Deans Panel Discussion on the COVID-19 Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The unprecedented COVID-19 crisis has disrupted engineering education at a fundamental level. This webinar led by panelists Dean Sharon Walker (Drexel University), Dean Scott Ashford (Oregon State University), and Dean Rudolph Buchheit (University of Kentucky) and moderated by Dean Yannis Yortsos (USC), explores challenges as well as opportunities associated with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at the faculty level, and how engineering schools address them. Examples include: (1) working from home while also caring for dependents (children, elderly); (2) opportunities for mentoring and growth; (3) on-line vs. in-person engagement; (4) research productivity and growth.