{"id":599,"date":"2023-08-10T22:59:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T22:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/?page_id=599"},"modified":"2025-07-02T17:59:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T17:59:51","slug":"diversity-inclusion-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/diversity-inclusion-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity & Inclusion Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ringo Jones (Right) 2024 D&I Research Award recipient and Jennifer Meadows, D&I Committee Chair.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Award description<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The BEA Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) committee works to support BEA\u2019s mission to take seriously our leadership responsibility to provide equal access and opportunity by fostering academic excellence, diversity, and inclusion among students, faculty, and media professionals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The BEA D&I committee seeks to promote research and creative work that addresses issues of diversity and inclusion in areas of race, ethnicity, gender, disability, country of origin, political affiliation, veteran status, field of research, socioeconomic status, religion, age, marital status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Each year the committee reviews award candidates that have been self-selected from BEA’s interest division research competitions and the Festival of Media Arts faculty creative competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eligibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n