SUN-C02: Embracing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Academia: Through the Students’ Lens

Sunday, October 29, 2023

3:45pm – 4:45pm CT

1.00 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL

Lead Speaker(s)

Andrea Melissa Manjarrez Dominguez, Student ASLA (she/her/hers)

Landscape Architecture Graduate Student
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

Speaker(s)

Amira Slocum, Student ASLA (she/her/hers)

Secretary
North Carolina State University
New Orleanss, Louisiana
Kofi M. Boone, FASLA (he/him/his)

Professor
NC State University
Durham, North Carolina

Landscape architecture can help solve society's challenges, but diverse perspectives and skills are needed, and students in landscape architecture tend to come from homogenous backgrounds, which hinders their ability to serve.

A survey of US university students in this field found deficiencies in degree awareness, funding, and mentorship, which will be discussed in the panel.

Learning Outcomes:

Discuss how to attract minority students to the field of landscape architecture.
Understand why we need to improve student funding.
Improve mentoring support for landscape architecture students.
Examine how to prepare students to join the workforce after graduating.