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  1. Eighth Annual Cummings-Perrucci Lecture on Class, Race, and Gender Inequality - Black Lives Matter Panel

    Please join us for the eighth annual Cummings-Perrucci Lecture on Class, Race, and Gender Inequality, on Tuesday, September 13 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in Fowler Hall. This year, the evening will be a Black Lives Matter panel discussion featuring three guest speakers: Ms. Jamaya Khan - International Ambassador for #BlackLivesMatter Network and Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Toronto Reverend Starsky D. Wilson - Pastor, Philanthropist, and Activist, and Co-Chair of Ferguson (MO)...

  2. CODEGIRL film screening

    Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 7:00pm GRIS 103 Join high school-aged girls from around the world as they try to better their community through technology and collaboration in this thrilling, heartfelt documentary. By 2017, the app market will be valued at $77 Billion. Over 80 percent of these developers are male. The Technovation Challenge aims to change that by empowering girls worldwide to develop apps for an international competition. From rural Moldova to urban Brazil to suburban...

  3. Education Behind Bars

    Dr. Ryan Alaniz, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and two of his students will discuss a sociology course that provided the opportunity for 11 university students and 11 inmates to learn together. The talk will describe the class from faculty, “outside,” and “inside” student perspectives. In addition, presenters will describe the dialogue-based pedagogy that enabled participants to break down the invisible barriers between them, while also co-producing new...

  4. Women, History & the Computer Revolution Lecture Panel

    On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 we kick off Women's History Month with a lecture panel headed by two faculty from Purdue. Dr. Kendall Roark, Assistant Professor in Purdue Libraries, will discuss "Feminism & Critical Data Studies." Dr. Fatma Mili, Director of the Center for Trans-Institutional Educational Research & Development (TransSTEM), will speak about "Feminist Computing." Please join us in the Discovery Learning and Research Center from 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served....

  5. The Latent Challenges Concerning Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Stem Classroom: Revelations from a Faculty Study

    ALFORD A. YOUNG, JR. Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Chair of the Department of Sociology University of Michigan This talk will draw from a qualitative study of the teaching experiences and pedagogical commitments of faculty in a higher educational institution to explore the unique relevance of social group identities for faculty and students in the STEM classroom. It will consider how faculty members with dierent social group identities address some issues – questions about their subject matter...

  6. The Consciousness that Equitable Teaching Requires in STEM Classrooms

    DORINDA J. CARTER ANDREWS Associate Professor Department of Teacher Education Michigan State University In this talk Dr. Carter Andrews describes mindsets and practices that STEM faculty need to employ to cultivate positive relationships with students and maximize student learning. In order for all students to experience classrooms as inclusive spaces, faculty must consider the role they play in creating culturally responsive learning environments that meet the needs of all students....

  7. Workshop meeting

    Discussing the first chapter of Faculty Identities and the Challenge of Diversity