Presentation to discuss UD's multicultural requirement, relationship to students' diversity competencies

2:19 p.m., Oct. 26, 2015--James M. Jones, director of the Center for the Study of Diversity and professor of psychology and brain sciences at the University of Delaware, will share findings of a report on the University's multicultural education requirement and introduce a tool for understanding diversity competences at a lunchtime talk this week.

The program is scheduled at 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 28, in the Faculty Commons (Room 116 Pearson Hall). Those planning to attend are asked to register in advance. Dessert will be provided.

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Helping students live and lead in a diverse, global world is a prominent thrust of the University’s strategic plan, Delaware Will Shine. One of the ways to help students achieve this outcome is through the successful completion of the multicultural education requirement. 

At the Oct. 28 event, Jones will offer some ideas about where and how faculty teach and how students demonstrate these desired outcomes.

In 2014, Jones and Barret Michalec, associate professor of sociology at UD, explored a sample of multicultural education designated courses. They found that the courses offered opportunities for students to effectively engage with multicultural content and practices. In order to more clearly understand the skills, understandings and knowledge students might acquire, Jones also adapted and developed a tool for defining and viewing these diversity competencies.