Wentworth Institute of Technology, Massachusetts
April 22, 2022
April 22, 2022
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Dr. Simpson is the Provost’s Initiatives Coordinator for Inclusive Excellence and an Assistant Professor in the Biological Engineering Program. He joined Wentworth in 2018 from the University of California, Davis where he served as the Associate Director for the Veterinary Institute for Regenerative Cures and Director of the Regenerative Medicine Laboratory. At Wentworth, Dr. Simpson is working to promote inclusive excellence within the academic programs through the development of new initiatives to support students, faculty and staff. Additionally, he teaches multiple courses within the Biological Engineering Program including, Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Biostatistics for Bioengineers and Genetics and Transgenics. He also serves as the Chair of the Faculty Senate and on the board of directors for local non-profits engaged in diversity, equity, and inclusion outcomes. His current research centers on stem cell biotechnology and cardiac tissue engineering and has been featured in top-tier journals, including Circulation, Circulation Research and Stem Cells. Dr. Simpson received his bachelor’s degree in engineering science from the University of Virginia and a doctoral degree from the joint biomedical engineering program at Georgia Tech and Emory University.
As the Executive Director of Equity and Compliance at Wentworth Institute of Technology, Catlin Wells ensures equitable access to diverse living and learning environments by transforming University policies, practices, and programming in a way that centers inclusive excellence. With over five years of Civil Rights compliance experience, Catlin also serves as a consultant for both public and private institutions on matters relating to Title IX, Title VII, Title VI, and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Catlin holds an M.Ed. and a JD from the University of Cincinnati.
Tes Cotter Zakrzewski Ed.D, Senior Director of Teaching & Learning Collaborative at Wentworth Institute of Technology, has worked in global financial services and higher education. She's a passionate educator, practitioner, and scholar dedicated to excellence in teaching and learning. Research interests include: dialogue and reflective practice, experiential and informal learning, adult education, transfer of learning, and organizational development.
2020 brought awareness to many issues surrounding equity and inclusion across the nation. In colleges and universities, open forums on systemic racism and gender bias allowed new voices to shine through and strategic plans on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) to be reimagined. A common theme that has emerged from these discussions is the critical need to effectively integrate equity and inclusion into the teaching and learning environment. As equity-minded institutions, we have a responsibility to not only meet our students where they are at, but also our faculty. Thus, we developed a framework that provides faculty with a self-paced journey toward equity mindedness. The GROW framework engages faculty through a collection of “seeds” (i.e. easy to implement practices in equity and inclusion) that can be integrated into an assignment, project or course based on the existing DEI skillset of the instructor. To accomplish this, the GROW framework operates via four guiding principles that allows faculty to more effectively focus their efforts in integrating equity and inclusion into the teaching and learning environment. These principles include: Grow relationships, Reimagine representation, Optimize learning through accessibility and Work toward awareness and self-reflection. Embedded within each of these principles are a collection of research-backed seeds that are optimized to support instruction in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. We believe the GROW framework will provide an effective means to meet faculty where they are at as it relates to the integration of equity and inclusion in learning.
Simpson, D. L., & Wells, C., & Zakrzewski, T. C., & Price, N. (2022, April), GROW: An Equity-Minded Framework to Support the Integration of Equity and Inclusion in Learning Paper presented at ASEE-NE 2022, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Massachusetts. 10.18260/1-2--42176
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