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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Greetings Prevention Science students,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">You might recall that we circulated a Qualtrics survey right before the term started, and asked you to send in any questions you have about the Prevention Science program. We have compiled the responses
to your questions in the attached Q&A document. I want to highlight the final question in the document regarding “</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">How will the Prevention Science program make diversity, equity, and inclusion a priority
in and out of the classroom. ” This generated a faculty discussion where we shared some of our actions and ideas with each other. We would like to continue this discussion, grow our list of actions, include additional departmental faculty and students in the
conversation, and create a platform where we can learn from each other. Many of you may have additional actions that could be added to this list based on your own experiences as instructors, researchers, prevention scientists, and members of our community.
We are working on developing a blog site or other repository where this information can be stored. We view this as a living document that we hope will continue to grow with additional ideas and actions that we can all learn from. Here is the list PREV faculty
generated so far, about how we are making diversity, equity, and inclusion a priority. Please share any additional ideas you have with me, your instructors, your advisor, or PREV student rep Anna Cahn.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Thanks everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Leslie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">I commit to creating a course curriculum that explores the contributions of all cultures to health knowledge and prevention science and also critiques the current state of the field to identify how the scientists perpetuate
the status quo with their research questions and methods.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">When I invite a guest speaker to give a presentation in class, I talk with them in advance of class about our prioritization of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and I ask that they speak to this in their presentation.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">I aim to select articles for class readings that not only speak to values of diversity, equity, and inclusion, but are authored by scholars from diverse backgrounds.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">When organizing conference sessions or other professional panels, I invite presenters who represent diverse backgrounds.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">In teaching and research, I aim to critique my scholarship and that of others from a perspective of how such work may perpetuate inequity by ignoring or reinforcing practices and systems that sustain it.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">In teaching and research, I aim to m</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">ake visible how the dynamics of privilege, power and oppression shape education and work for people across all levels
of privilege, including how privilege is sustained by oppression. </span><s><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></s></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">When asked to be part of an invited panel at a meeting or conference, I inform the organizers that I will only participate if the panel includes diverse representation.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Addressing health disparities and promoting health equity continues to be the primary focus of my research.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">My research team and I make active dissemination plans from the start of our research projects to facilitate our research findings getting into the hands of the communities who could benefit from the findings.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">When I teach, I do my best to follow best practices in creating an inclusive learning environment such as, modeling inclusive language, making accommodations for students with disabilities, creating multiple ways for
students to participate, not asking people to speak for an entire group, learning students names, including photos of people of a variety of races/ethnicities and body sizes, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Annually, I review the latest research on creating an inclusive classroom environment and adjust my teaching strategies accordingly. Multiple times a year, I attend trainings by the Teaching Engagement Program on topics
that aid me in creating an inclusive classroom environment.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">I am participating in the university’s Common Reading this year, listening to and reflecting on the 1619 Project audio series.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">I engage my research team in conversations about our positionality and relationship to our research and how we as a team can promote diversity and inclusion and better serve students from historically underrepresented
groups. Then we make concrete plans to carry out our plans each term.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">I continue to challenge microaggressions when observed (in or outside of the classroom) and strive to become comfortable with the discomfort of these discussions.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">I respect that there is no one fits all approach to learning and use a variety of teaching methods to be responsive to the diverse experiences and ways of knowing among students to try and promote equity in educational
outcomes. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">I continue to provide my advisees with recommended resources and readings on strategies for engaging in dialogues about race, and then provide opportunities for discussion and reflection on how those strategies might
be useful in their personal and professional lives.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">My research, practice, and community service focuses on increasing access to high-quality evidence-based interventions for underserved populations.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">I regularly attend professional development training seminars on promoting racial equity in higher education, incorporating anti-racist practices into the classroom, and strategies for dismantling racist policies and
practices in higher education.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">I continue to volunteer my time and donate money to organizations dedicated to promoting social justice and battling structural inequality.
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black">***********<br>
Leslie Leve, PhD (she/her)<br>
Alumni Faculty Professor, College of Education</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black">Associate Vice President</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black">Associate Director, Prevention Science Institute<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black">Program Director, Prevention Science graduate programs<br>
University of Oregon</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black"> </span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black">Phone: 541-346-9601<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black">Web:</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
</span><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><a href="https://levelab.uoregon.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://levelab.uoregon.edu/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black"> <a href="https://education.uoregon.edu/people/prevsci/leve"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://education.uoregon.edu/people/prevsci/leve</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt">The University of Oregon is located on Kalapuya Ilihi, the traditional indigenous homeland of the Kalapuya people. Today, descendants are citizens of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community
of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians of Oregon, and they continue to make important contributions in their communities, at UO, and across the land we now refer to as Oregon.</span></i><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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