Inclusive Leadership Workshop

Registration Open: Winter 2025
Workshop Date: June 8, 2025
Workshop Location: SLEEP 2025
Seattle, WA

Registration is not currently open for the Inclusive Leadership Workshop. More details will be added as SLEEP 2025 approaches.

The Inclusive Leadership Workshop is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in leadership roles across various industries. This program aims to empower the spectrum of sleep professionals with the skills and knowledge necessary to lead inclusively and effectively in diverse environments.

About the Inclusive Leadership Workshop

The Inclusive Leadership Workshop is an interactive training program designed to support professionals through a structured and mentored leadership development curriculum. By the end of the program, participants will be equipped with practical strategies and tools to enhance their inclusive leadership capabilities and to promote inclusive practices within their organizations.

This in-person inclusive leadership session provides attendees leadership development, strengths-based assessment activities, and experiential learning opportunities to enhance inclusion efforts within sleep research and application. Attendees will participate in individual reflection activities and case study exercises and be introduced to inclusive leadership as a best practice.

Date and Time
Sunday, June 8, 2025
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Location
Location Details will be available soon.
Seattle, WA

All attendees must take the Clifton Strengths Top 5 assessment before the workshop. While the workshop is free of cost, attendees must purchase the assessment on their own.

Early career, mid-career, and senior sleep and circadian researchers attending  SLEEP.

Dr. Christopher A. Clarke

Dr. Christopher Allen Clarke serves as the inaugural Assistant Vice President for Community Belonging & Success at Austin Peay State University. He brings over 16 years of higher education experience, most recently serving as the inaugural Assistant Dean for Belonging and Inclusion at the University of Miami School of Law. Dr. Clarke has been recognized twice as a 40 Under 40 Higher Administrator by the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust and by Legacy Magazine Miami. He was also named the 2022 Administrator of the Year by the University of Miami Toppel Career Center and named the 2023 Patricia A. Whitely Unsung Hero by the University of Miami Undergraduate Student Government.

Kennedy Robinson-Birt

Kennedy is the Director of Multicultural Student Affairs at the University of Miami. She is responsible for coordinating diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and services for the University of Miami and the broader South Florida community. Kennedy has been nationally recognized by organizations like the MDRC and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. She has received several awards, including the 2023 NAACP Chairman of the Year Award and the Legacy Magazine South Florida Black Leaders of Today and Tomorrow 40 Under 40 Award.

Dr. Azizi Seixas

Dr. Azizi Seixas is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami. He is also the Director of The Media and Innovation Lab, Associate Director of the Center for Translational Sleep and Circadian Sciences, and Interim Chair of the Department of Informatics and Health Data Science. Dr. Seixas was voted one of the top 100 most inspiring Black Scientists in America by Cell Press. He believes in health and wellness for all through disruptive and scalable innovation.

The curriculum includes:

Harnessing your Strengths

  • Identifying Your Strengths
  • Clifton Strengths Overview
  • Review of Top 5 Strengths
  • Strengths Reflection Activity
  • Challenges & Barriers to Strengths
  • Leading Teams Using Your Strengths

Inclusive Leadership

  • Incorporating Strengths with Inclusive Leadership
  • Understanding Diverse Identities & Impacts
  • Inclusive Leadership in Sleep Research
  • Traits & Barriers to Inclusive Leadership
  • Elements of Inclusive Environments
  • Inclusion in Action: A Case Study