The INFORMS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee will sponsor a webinar titled "Building the Field: How to Attract More People to DEI" on Wednesday, October 4, 2023 from Noon – 1 PM EST.
This webinar will explore how to attract more people to OR/analytics research devoted to diversity, equity and inclusion and racial and social justice. Panelists will address challenges associated with balancing needs for research as distinct from service and teaching; solving problems using 'traditional' analytic methods as well as community-engaged and participatory approaches; choosing research outlets associated with scholarly as well as practice-focused impacts; ensuring meaningful participation by members of traditionally underrepresented groups, and addressing concerns especially relevant to early-career researchers.
To register for this event, please visit: https://connect.informs.org/events/event-description?CalendarEventKey=18c6d2a5-12ed-4423-a6e0-018ab996680d&Home=%2fevents%2fcalendar.
The participants are:
Larry Snyder, Harvey E. Wagner Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering and Deputy Provost for Academic Affairs, Lehigh University, lvs2@lehigh.edu
Karen Hicklin, Assistant Professor, Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, karen.hicklin@mountsinai.org
Phebe Vayanos, Andrew and Erna Viterbi Early Career Chair in Engineering, Associate Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering and Computer Science, Co-Director of Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society, University of Southern California, phebe.vayanos@usc.edu
For more information about this webinar, the 2023 DEIC webinar series and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee, please contact the webinar organizers:
Michael P. Johnson, Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts Boston, michael.johnson@umb.edu
Grani A. Hanasusanto, Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, gah@illinois.edu
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Michael P. Johnson
Professor
University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston MA
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