“At an institution like Johns Hopkins, forged in the aftermath of the Civil War and implicated in the failed project of Reconstruction and the segregated society that followed, it is critical not only to chart a path for the future but also to understand, acknowledge, and grapple with the role of racism and other types of discrimination in our history. ”
Training and Education
- JHU Learning and Development Diversity and Inclusion Recommended Curriculum
LinkedIn Learning: This link will open a PDF where we have curated some of our best content, and this content can be accessed directly. The ones that say “New” or “recently updated” have some of our newest and most contemporary content on this topic. - JHU myLearning: Unconscious Bias Awareness
- JHU Program: LGBTQ Life Safe Zone Training
- JHU Program: mySupport Crisis Webinars
Where to Start: Anti-Racist Allyship and Advocacy
Resource Guides
- Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus (JSTOR Daily)
- 158 Resources to Understanding Systemic Racism in America (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Responding to Common Dialogue Blockers (Program on Intergroup Relations, University of Michigan)
- Anti-Racist Resource Guide (Victoria Alexander, MEd)
- Racial Justice Resource Guide (Black Student Union at Johns Hopkins University)
- Coping Strategies and Resources for Racial Trauma (Office of Student Health and Well-Being, Johns Hopkins University)
Worksheets
- Aspiring Social Justice Ally Identity Development by Dr. Keith Edwards (Keith Edwards.com)
- Examples of Racial Microaggressions (School of Public Health, University of Minnesota)
- Interrupting Bias: Calling Out v. Calling In (Seed the Way)
Articles, Books, and Media
Articles
- What is Allyship? (The Anti-Oppression Network)
- Counterproductive Allyship (Everyday Feminism)
- Did you really just say that? Advice on how to confront microaggressions, whether you’re a target, bystander or perpetrator (Rebecca Clay, American Psychological Association)
- A Guide to Responding to Microaggressions (Kevin Nadal, Asian American Research Institute, City University of New York)
- White Family Facebook Drama Over Police Racism (Captain Awkward)
- White Academia: Do Better (Jasmine Roberts, Medium)
- 29 Movies, Shows, and Documentaries to Watch to Educate Yourself on Racial Injustice (Ashley Aselleke, The Every Girl)
Books
- Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
- Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do (Jennifer Eberhardt)
- How to be an Anti-Racist (Ibram X. Kendi)
- Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
- Me and White Supremacy (Layla F. Saad)
- Native Son (Richard Wright)
- Roots (Alex Haley)
- The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism, and White Privilege (Robert Jenson)
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Michelle Alexander)
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Robin DiAngelo)
Podcasts
- 1619 (New York Times)
- Code Switch (NPR)
- Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
- Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
- Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
Videos
- Netflix Culture: Allyship (WeAreNetflix)
- Video Playlist: TEDx Talks to Help Educate on Racism and Actions to Eliminate It (via Live with Lyfe)
Departmental Diversity Champions
The primary role of the diversity champion is to help facilitate culture transformation around issues of equity and inclusion. As critical thought leaders, diversity champions work with their chair to advance departmental diversity and inclusion goals.
Learn more about the role of departmental diversity champions and see a list of diversity champions by department on the JHU Departmental Diversity Champions page.
Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion
The JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion was drafted in early 2016 to capture the university’s priorities and ambitions, and to state in explicit and concrete terms its institutional commitments in this area. The document was revised with input from the university community in forums, meetings, emails, and conversations, and approved by the university board of trustees in October 2016.
JHU Offices and Initiatives
- Center for Diversity & Inclusion
- Center for Social Concern
- Community Impact internships Program
- Diversity and Inclusion Information for Graduate Students
- Diversity at JHU website
- Diversity Leadership Council
- Faculty Diversity Initiative
- Homewood Council on Inclusive Excellence
- HopkinsLocal
- LGBTQ Life
- Office of Institutional Equity
- Office of Multicultural Affairs
- Student Disability Services
- Transgender Resources
- Women & Gender Resources
Affinity Groups and Committees
Across the University, Johns Hopkins students, postdocs, and trainees have founded a vast range of affinity groups and committees concerned with diversity, to bring individuals with similar backgrounds, cultures, interests and ambitions together in community or common purpose. These groups have helped the divisions—and our institution—foster diversity, whether through advocacy, programming or other endeavors.