This workshop will introduce postdoctoral fellows to the benefits of diversity, the cost of not investing in diversity, as well as issues that contribute to a negative academic climate. Another key objective for this presentation is to share evidence-based practices for maintaining positive and inclusive academic climates, while sharing resources for future professional development in DEI.
Ethriam Cash Brammer is a Chicano writer and scholar of P'urhépecha descent, from El Centro, California. He currently serves as an Assistant Dean for the Rackham Graduate School at the University of Michigan, where he is also the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Implementation Lead. Assistant Dean Brammer holds a doctorate in English from Wayne State University and a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University.
A literary scholar dedicated to giving voice to marginalized narratives through translation, Dr. Brammer has translated a number of historically significant works of early U.S. Latinx literature, including The Adventures of Don Chipote: Or, When Parrots Breast Feed, by Daniel Venegas (Arte Público Press, 2000); Lucas Guevara, by Alirio Díaz Guerra (Arte Público Press, 2003); and, Under The Texas Sun, by Conrado Espinoza (Arte Público Press, 2007). Assistant Dean Brammer is a passionate advocate for the success of students of all ages. He is the author of two original bilingual children’s books: My Tata’s Guitar/La guitara de mi tata (Arte Público Press, 2003) and Allá en el Rancho Grande/The Rowdy, Rowdy Ranch (Arte Público Press, 2004); and, he has been deeply involved in efforts to increase children’s literacy through programs such as El Día del Niño/El Día del Libro and PRIME TIME Family Reading Time, two programs supported by the American Library Association.
