Smithsonian Academic Appointment Diversity and Publicity Taskforce (AADAPT)
Gordon Bullock, of the Office of Fellowships and Internships, answers questions from a student of the University of Maryland
The Academic Appointment Diversity and Publicity Taskforce (AADAPT) is dedicated to increasing diversity in all forms including but not limited to gender, race/ethnicity, socio-economic status, age, ability, and sexual orientation in Smithsonian Institution’s internships and fellowships.
AADAPT’s pan-institutional team meets quarterly. Members regularly participate in outreach events such as affinity-group conferences and internship/career fairs in Washington, DC and around the country to promote SI academic programs to diverse audiences. To see our calendar of upcoming events, scroll down.
AADAPT’s team members include: Robert Alexander, NMAI; Sean Butler, OHR; Karen Carter, OFI (Chair); Sulema Castro, NZP, Center for Conservation and Sustainability; Elizabeth Bugbee, SA; Gordon Bullock, OFI; Nicole Bryner, NMAAHC; Cynthia Chavez Lamar, NMAI; Tamsen DeWitt, NZP; Omar Eaton-Martinez, NMAH; Ashley Grady, AP; Wayne Kehoe, U.S. Capitol Visitor Center; Emily Key, SLC; Geri Provost-Lyons, NPG; Andrea Neighbors, APAC; Shahin Nemazee, OEEMA; Martha Schloetzer, NGA, and Eric Woodard, OFI.
For more information or to join our group, contact Karen Carter.
Setting up the Smithsonian booth in the HACU Exhibit Hall.
Career Fair at the University of Pennsylvania
National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) Fellowship Administrator Anita Nahal recently represented the Smithsonian at a career fair convened by the University of Pennsylvania (U Penn). This was the first career fair of this kind that U Penn had organized and students showed great interest in the NMAAHC and in the Smithsonian. If you are interested in internships and fellowships at NMAAHC click...
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On Friday, November 22, 2014, SI staffed an exhibition booth at the 10th annual “CAREERS & the disABLED Magazine’s Career Expo for People with Disabilities” in Washington, DC. This is the nation’s largest career fair bringing industry and government together with people with disabilities. Dana Pinkney and Edith Tudae of the Office of Human Resources, Shahin Nemazee of the Office of Equal Employment and Minority Affairs and Karen Carter of the Office of Fellowships and Internships talked with over 300 individuals with...
read moreSI Brings Pan-Institutional Presence to 2014 HACU Annual Conference
Representatives from a variety of units across the Smithsonian Institution traveled to Denver for the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) 28th Annual Conference to conduct outreach to diverse audiences. Emily Key of SLC, Edith Tudae of OHR, Shahin Nemazee of OEEMA, Omar Eaton-Martinez of NMAH and Karen Carter of OFI staffed a double-sized exhibition booth across the 3-day conference and presented a panel discussion at the Student Track on internships, fellowships, and careers at SI to a group of over 70 students...
read moreS.I. Hosts Career Center Conference
On Wednesday, December 4, 2013, NMAH and OFI co-sponsored the second annual Career Center Conference. Over 150 attendees came from across the U.S. (as far away as California, Texas and even Puerto Rico!) to learn more about internship, fellowship and even career opportunities at the Smithsonian. The day-long event, held mainly in American History’s Warner Brothers Theater, offered panel discussions on perspectives ranging from current interns and fellows to SI employees who were previously interns and fellows, to curators, to...
read moreSI Panel Presentation Enthusiastically Received at HACU
SI staff members Emily Key (SLC), Karen Carter (OFI), Omar Eaton-Martinez (NMAH), Joy Liu (OHR), and Shahin Nemazee (OEEMA) attended the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities 27th Annual Conference: “Championing Hispanic Higher Education Success: Securing the American Dream,” October 26-28 in Chicago. In addition to staffing a booth in the Exhibit Hall during the 3-day conference (and making great connections as a result!), the group also gave a panel presentation on October 28th entitled: “Smithsonian...
read moreOFI Representatives Attend Annual 2013 HBCU Conference
On Thursday, September 27th, OFI staffed an exhibitor table at the 2013 Annual White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities at the Washington Hilton. Gordon Bullock and Karen Carter met many HBCU representatives, distributed lots of SI literature and even got to hear a lunch-time gospel choir. As always, it was a great event and a terrific outreach opportunity for...
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