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2024 AOM Annual Meeting

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348: Addressing Impact: A Practical Path Forward for DEI Scholarship Amid Volatility (13914)

Saturday, August 10, 2024
12:00 – 13:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)
Location: Hyatt: Comiskey
Session Number: 348
PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Theme,Diversity
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This exploratory PDW challenges faculty, students, and practitioners to consider and address the meaning of impact in the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) space. Amid perpetually volatile environments, such as the dismantling of DEI offices and the targeting of scholars by political actors, we offer an arena to discuss how to confront these issues. The 2024 All-Academy Theme, Innovating for the Future: Policy, Purpose, and Organizations, encourages the academy to examine the interplay of innovation, policy, and purpose. Divisive events in higher education – including the ending of Affirmative Action, the rollback of DEI offices, and the dismissal of high-ranking, barrier breaking university presidents amongst other social issues – this PDW is germane to addressing the aforementioned interplay. By engaging faculty, students, and practitioner-scholars in interactive and collaborative discussions, the workshop will explore the impact of DEI on three levels: (1) department, (2) college, and (3) government and corporate. At the department level, we aim to discuss how to craft high-impact DEI research, specifically in the meso and macro settings, including field research. At the college level, we address strategies to identify grants and conduct cross-disciplinary research. Lastly, at the government and corporate level, we discuss the criticality of bridging the communication gaps between scholars and practitioners. This PDW will include an interactive panel, followed by roundtable discussions with critical reflection on these issues and their role in scholarship and practice. Finally, participants will be given the opportunity to continue the discussion and strategize around DEI in a series of post-PDW workshops.