Beyond Diversity: Navigating DEI in Challenging Times
Learn practical strategies for creating inclusive workplaces through Berkeley's comprehensive DEI course focusing on bias management and equity implementation.
Learn practical strategies for creating inclusive workplaces through Berkeley's comprehensive DEI course focusing on bias management and equity implementation.
This certificate program from UC Berkeley equips professionals with advanced skills for navigating diversity, equity, and inclusion challenges in the modern workplace. Through cutting-edge research and practical applications, participants learn to address structural, interpersonal, and individual biases while developing strategies for sustainable organizational change. The program goes beyond traditional diversity training to provide concrete tools for implementing equitable practices, fostering inclusive communication, and making decisions aligned with DEI goals across various identity dimensions including race, gender, and sexual orientation.
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What you'll learn
Identify and effectively respond to workplace biases
Implement equitable hiring and evaluation practices
Create inclusive workplace environments that foster belonging
Develop strategies for sustainable organizational change
Navigate complex group dynamics in diverse settings
Facilitate meaningful conversations about diversity and inclusion
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
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Graded assignments, Exams
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Limited Access access
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Module Description
This comprehensive program focuses on developing practical skills for implementing DEI initiatives in the workplace. The curriculum covers identifying and responding to workplace biases, understanding minoritized employees' perspectives, implementing equitable hiring and evaluation practices, and creating inclusive organizational climates. Through research-based approaches, participants learn to move beyond traditional diversity concepts to create meaningful and sustainable organizational change.
Fee Structure
Instructor
4 Courses
Distinguished Social Psychologist and Intergroup Relations Expert
Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton serves as Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor in the Division of Social Sciences at UC Berkeley, where he has taught since 2002. His multicultural upbringing across Mexico, the United States, Ivory Coast, and Thailand shaped his academic focus on cultural differences and intergroup relations. After earning his BA from Yale University and PhD in Social/Personality Psychology from Columbia University, he established himself as a leading researcher in stereotyping, prejudice, and educational outcomes. His work adopts a process-oriented approach to understanding social behavior, particularly examining how marginalization affects educational and mental health outcomes of stigmatized groups. As Associate Executive Dean for Diversity and Inclusion in the College of Letters and Science, he champions institutional excellence in diversity initiatives. His contributions have earned him the UC Berkeley Chancellor's Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence in 2015 and the University-wide Distinguished Teaching Award in 2018. Through his leadership of the Relationships and Social Cognition Laboratory, he continues to explore how stable individual characteristics interact with social contexts to influence intergroup dynamics and academic achievement.
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