How does your identity impact personal relationships?

Belonging can be difficult when others don’t accept you, but it can be even harder when you don’t accept or understand yourself. For this reason, creating inclusive environments starts with self- awareness to both know and accept your whole self. This session takes a look at identity to understand the different facets that can make up your character and recognizing the roles that identity play in how we engage with others personally and professionally.

  • Define identity
  • Recognize different components that make up an identity
  • Discuss the impact of codeswitching on creating inclusive environments
  • Practice increasing acceptance through building authentic relationships

Course curriculum

    1. What is Identity?

    2. Who Am I?

    3. Fast Facts Activity

    1. Code-switching

    2. Reflection - Code Switching

    1. Importance of Authenticity

    2. Building Authentic Relationships with Others

    3. Case Studies

    1. Reflection

    2. Supplemental Resources

    3. Continue the Conversation

About this course

  • Free
  • 11 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

Course Contributor

Amanda Belcher

Fraternity Manager of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Amanda was initiated as a Brother to the Zeta Tau chapter in Fall 2008 and became president of her chapter the following year. She graduated from WKU in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies, a minor in Spanish (studied abroad in Costa Rica), and later earned a Master’s degree in Organizational Communication (presenting her research in two national conferences). Amanda has more than 14 years of experience in leadership and more specifically, Human Resources Leadership across multiple industries. Amanda is currently the Director of Human Resources for Sarah Cannon, the Cancer Institute of HCA Healthcare. Her work has spanned across compensation practices, leadership development programs, organizational structure and design, retention strategies, internal communication, organizational culture, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategies. She is a newly appointed volunteer for Alpha Kappa Psi, passionate about working with our teams to enhance the diversity, equity and inclusion of our organization.