Butler Center to hold Support Circle session on handling privilege in academic space

The Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence is inviting faculty, staff and students to a Support Circle session  at noon-1:30 p.m. March 25 in Dauch Alumni Center. The session will focus on "Handling Privilege in Academic Space: Being Cognizant of Culture/Racial/Class/Gender/Ableist/ Heteronormative/Ageist Privilege."

Privilege is about power. It shapes experiences across formal and informal spaces in academia. Privilege can be infused in interactions among and between faculty, staff and students. The interactions may involve verbal and/or nonverbal cues, expression of emotions, and accent. How do we think about privilege and culture in interactions? And what does that imply for conforming to normative standards versus assimilation? Purdue has a significant number of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) faculty, postdoctoral staff, other staff and students and so being cognizant of varying life experiences is key to enabling inclusion.

The speakers are:

• Elena Benedicto, professor, English.
• Annabelle Lin Atkin, assistant professor, Human Development and Family Studies.
• Stephen Beaudoin, professor, Chemical Engineering, and chair, Purdue University Senate.
• Nasreen Lalani, assistant professor, Nursing.
• Dawn Stinchcomb, associate professor, Languages and Cultures.
• Greg Shaver, professor, Mechanical Engineering.

The moderator will be Maria Marshall, professor and the James and Lois Ackerman Endowed Chair in Agricultural Economics.

This session will be offered only in-person. All attendees must adhere to Protect Purdue guidelines.

Registration is available online. For more information, contact butlercenter@purdue.edu.