Resources for Diversity Statements

Next week, I’ll be releasing two longer videos with some strategies, tips, and insights on how to write effective diversity statements. For many applicants -especially those from outside the United States- this is the most confusing and opaque part of the application process. How Americans think about diversity, what they’re looking for, and how this reality impacts people of varied backgrounds is a fraught, complicated, and high-stakes question.

Hopefully, our presentation takes some of the mystery out of the process and helps people from all groups (under-represented minorities, non-minority, and “over-represented minorities) understand how to approach this question. So stay tuned for that! In the meantime, I’ve gathered together links some links from the best public universities in America (and Notre Dame) whose statements on writing diversity statements provide genuine insight and helped to supplement my professional and personal experiences with these issues.

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1. The University of California, Berkeley’s guide on writing a diversity statement: https://grad.berkeley.edu/admissions/applying-to-berkeley/diversity-statement/
2. The University of Michigan’s sample diversity statement and tips for writing a strong statement: https://grad.umich.edu/admissions/applying/diversity-statement/
3. The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s guide on writing a diversity statement: https://grad.wisc.edu/applying-for-admission/personal-statements/diversity-statement/
4. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s tips for writing a diversity statement: https://gradschool.unc.edu/apply/diversity-statement/
5. The University of Virginia’s tips for writing a diversity statement: https://grad.as.virginia.edu/admissions/application-information/personal-statements-essays
6. The University of Florida’s tips for writing a diversity statement: https://www.grad.ufl.edu/admissions/diversity-statement/
7. The University of Texas at Austin’s tips for writing a diversity statement: https://www.utexas.edu/graduate/apply/diversity
8. The University of California, Los Angeles’s tips for writing a diversity statement: https://grad.ucla.edu/admissions/application-information/diversity-statement/
9. The University of Notre Dame’s tips for writing a diversity statement: https://gradstudies.nd.edu/admission/diversity-statement/
10. The University of Pennsylvania’s tips for writing a diversity statement: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/admissions/admissions/diversity-statement
11. The University of Minnesota’s tips for writing a diversity statement: https://twin-cities.umn.edu/admissions/diversity-statement
12. The University of Washington’s tips for writing a diversity statement: https://www.grad.uw.edu/applying-grad-school/personal-statements-and-essays/diversity-statement
13. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s tips for writing a diversity statement: https://grad.illinois.edu/admissions/application-information/diversity-statement
14. The University of California, San Diego’s tips for writing a diversity statement: https://grad.ucsd.edu/admissions/application-information/personal-statement/diversity-statement/
15. The University of Colorado Boulder’s tips for writing a diversity statement: https://www.colorado.edu/graduateschool/admissions/diversity-statement
16. The University of Arizona’s tips for writing a diversity statement: https://grad.arizona.edu/admissions/apply/diversity-statement
17. The University of Oregon’s tips for writing a diversity statement: https://gradschool.uoregon.edu/admissions/diversity-statement
18. The University of Pittsburgh’s tips for writing a diversity statement: https://www.gradschool.pitt.edu/admissions/diversity-statement
19. The University of Georgia’s tips for writing a diversity statement: https://www.admissions.uga.edu/grad/diversity
20. The University of Iowa’s tips for writing a diversity statement: https://grad.uiowa.edu/admissions/diversity-statement