Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

• For resources on supporting Black communities and advancing anti-racism, see the U-M Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion 
• Learn more about gender identity, gender expression and attractionality from the U-M Spectrum Center.
• To learn more about U-M’s support for its international community members, see the U-M International Center.

The LSI regularly hosts internal discussion groups to advance our communal understanding of and action toward improved diversity, equity and inclusion. The Learning Spaces community provides a welcoming, learning-centered and action-oriented environment to consider myriad topics related to DEI, using relevant books, articles, podcasts and videos as a jumping-off point for conversation. Learn more about these events.

Creating a climate for success for the LSI community is an ongoing effort. Here is a sampling of some of our accomplishments:

• In 2016, we conducted the LSI’s first climate survey — and shared findings with community, conducted follow-up discussions and updated our DEI strategic plan. We repeated the climate survey in 2019.
• We require all faculty on hiring committee members attend a campuswide recruitment workshop — Strategies and Tactics for Recruiting to Improve Diversity and Excellence (STRIDE) — which provides hiring committees with practices that produce more diverse candidate pools.
• We incorporate best practices for DEI into faculty searches — including establishing clear criteria for evaluation: research expertise, potential to be a leader, innovation and impact on a climate for success for all at the LSI.
• We offer DEI training sessions for administrative staff and other groups on topics including the business case for diversity, disability awareness, bystander intervention training and unconscious bias training for managers.
• We host a summer research program for high school students from under-resourced communities across the state.
• We have expanded our outreach efforts, including offering an award for those whose outreach activities are exemplary.
• We redesigned the LSI website to meet ADA web accessibility standards.