Veronique Porter
Ampersand Workspace
In the spirit of the ongoing conversations around improving departmental climate and culture, please join us for a facilitated discussion around field research safety and security (physical, mental, emotional, and financial). Field research is exciting but can also come with challenges and uncertainties. Security also raises issues of equity and access, affecting all of us differently. During this session, we hope to identify resources that already exist in the department and at the university and discuss how faculty and graduate students can best support one another in feeling safe in our field research, with a focus on actionable next steps.
To ensure everyone is able to participate, Veronique Porter of Ampersand Workspace will facilitate the discussion. Veronique is the Founder and Lead Educator at Ampersand Workspace, and teaches folks to recognize race and gender-based oppression and to use their power, privilege, and influence to disrupt it. She is a thoughtful facilitator and teacher-trainer utilizing her background in International Development, research in American studies & culture, and her years of experience as a Black American woman in the world.