Commitment to Diversity in the Department of Human Development
The Department of Human Development at Virginia Tech seeks to be an inclusive community that supports the full participation of students, faculty, and staff from a wide variety of backgrounds, encompassing diversity of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, and veteran status. We recognize that diversity enlivens the exchange of ideas, broadens scholarship, and contributes to community engagement. Our department is committed to operate in and to promote a positive, welcoming educational and work environment, characterized by mutual respect, the right to express freely one’s opinion, civility, cultural sensitivity, multiple perspectives, and a focus on creating and sustaining a just community. We also actively seek to address conditions through our teaching, research, and outreach that create and sustain privileges for some while creating and sustaining disadvantages for others.
Below are links to examples of diversity issues related to learning, discovery, and engagement in the Department of Human Development and the university:
An Inclusive Community:
