Living Out Inclusivity in Chemical Engineering and Doing a World of Good in Society

This will be a moderator-led panel where students and professionals, who identify with DORIC, share personal stories of how they seek inclusion in the Chemical Engineering profession. The moderator with prepare a set of questions for panelists to respond to during the first 20 minutes of the session. Example questions include: •How have you been able to leverage your challenges to promote a more inclusive environment where you work or go to school? •What would you like individuals who do not identify with a disability to know about respecting individuals who do have a challenging ability? •Has there been an instance where you were excluded from an activity because of the perception that you wouldn’t be able to be fully engaged in that activity? The remaining 25 minutes will be reserved for discussion with the audience. The aim will be for audience members to develop ideas for taking back to their home institutions and carry forward into their graduate school or professional careers. Panel – Composition of panel is targeted to be 2 students and 2 professionals. Open Discussion – The open discussion portion of the workshop will be structured to allow students to get into small groups to talk about the perspectives they heard from the panelists and come up with ideas for promoting inclusivity at their universities and within the community. Panelists will be encouraged to walk through the audience to hear what ideas students are developing and provide feedback.