Equity and Inclusion

You demonstrate this competency when you:
  • Implement strategies to recognize personal biases.
  • Learn from, respect, and value diverse cultures, races, ages, genders, sexual orientations, religions, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
  • Incorporate global/cultural awareness into your personal life and professional work.
  • Adapt your language and behavior with others in a manner that conveys respect and builds trust and rapport.
  • Strategically leverage differences to come up with more innovative solutions.
  • Demonstrate sensitivity; relate to others with empathy and understanding.
  • Display self-reflective awareness of your role in diverse communities.
  • Actively seek to understand and respect the diversity and complexity of human identities.
  • Actively promote equity and inclusion.
  • Demonstrate ethical judgment and work towards a just society.
  • Actively challenge the systems, structures, and policies of racism.

Related Skills

  • Situational Awareness
  • Adaptability
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Negotiation
  • Advocacy
  • Building Trust
  • Growth Mindset
  • Continuous Learning
  • Recognizing Complexity

 


Employers/Graduate programs may seek demonstration of this competency through behavioral interview questions like:

  • Describe a time you adjusted your communication to effectively collaborate with people from different backgrounds and identities.
  • Tell me about a time when you had to deal with conflicting cultural or political views on an issue.
  • Tell me about a time when you worked on a diverse team.

What are some ideas of ways you can continue to develop your competency in Equity and Inclusion?

  • Solicit and use feedback from people with multiple cultural perspectives.
  • Engage in conversation and dialogue around identities and cultures different than your own.
  • Identify resources and engage in your own personal learning and development about your identity and identities different from your own.
  • Participate in an off-campus study opportunity.
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