In the webinar, Valerie Banschbach, the president-elect of the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences, will present an overview of areas of bias in faculty evaluations that impact retention and promotion. She will summarize key findings drawn from the substantial peer-reviewed literature on biases in student evaluations of teaching. During the webinar, she will discuss strategies to cope with and overcome barriers, with a goal of envisioning how to change structures in higher education to become more equitable.

The aim of this webinar is to acknowledge and better understand the presence of harassment in the fields of Environmental Studies and Sciences while discussing the role of professional societies and institutions of higher education in cultivating a safe working and learning environment.

In this webinar, you will learn how to use the DEI Maturity Index for your institution, hear about how others have used the index, and learn about additional resources that can help your institution make meaningful progress.