: conference, diversity, research

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