Humanities-Based Diversity and Inclusion: Creating a Certificate Program

FAIN: AKA-279358-21

Siena Heights College (Adrian, MI 49221-1755)
Leland Harper (Project Director: September 2020 to March 2024)
Matthew Ripper (Co Project Director: April 2021 to March 2024)
Elizabeth LaFray (Co Project Director: April 2021 to March 2024)
Julie Barst (Co Project Director: April 2021 to March 2024)

A one-year planning grant to create a diversity and inclusion certificate.

Siena Heights University (SHU) proposes an NEH Connections planning grant entitled “Diversity and Inclusion: Creating a New Online Certificate Program at Siena Heights University” (“D&I”). D&I will be an interdisciplinary program between the Philosophy Department, English Department, History Department, Ethnic and Gender Studies Institute, and Business and Management Division (BAM). The program will be designed for students with interests in attainting a Diversity and Inclusion certificate in addition to their pursued degree at the undergraduate level. The goal of the planning grant is to provide the foundation for SHU to design a new, coherent D&I certificate program at SHU that is qualitatively distinct from the D&I certificates offered at other institutions and which can be offered in either online or blended/hybrid formats.