RSVP Below for the DEI Speaker Series with Sara Brownell January 19 | 3pm – 5pm You will receive an email confirmation with Zoom information after you RSVP. Abstract for talk: The sciences have been considered an unwelcoming space for LGBTQ+ individuals and LGBTQ+ students are less likely to persist in science majors compared to...
David Asai is Senior Director for Science Education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute where he directs the Undergraduate and Graduate Programs group (UGP). UGP designs and leads programs aimed at the development of students in the domain of formal education (http://www.hhmi.org/developing-scientists). UGP initiatives are centered on inclusion, understanding that the persons who work at...
About the Event February 23 | 5pm | Zoom The BioSci’s Office of Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion presents a screening and discussion of the thought-provoking film, “White Like Me.” This film explores how whiteness and white privilege play a role in race and racism in the United States. Black history is American history. Unlearning racism...
About the SpeakerJennifer King, PhD Practicioner-Researcher Hope Center for Community, College and JusticeDr. Jennifer King is a Practitioner-Researcher at the Hope Center for Community, College, and Justice. In her work, she supports the empowerment of colleges and universities seeking to advance their basic needs resources and programming for student success. Prior to joining the Hope...
The Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences and UC Irvine Education Research Initiative invite you to a research seminar: Entering Research: Evidence-Based Resources to Advance STEMM Research Training Thursday, March 10, 2022 1:00 - 2:00 pm Abstract: Learning to do STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics, medicine) research is complicated and knowing what one must do...
Careers in Industry Q & A Panel Hosted by the Association for Women in Science Tuesday, March 29th | 12:15 - 1:15pmEver wondered what a career in industry would be like for a graduate student? RSVP below to attend.RSVP Now
Creating Pathways of Kindness and Inclusion in STEM Education An ongoing tension exists between breaking apart and coming together that happens at every level of the biosphere, including among people. STEM education has historically focused on providing knowledge to integrate people into an academic community. Data shows that not all people became equally integrated into...
The Promise of Inclusive Teaching Inclusive teaching practices require a pedagogical approach predicated on relationship-building and the centering of humanism in teaching. In this talk we will identify the opportunities presented by that approach to design a classroom, agnostic of discipline, that prepares students for full participation in our shared democracy. Bryan Dewsbury is an...
June 1 | 3pm – 5pm Nat Sci 1, Room 1114 Instructors as Meaning-Makers: Growth Mindset Messages that Support Stigmatized Students In this talk, Dr. Elizabeth Canning, Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at Washington State University, will discuss her recent research on cultivating growth mindset cultures in the classroom—the idea that anyone can develop their...
