At a mid-sized public institution, a working group undertook cross-divisional collaboration to foster more inclusive, equitable classroom environments. We secured IRB approval to conduct minoritized students focus groups to better understand their experience. We utilized our findings in generating conversations that brought insight into the ways in which classrooms and campuses may be much less fair and more unwelcoming than faculty realize. We describe resulting data, themes and insights, as well as faculty development efforts that resulted from our data analysis. Additionally, we gathered reflections from working group members which establish the advantages of cross-campus collaboration in advancing DEI work.
