‘Think about the last ‘place’ you left. This could be a job, a relationship, a place of worship, or another situation. Did you leave it better than you found it? Did things end the way you wanted?’
From award-winning engineering educator and host of the podcast, Engineering Change, this compelling book by Dr. Yvette E. Pearson will empower you to be your best self so you can make a difference – a positive difference – in the ways only you can.
Making A Difference: How Being Your Best Self Can Influence, Inspire, and Impel Change compiles lessons Dr. Pearson has learned as a Black, disabled, woman engineer and strategies she has employed to live an authentic life. From embracing who she is to using her background, identities, skills, and abilities to make a difference within her spheres of influence, Dr. Pearson takes readers on a reflective journey, using the stories from her personal and professional life that will help you to:
- Avoid boxes created by others
- Learn to be comfortably discontent
- Find and use your voice
- Not only get angry, but M.A.D.
- Be mindful of how you treat others, even when it’s difficult
- Leave things better than you found them in all areas of life
Making A Difference is both a call to action and meditative guide to a more authentic life, generously explored in the lived experiences of a 25+ year educator, JEDI expert, and servant leader. Whether you personally relate to Dr. Pearson’s stories or find yourself challenged to change, this book will motivate you to get involved and see yourself in the solution rather than on the sidelines.
Despre autor
Dr. Yvette E. Pearson is Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at The University of Texas at Dallas and Founder and Principal Consultant of The PEER Group, LLC. Her university-based and consulting efforts have led to over $40 million in grant funding to support projects focused on the engagement and success of students from minoritized and marginalized identities. A Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), her work has led to changes in policies and practices to advance equity and inclusion in ASCE and other global organizations. Dr. Pearson has been an invited speaker for events hosted by organizations such as the National Academy of Engineering, the UN Foundation, Brookings Institution, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the World Federation of Engineering Organizations and numerous universities. She has been featured or quoted in media outlets such as Media Planet, Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.A registered Professional Engineer, Dr. Pearson’s awards and honors include ASCE’s Professional Practice Ethics and Leadership Award, ABET’s Claire L. Felbinger Award for Diversity and Inclusion, the Society of Women Engineers Distinguished Engineering Educator Award, and ASCE’s President’s Medal. Her podcast, Engineering Change, has audiences in over 80 countries on six continents.
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