F19 - Planning a Quality Assessment for Your Oversight Committee? Let's Create an Intentional Lens to Justice and Equity for Student and Faculty Researchers

As an organization works on the uncomfortable and difficult work of challenging systemic racism within their institution, including policies and procedures, there are discussions that should occur at multiple levels with committee administrators, vice presidents for research, or veterinarians/committee members who also serve as leaders within their department or run their own lab. There is a significant need for oversight bodies in higher education to acknowledge their role in anti-racism efforts. Addressing structural racism within institutional bodies regulating research may lead to more equitable research allowing for broader knowledge and access among historically excluded groups. This session will address how institutional leaders can develop a lens to justice and equity issues when creating quality assessment methodologies.