Faculty & Staff Resources
Below are multiple resources/tools that will be useful and thought-provoking for faculty and staff as they interact with various student populations. Our goal is to maintain these lists as growing repositories that are constantly accessible to Penn Engineering faculty and staff. If you have suggestions for items that could be added, please email the relevant link or document with a brief description to odei@seas.upenn.edu
U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Education:
Penn Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Innovation (CETLI) Resources:
Inclusive & Equitable Teaching
Inclusive Practices & Course Design
Literature on Inclusion Across the Disciplines
Teaching in Response to Upsetting Events
Weingarten Center Resources:
Working with Disability Services
Higher Ed Resources:
Why Diversity in Colleges & Universities Matters
How STEM Instructors Can Build More Inclusive Classrooms
How Do I Write an Inclusive Syllabus?
Cultivating a Sense of Belonging for Graduate Students
Better Classroom Experiences, Better Grades
Engaging STEM Faculty in Culturally Responsive Workshops
Toward Inclusive STEM Classrooms: What Personal Role Do Faculty Play?
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in STEM
Public Library Resources:
Free STEM Resources Provided by Public Libraries
Gender-Inclusive Classrooms:
Trans Inclusion in the Classroom
LGBT Faculty & Staff Resources:
Underrepresented Identities in STEM
| Article + Link | Source |
| Systemic inequalities for LGBTQ professionals in STEM | Science Advances |
| Can I Mentor African-American Faculty? | Inside HigherEd |
| Racial and ethnic imbalance in neuroscience reference lists and intersections with gender | CSH: Biorxiv |
| I’m a Black, Genderqueer Medical Student: Here’s My Hard-Won Wisdom for Students and Educational Institutions | Leapsmag |
| Gender Inequality in Science Careers and Publishing | Inside HigherEd |
| By playing it safe, I became a Latino scientist. But that approach held me back. | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Demographic Data Collection of LGBTQ+ Identities: Barriers and Motivations | 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition |
| Making Room for Diverse Populations in STEM: 101 Resources | Discover Data Science |
| Disrupting the Status Quo: Using -Ships to Assist Student Navigation of STEM Pathways | Journal of Science Policy & Governance |
| Building Inclusive AI: Strategies for Training Against Racism | AI Forward |
| From the Start: Introducing Coding to Young Minds | Best Coding Bootcamps |