Louisiana State University

LSU's Office of Diversity and Inclusion offers several diversity trainings including: "Diversity 101," Faculty Search Committee Training," and "Safe Space Training."

LSU's 2020-2022 "Diversity and Inclusion Roadmap" report states that by June 2021, LSU would "Expand Title IX training or training completion accountability, especially with an eye to cultural sensitivity, so that faculty and staff can ensure a safe and respectful learning and working environment." The Report also states that by July 2021, LSU would "Develop a 3-tiered pre-employment, on-boarding and annual diversity training program."

LSU's 2020-2022 "Diversity and Inclusion Roadmap" report states that by January 2021, the diversity and inclusion committee would "identify best platforms to provide training about diversity & inclusion to key student points of contacts."

There is a recent proposal presented to the faculty senate to make a CRT course mandatory for graduation.

LSU's 2020-2022 "Diversity and Inclusion Roadmap" report states that it would "Implement diversity and inclusion core requirement for all degrees by March 2021 postimplementation monitoring and re-evaluation on a yearly basis."

LSU's "Bias or Discrimination Incident Report" states, "If you witness or experience conduct that discriminates, stereotypes, marginalizes, excludes, harasses or harms anyone in our community based on their identity...please report it to the University...We urge you to take a proactive stance against discrimination and bring any instance of discriminatory behavior to our attention by completing this form."

After twenty years, Louisiana State University is launching a department "devoted to African and African American studies". The department will offer ""dimensions of African & African American thought and practice in contemporary and historical perspective" and "add some truth to the history books".

The LSU LIbrary includes a section called Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Resources, which, includes CRT materials.

LSU hired a new university president who describes himself as a critical race scholar: "A 1995 paper Tate co-authored with Gloria Ladson-Billings is widely credited with putting Critical Race Theory on the map, not just as theoretical examination, but practice in education."

LSU Department of French Studies Assistant Professor of Francophone Studies and Comparative Literature, Bastien Craipain, states that his research has a "...specific anchoring in the fields of Haitian and Caribbean studies, critical race theory, and Black Atlantic history."

LSU School of Communication Assistant Professor Asha S. Winfield "... aims to use intersectionality, counternarratives, critical race theory and Black feminist thought to frame and center the experiences of Black people as they relate to audience reception through meaning-making and identity-making."

LSU Department of Communication Studies Associate Professor Bryan J. McCann is co-author of a 2020 book titled, “Communication’s Quest for Whiteness: The Racial Politics of Disciplinary Legitimacy.”

LSU's College of Science describes the importance of diversity statements which reads in part, "Diversity statements may be included in course syllabi to demonstrate a commitment to fostering an inclusive classroom...also, the diversity statement can provide a precedent for diversity practices in science and math classrooms throughout the term [by] acknowledging the history of exclusion of people with diverse identities, backgrounds, or ideologies from the field."

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion's "Diversity Statement" reads as follows: "…we must recognize and reflect on the inglorious aspects of our history. We now acknowledge the need to confront the ways racism, sexism, ableism, ageism, classism, LGBTQ+ phobia, intolerance based on religion or on national origin, and all forms of bias and exploitation have shaped our everyday lives."