What were the details of your internship and accomplishments?
- Composing “Community Values Statement” in collaboration with OISS staff & review with different University stakeholders
- Developing & delivering/moderating DEI-focused workshops for international community
- “Navigating Unfamiliar Discourse”
- “Implicit Bias”
- “Race & Intersectionalityin the U.S.”
- “DEIB Work in Practice: Panel Discussion with Yale Leaders”
- Researching and curating DEI resources for OISS social media
- Instagram series “Learning about U.S. Social Justice Discourse through…”
- Instagram series “Humans of OISS”
- Reviewing & expanding OISS website design; adding additional materials about on-and off-campus resources
What are the main skills that you acquired?
- Goals were met all around
- Weekly meetings with Molly ensured I was always up-to-date and on track, and she was highly flexibl ewhich made it much easier to manage research with this fellowship on the side
- I learned a lot about how my skills can be applied in a non-research arena, such as
- independent work ethic & initiative-taking
- familiarity with sociology & DEI issues
- cultural sensitivity & personal international experience
- instructional design & condensing complex information for a non-specialized audience
- public speaking, oral & written communication
- Some things I really appreciated about the fellowship were
- Collaborative work environment with quick turn around
- working with very supportive group of people who treat you like a fellow professional/colleague
- being trusted with sensitive tasks and responsibility
What were the biggest challenges and learning opportunities of the fellowship?
- Definitely perceived them more as opportunities than challenge
- so being honest if I was unsure or uncomfortable about something
- that it’s okay to askfor help
- realizing when to say ‘no’ and how to set boundaries
- I also had the opportunity to meet and connect with different employees from within the university who work on DEI-related projects
