{"id":6150,"date":"2019-08-13T16:02:17","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T20:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/?page_id=6150"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:15:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:15:50","slug":"brown-bag-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/jedi-action\/brown-bag-series\/","title":{"rendered":"JEDI Lecture Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading entry-title\">Inclusion and Diversity Initiatives<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"IDI\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-idi\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-6270\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6270\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/jedi-action\/committee\/\">Committee<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-10854\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-10854\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/jedi-action\/multicultural-consultation-team\/\">Multicultural Consultation Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-6249\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6249\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/jedi-action\/brown-bag-series\/\">JEDI Lecture Series<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-6243\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6243\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/jedi-action\/students-of-color-meeting\/\">Students of Color Meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-6240\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6240\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/jedi-action\/campus-partners\/\">Campus Partners<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;JEDI Lecture Series<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Psychology sponsors a monthly JEDI lecture series focused on issues of diversity and inclusion as they relate to psychology and allied fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The goals for the talks are to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Provide opportunities for discussion and reflection on issues concerning diversity and inclusion such as equity, bias, power, privilege, resistance, resilience, and social justice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bring faculty, students, and administrators together to exchange ideas and examine best practices for improving diversity and inclusion in teaching, research, and practice in psychology and allied fields<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discuss current social justice initiatives in global, national, regional, and local spaces<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increase campus awareness of diversity initiatives within the Psychology Department<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We welcome everyone to attend the Inclusion and Diversity JEDI lecture series. If you would like to learn more about the Inclusion and Diversity JEDI lecture series, please contact Committee Chairs Dr. Nicole Weiss at <a href=\"mailto:nicole_weiss@uri.edu\">nicole_weiss@uri.edu<\/a>, or Dr. Mollie Ruben at <a href=\"mailto:mollie.ruben@uri.edu\">mollie.ruben@uri.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scheduled Talks for the 2025-2026 Academic Year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-8\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-8\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Date<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Presenter<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">September 25th<br \/>\n4:30pm-5:30pm<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"> Dr. Fred Duong, Senior Research Manager, More in Common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">October 23rd<br \/>\n3:00pm-4:00pm<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dr. Alvin Akibar, Director, Center for Social Justice Research, Policy, and Advocacy, Urban League Twin Cities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">November 17th<br \/>\n4:00pm-5:00pm<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dr. Erin Thomas, Head of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Upwork<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">March 12th<br \/>\r\n3:00-4:00pm<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dr. Sarah Vidal, Program Officer National Institutes of Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">April 16th<br \/>\r\n12:00pm-1:00pm<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dr. Patricia Simon, Vice President, Oui Therapeutics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">May 11th <br \/>\r\n11am-12pm<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dr. Courtney Bonner, Senior Research Psychologist, RTI International<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inclusion and Diversity Initiatives &nbsp;JEDI Lecture Series The Department of Psychology sponsors a monthly JEDI lecture series focused on issues of diversity and inclusion as they relate to psychology and allied fields. The goals for the talks are to: We welcome everyone to attend the Inclusion and Diversity JEDI lecture series. 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