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After an insightful and disruptive community gathering in 2017 brought forward conversations about white supremacy and social justice in our work as educators, the Diversity Task Force (DTF) was formed. We are dedicated to providing continuous enrichment of the EHS teaching, learning, and culture, in addition to providing students, faculty, and staff with resources to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Meet the Diversity Task Force

• Callie Maddox, Sports ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉúhip and Management
• Scott Sander, Teaching, Curriculum, and Educational Inquiry
• Haley Shea, Educational Psychology
• Sherrill Sellers, Family Science and Social Work

What does DEI mean to you?

Hear directly from students, faculty, and staff about the importance of DEI to ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University.

Focus is a university-wide initiative founded by the Humanities Center and co-sponsored by the Provost's Office and the Office of Transformational and Inclusive Excellence. This initiative coordinates activities across multiple groups and organizations to create a year-long exploration of an important and timely "big idea" topic from multiple disciplinary perspectives.

The 2022–2023 theme, tribal sovereignty, focused on many aspects of sovereignty from different angles that cut across the University as well as the broader community. In the fall, FOCUS events and programs highlighted the relationship between the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú Tribe of Oklahoma and ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University. In the spring, we turned our attention to the topic of sovereignty more specifically. As a part of this effort, the Myaamia Center and EHS hosted a community of learning focused on Indigenizing the Curriculum.