Trojans For Excellence
About
The Trojans For Excellence (TFE) program is the USC Office of Inclusion and Diversity’s peer DEIB training program for faculty and staff.
Based on requests, referrals, and a screening process managed by OID, members of the TFE Cohort including faculty and staff members can deliver 90-minute training sessions on various topics supporting DEIB best practices.
Time Breakdown: 90-minute Sessions
Sample Agenda and Module Topics
Sample Agenda
- Pre survey
- Community building activity
- Training/interactive content
- Questions
- Post Survey
Module Topics
Bias in University Hiring
- How forms of bias affect the evaluation of candidates
- Practices that limit the effect of bias on the hiring process
Strategic Faculty Hiring
- Creating a DEI enriched job description
- Creating a diverse search committee
- Running an inclusive search committee
- Systems of accountability for the committee
Gender Inclusion/Diversity
- Difference between ‘Sex’ and ‘Gender’
- Adverse Impacts of Harmful Behaviors on Gender-Expansive People
- Inclusive Practices to Support Gender-Expansive People
Creating Inclusive Environments
- Racism, Bias, Oppression and Privilege
- How Social Identities Relate to Privilege
- How to Evaluate Your Work Environment for Support & Barriers to Inclusion
Impacts of Bias
- Implicit Bias
- Microaggressions
- Impact of Bias & Microaggressions
- Strategies/Prevention
Facilitating Inclusive Meetings
- Psychological Safety
- Strategies to support/build psychological safety
- Practices for managing challenging behavior