Center for Education, Innovation, and Learning in the Sciences

True North Intercultural presents Facilitating Intercultural Learning Professional Development Program Info Session
2023-07-21 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Facilitating Intercultural Learning Professional Development Program Info Session: July 21st
Would you like to better integrate intercultural learning into your courses, experiential learning programs, orientations, or other aspects of your work? If so, this information session is for you! Come learn more about Facilitating Intercultural Learning, the professional development program for higher education faculty and staff that helps you: (1) develop your own intercultural competence, and (2) learn how to design and facilitate intercultural learning.
What: Facilitating Intercultural Learning Information Session
Date: Friday, July 21st
Time: 12pm Central (1pm Eastern, 11am Mountain, 10am Pacific)
Register Here: www.truenorthintercultural.com/fil-info-session

Building the Right Foundation, the Right Way: Curriculum Mapping for Equity and Student Success
2023-08-09 13:00 - 15:00 | Online
Building the Right Foundation, the Right Way: Curricular Mapping for Equity and Student Success

Webinar starts at 1:00 PM Pacific on Wednesday, August 9th, 2023
Curriculum mapping and its upkeep is often relegated to a faculty colleague or administrator who has been voluntold to be responsible for it – usually for accreditation purposes. However, building a strong curriculum map and using it effectively, as a program, offers exponential value: for faculty learning and development, programmatic continuous improvement and in planning interventions to bolster student success.

Attend this webinar to gain a brief overview of the language, tools, strategies, and techniques to engage in mapping – a seemingly arduous task – in ways that advances Universal Design Learning (UDL), inclusive teaching and learning best practices, and Equity – all for faculty and student success.
REGISTER NOW

Shaping the Future: Policy Considerations for AI in Higher Education Institutions
2023-08-10 11:00 - 13:00 | Online
An important step toward unlocking the full potential of AI in education is to develop sound policies for use. Join our exclusive webinar for higher education leaders to explore key considerations and best practices for implementing AI and ChatGPT at both the institutional and course levels. Engage with experts and practitioners in AI, education, and policy to navigate the ethical, legal, and practical aspects of AI integration. You will leave better equipped to harness the transformative power of AI while upholding academic integrity, enabling student success and maintaining the human touch that is vital to higher education.

Inclusive Teaching MOOC
2023-08-15 08:00 - 17:00 | Online
Frequent POD participant Bryan Dewsbury, a biology professor at Florida International University, is part of a team that has created a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) called Inclusive Teaching, a collaboration between the SEAS Program and HHMI Biointeractive. This free online course will be launched August 15th. Thanks to all the amazing scholars who lent their talents, co-host Dr. Kayon Murray-Johnson and Steer Media of Providence, Rhode Island.
Here’s a link to the trailer: https://vimeo.com/822794885/ee7c500eac

Faculty Workshop on Best Equitable Practices in Teaching: Transitioning to the “Post-Pandemic” Classroom
2023-09-12 09:00 - 16:30 | Hershey Hall 158
Faculty Workshop on Best Equitable Practices in Teaching: Transitioning to the “Post-Pandemic” Classroom
Tuesday, September 12, 2023 | Hershey Hall, Room 158
9am – 4:30 pm followed by Reception
Sessions will feature faculty and student guest speakers

We are now in the midst of a transition to a “new normal” in what many refer to as the “post-pandemic classroom”. This year, CEILS has put together a series of workshops to help you support your students and yourself through the transition to the new learning environments of the current day. Topics Include:

Centering Community and Inclusivity in our Classrooms from Day 1
Addressing Pandemic Effects on Students’ Academic Progress & Learning
Bite-sized Teaching Options that Support Learning and Your Wellness
Time Saving Strategies For You and Your TAs

Plus breakout sessions, reception, and resource sharing. View our agenda here: September 2023 Agenda
About the Faculty Workshop
This annual, all-day faculty workshop addresses select topics in science and math education. This workshop is appropriate for everyone—new or veteran teachers—interested in learning more about equitable teaching practices based on education research. We especially encourage instructors who either are relatively new to college teaching or who have instructional responsibilities in large enrollment gateway courses for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) majors.
Topics include effective course design as well as student-centered teaching strategies that incorporate active learning and create equitable and inclusive classroom environments. Many of the instructional techniques focus on facilitating peer learning and other collaborative and group activities designed to support student success in large enrollment classes.
The format and emphasis of this day-long event has been modified from previous years, so even if you have participated in this workshop before, you might consider attending again and learning something new!

"Teaching with AI" Conference presented by the University of Central Florida
2023-09-24 - 2023-09-25 | University of Central Florida
You’re invited to the first nationwide conference of practitioners to discuss the use and potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on teaching and learning in higher education.
The Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning and the Division of Digital Learning at the University of Central Florida have partnered to create a new event that brings together educational practitioners in colleges and universities from around the country.

The world of AI is changing rapidly, and as professionals working in Higher Ed, we know its impact can be both positive and negative.
That’s why we’re launching the Teaching & Learning with AI conference to discuss how to use AI tools in the classroom effectively. By joining this conversation, you can help control the trajectory of this new medium as it impacts both our teaching and our students’ learning.

Conference Information Here.

Ed Talks @CEILS: Interdisciplinary approaches to advancing anti-racist pedagogies in biology higher education
2023-10-18 15:00 - 16:00 | Terasaki Life Sciences 1100
Benjamin Hà
October 18 | 3:00 – 4:00pm PDT
Interdisciplinary approaches to advancing anti-racist pedagogies in biology higher education
Register Here
This talk will review the course structure and pedagogical strategies applied when teaching an undergraduate seminar titled “The History and Racism of Biology Research.” While this course covered broad biology disciplines, many of the strategies and perspectives are transferable across STEM disciplines
Benjamin Hà is a recent PhD graduate from UCLA in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology with a passion for improving student success in STEM higher education
For more information, please visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benandrewha

Championing an Equity-Focused Approach to Student Success at the Community College: Empowering Students and Faculty in STEM
2023-10-20 | Santa Monica College
Santa Monica College, in partnership with the California Community Colleges’ Success Network (3CSN), will be hosting , an NSF-sponsored one-day virtual conference (#2231669) that focuses on practices in STEM aimed at closing equity gaps for historically marginalized communities, including Black and Latinx students. This conference provides a platform to exchange ideas and knowledge, and to highlight faculty innovations, programs, and student support services that promote equity and inclusion in STEM education.
The presenters will highlight projects, guide workshops, and illustrate practices they have used in progressing towards closing equity gaps. The attendees will gain knowledge in building a process to better understand the impact and effectiveness of equity-focused professional development. The conference will foster discussion around improving STEM education and motivate educators to develop equitable pedagogical and institutional practices centered on underrepresented and racially minoritized students.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Terrell R. Morton, Assistant Professor of Identity and Justice in STEM Education and Scholar-Activist, engages work that specifically looks at understanding how identity shapes students’ decision-making in postsecondary STEM and how, through critical, strengths-based frameworks, we can re-envision the culture and context of STEM education.

Ed Talks @CEILS: Academic Experiences of Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, Students of Color at UCLA
2023-10-25 15:00 - 16:00 | Terasaki Life Sciences 1100
Manuel Ramirez
October 25 | 3:00pm – 4:00pm PDT
Academic Experiences of Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, Students of Color at UCLA
Register here
Using qualitative interview data from the UCLA LGBTQ+ Campus Resource Center’s 2023 QTBIPOC Student Experiences Project, we highlight the unique experiences that our QTBIPOC students face on our campus and how to address it.
Manuel is a second year doctoral student in the psychology program studying stigma and health processes among sexual and gender minorities. Currently, he works at the UCLA LGBTQ Campus Resource Center as a student researcher for the QTBIPOC Student Experiences Project, a qualitative needs assessment of the experiences of UCLA’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, asexual, aromantic, and intersex (LGBTQIA+) graduate and undergraduate Black, Indigenous, Students of Color (BIPOC).
For more information, please visit: https://lgbtq.ucla.edu/qtbipoc-experiences

48th Annual POD Network Conference
2023-11-14 08:00 - 2023-11-17 17:00 | In-person and Online
We invite you to join us this year as we Envision the Future: Developing Equitable Opportunities for Success (Educational Developer success → Instructor success → Student success) at our institutions. The 48th annual POD Network conference envisions what the future of educational development might look like amid rapid changes in our lives, institutions, and societies. As educational developers, we are in a unique position to influence the success of faculty, students, institutions, and our own programs. By seeing our work through these multiple lenses, we seek a more holistic view of how educational development (see POD definition of Educational Development) can drive and facilitate the ongoing pursuit of equity in higher education.

The Conference Team has been working to increase access to our conference, and one of the most effective ways to do this is to again offer online and on-the-ground venues; this year in Pittsburgh. Both experiences will offer the same “session types”—workshops, roundtables, the keynote, etc.—and provide opportunities for deep engagement with teaching and learning while interacting with fellow POD members.

A new feature this year is a day of “hybrid” sessions that allow attendees in Pittsburgh and online to connect and learn together. The keynote speaker presentation will also be live streamed to virtual attendees. We are also offering a “dual venue” option: attend both Pittsburgh AND online conferences for a reduced rate. You will have the option to attend the online sessions as they are presented during the conference (November 14-17), or watch the session recordings at a later time. Sessions will be recorded upon the approval of the facilitators and made available for a period of time (TBD) after November 17.

Original Lilly Conference on College Teaching | "Evidence Based Teaching & Learning"
2023-11-16 - 2023-11-19 | Miami University
Dear Lilly Conference Alums and Friends:
We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for the 42nd Original Lilly Conference on College Teaching! We thank everyone for their patience. Join us in Oxford, Ohio, November 16-19, 2023, on the beautiful campus of Miami University.

Register Now

The Early Bird registration deadline ($50 off the registration fee) is October 15, 2023. Early registration is recommended due to space limitations at the Conference.
This year’s Original Lilly Conference features plenary sessions by Paul Hanstedt, Washington and Lee University; Teresa Nance, Villanova University; and John Warner, Eyler Warner and Associates. Watch for an email announcement of the completed Conference schedule, coming soon!
Contact the Original Lilly Conference office at (513) 529-9263or lill…@miamioh.edu if you have any questions.
If you cannot attend the Lilly Conference this year, please pass this message along to a colleague.
We hope to see you in November!
Regards,
The Lilly Conference staff

ASCN presents "When things don't go as planned... what happens then?"
2023-11-28 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
ASCN has an upcoming webinar on November 28th, 4-5 pm ET/ 1-2 pm PT. The panel session will be on “When things don’t go as planned… what happens then?” Register here: https://bit.ly/TheoriesInPractice
When things don’t go as planned… what happens then?: Panel on change leadership and change theory
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Tuesday, November 28, 2023
1-2 pm PT | 2-3 pm MT | 3-4 pm CT | 4-5 pm ET
Moderator: Tessa Andrews, University of Georgia
Panelists: Gita Bangera, Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), Melissa Eblen-Zayas, Carleton College, and Laura Muller, The Jackson Laboratory

Abstract
This panel discussion will re-engage with Gita Bangera, Laura Muller, and Melissa Eblen-Zayas about how their projects have pivoted and responded to challenges. In a collaboration between working groups 1 and 3, we will have a lively discussion about how leadership and theory are tools to make projects more effective and to increase flexibility in the face of challenges.

UCLA Bruin Learn Training December Sessions
2023-12-01 08:00 - 2023-12-21 17:00 | Zoom
Register or join us for live training over Zoom. For specific questions and 1:1 guidance, drop in during daily office hours.
UCLA Bruin Learn Training Sessions

Session Details and Registration Links

Session

Audience

Day

Date

Time (PST)

Registration Link (includes event description)

Peer review and group member evaluation using FeedbackFruits
Faculty/TAs/Staff
Wednesday
12/6/2023
10:00 – 11:00 am
RegisterLinks to an external site.

End-of-Term Grading in Bruin Learn and MyUCLA
Faculty/TAs/Staff
Thursday
12/7/23
10:00 – 11:00 am
RegisterLinks to an external site.

Quick Start: Preparing to Teach with Bruin Learn
Faculty/TAs
Monday
12/11/23
12:00 – 1:30 pm
RegisterLinks to an external site.

Engage, Evaluate, and Elevate: Boost Classroom Interaction with iClicker Cloud Polling Tools
Faculty/TAs/Staff
Tuesday
12/12/23
10:00 – 11:30 am
RegisterLinks to an external site.

Tracking student progress and understanding results in Peerceptiv (peer review)
Faculty/TAs/Staff
Tuesday
12/12/23
1:00 – 2:00 pm
RegisterLinks to an external site.

End-of-Term Grading in Bruin Learn and MyUCLA
Faculty/TAs/Staff
Wednesday
12/13/23
12:00 – 1:00 pm
RegisterLinks to an external site.

Quick Start: Preparing to Teach with Bruin Learn
Faculty/TAs
Thursday
12/14/23
10:00 – 11:30 am
RegisterLinks to an external site.

End-of-Term Grading in Bruin Learn and MyUCLA
Faculty/TAs/Staff
Friday
12/15/23
10:00 – 11:00 am
RegisterLinks to an external site.

Quick Start: Preparing to Teach with Bruin Learn
Faculty/TAs
Monday
12/18/23
12:00 – 1:30 pm
RegisterLinks to an external site.

End-of-Term Grading in Bruin Learn and MyUCLA
Faculty/TAs/Staff
Tuesday
12/19/23
10:00 – 11:00 am
RegisterLinks to an external site.

Engage, Evaluate, and Elevate: Boost Classroom Interaction with iClicker Cloud Polling Tools
Faculty/TAs/Staff
Wednesday
12/20/23
10:00 – 11:30 am
RegisterLinks to an external site.

End-of-Term Grading in Bruin Learn and MyUCLA
Faculty/TAs/Staff
Thursday
12/21/23
12:00 – 1:00 pm
RegisterLinks to an external site.

Quick Start: Preparing to Teach with Bruin Learn
Faculty/TAs
Friday
12/22/23
10:00 – 11:30 am
RegisterLinks to an external site.

Other UCLA Training Events

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UCLA Disabilities & Computing Program Events & Resources
UCLA Online Teaching & Learning

Get Your Syllabus Ready for Winter Quarter!
2023-12-08 09:30 - 11:00 | Zoom
Get Your Syllabus Ready for Winter Quarter!
Join CEILS Director, Rachel Kennison and Senior Associate Director, Jess Gregg, for a virtual workshop on Inclusive Syllabus Design. We will share some examples, strategies, and resources to support you in getting your syllabus created.
December 8th, 2023 | 9:30 – 11am
Virtual on Zoom (link will be provided after RSVP)
View our CEILS guide on Designing an Inclusive Syllabus here.

End of Quarter CEILS Happy Hour
2023-12-08 14:00 - 16:00 | Hershey Hall South Courtyard
End of Quarter
CEILS Happy Hour
Friday, December 8th | 2:00 – 4:00pm
Hershey Hall South Courtyard
You’re invited to celebrate the end of the Fall Quarter with food, refreshments, and quality time together! Please join us anytime between 2:00 – 4:00pm. RSVP at the link below!

EdTalks@CEILS Learning Community Event: "The Effects of Collaborative Practice Testing on Memory for Course Content in Introductory Psychology"
2024-01-11 14:00 - 14:50 | 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Melissa Paquette-Smith, Assistant Teaching Professor, UCLA Department of Psychology
“The Effects of Collaborative Practice Testing on Memory for Course Content in Introductory Psychology”

SABER West 2024
2024-01-12 08:00 - 2024-01-14 17:00 | UC Irvine
The eighth annual SABER West conference will be held face to face on January 13-14, 2024 with pre-conference workshops on Friday January 12, 2024.
The goals of the meeting are to:

Increase interactions among STEM educators and education researchers.

Foster collaborations between 2 year and 4 year institutions.

Provide professional development to conduct education research and implement evidence-based teaching practices.

Create an inclusive conference space that fosters the growth of attendees and presenters as STEM educators and education researchers.

Key Dates:

Registration is now open!

Early registration deadline: Nov 17

Regular registration deadline: Dec 22

Late registration deadline: Jan 8

Hotel block rate deadline: Dec 14 (or until block filled)

The Effects of Collaborative Practice Testing on Memory for Course Content in Introductory Psychology
2024-01-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Terasaki Life Sciences 1100
Ed Talks @CEILS: Learning Community Meetings!
RSVP Here
Jan 23: Melissa Paquette-Smith, Assistant Teaching Professor, UCLA Department of Psychology
The Effects of Collaborative Practice Testing on Memory for Course Content in Introductory Psychology
Zoom Option Available.

UCLA Leveraging Dynamic Social Norms to Motivate Conversations on Difficult Topics in the Classroom
2024-01-30 14:00 - 15:00 | Terasaki Life Sciences 1100
Save the Dates for
Ed Talks @CEILS: Learning Community Meetings!
RSVP Here
Jan 30: Peter Fisher, PhD graduate, Social Psychology, UCLA
Leveraging Dynamic Social Norms to Motivate Conversations on Difficult Topics in the Classroom

Annual Winter BAAE Conversation Series
2024-02-06 12:30 - 13:30 | CA
The CEILS Becoming an Anti-racist Educator (B.A.A.E) Conversations encourages honest and vulnerable dialogue with faculty, postdocs, and graduate students around the unpracticed conversations about race and racism. These in-person conversations create space for discussion of one’s own racial identity development, understanding the implications of our racial identities and other social identities in our academic learning environments (e.g., classroom, clinic/laboratory, meetings etc.), and action planning. Overall, the goal is to cultivate an environment and practice that celebrates identity and culture while still identifying and working together against inequitable systems.
The series will be on the following Tuesdays from 12:30 – 1:30 pm: February 6, 13, and 20. We will have light refreshments, but please feel free to bring your lunch!
The topics for each session are as follows. Please visit our website for more information.
1. Session 1: Exploring Identity, Privilege, & Culture
2. Session 2: Taking Anti-racist Action: Interrupting Microaggressions
3. Session 3: Taking Anti-racist Action: From Inclusive to Anti-racist pedagogy
IMPORTANT: Session 1 participation is required to attend either Session 2 or 3.

Metacognitive approaches to prepare incoming students for STEM majors: Impacts & Lessons Learned from a Physical Sciences Bridge Program
2024-02-06 14:00 - 15:00 | Terasaki Life Sciences 1100
Ed Talks @CEILS: Learning Community Meetings!
RSVP Here
Feb 6: Britney Robinson (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator, UCLA Physical Sciences Division) & JoAnn Roberts (Associate Director for JEDI in Teaching, CEILS)
Metacognitive approaches to prepare incoming students for STEM majors: Impacts & Lessons Learned from a Physical Sciences Bridge Program

RECONNECT: The CSU Symposium on Teaching and Learning
2024-02-23 08:00 - 2024-02-24 17:00 | In-person and Online
RECONNECT: The CSU Symposium on Teaching and Learning
California State University, San Bernardino
February 23-24, 2024 (in-person)
March 1, 2024 (virtual)
California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) is excited to RECONNECT faculty and staff across the CSU and surrounding community colleges by hosting the 22nd Annual Symposium on Teaching and Learning (SoTL) this winter!
To be held on two consecutive weekends with both in person and virtual opportunities to RECONNECT, the symposium is an opportunity to join your colleagues in learning and sharing with each other some of the exciting work we have done across the system and state in the past five years.
The in-person portion of the symposium (the first since 2019) will be held on the beautiful CSUSB main campus nestled against the San Bernardino Mountains on Friday, Feb. 23 & Saturday, Feb. 24. The virtual portion will be held the following week on Friday, March 1.
We encourage participants to submit proposals for presentations on the following themes by 11:59 pm on Monday, November 13, 2023:

Culturally responsive pedagogies
Student engagement and belonging
(Emerging) technologies as tools for learning
Inclusive learning assessment and outcomes
CSU-community colleges partnerships

Presentations can be submitted as posters, interactive sessions, symposium sessions, mini sessions, and virtual sessions (Friday, 3/1 only). Descriptions of each type of presentation are shown below.
All proposals must be submitted by 11:59 pm on Monday, November 13, 2023 through the EventsAir submission portal by clicking on the Apply Now button below. New submitters will need to create an account and then be ready with the proposal title, presentation type, theme, author(s) and affiliation(s), abstract of up to 200 words, and presentation AV requirements. Also, please be ready to answer these additional questions:

How does your session address one or more of the symposium strands?
Who is your intended audience and why? (50 words maximum)
How will you engage your audience throughout the session?
If your first choice presentation type is oversubscribed, what would be your second choice and why? How might you change your presentation to fit this presentation type?
(Interactive Session only) Please outline the interactive facilitation plan for the 90 minute session
(Interactive Session only) What outcome/s do you intend for your participants and how will you know if they have been achieved?

Your submission can be saved as a draft and completed later.

Learning Community: UCLA Early Career Faculty in the Sciences
2024-03-21 12:30 - 14:00 | 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
The CEILS team invites you to carve out a little time to gather in the community and get support from each other on all things related to teaching here at UCLA. This community is designed to support early career faculty across disciplines in the sciences who have joined UCLA within the past 5 years. Lunch provided!

CEILS Happy Hour
2024-03-21 15:00 - 17:00 | Hershey Hall South Courtyard
You’re invited to celebrate the end of the Winter Quarter with food, refreshments, and quality time together! Please join us anytime between 3:00 – 5:00pm in the Hershey Hall South Courtyard.

Conversations on Equity and Justice in Teaching: Trauma-Informed Teaching
2024-04-09 12:30 - 13:30 | 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
CEILS invites you to join us for “Conversations on Equity and Justice” this Spring Quarter. Our overall goal is to create a communal space for faculty, teaching-staff, postdocs, graduate students to discuss, learn, and consider teaching strategies to support themselves and their students in the classroom. These conversations are topic-based and you can drop in for one or come for all. Light refreshments will be provided!

Tuesday, April 9 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Our Brains, Emotions, and Learning: Eight Principles of Trauma-Informed Teaching by Mays Imad
Tuesday, April 16 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: How Trauma-Informed Care Principles Can Contribute to Academic Success for Students in Hispanic-Serving Institutions by Joy Patton and Lauren Cortez
Tuesday, April 23 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Toward a Theory of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy by Gloria Ladson-Billings

1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Click here to RSVP!

Learning Community: UCLA Early Career Faculty in the Sciences-"Equitable Grading Strategies for Assessment and Feedback"
2024-04-11 12:30 - 14:00 | 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
The CEILS team invites you to carve out a little time to gather in the community and get support from each other on all things related to teaching here at UCLA. This community is designed to support early career faculty across disciplines in the sciences who have joined UCLA within the past 5 years. Lunch provided!
RSVP HERE

Conversations on Equity and Justice in Teaching: Trauma-Informed Care Principles in HSI's
2024-04-16 12:30 - 13:30 | 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

Conversations on Equity and Justice in Teaching: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
2024-04-23 12:30 - 13:30 | 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

Center for Inclusive Education- Stony Brook University, NY: "The Risk and the Resistance in STEM"
2024-05-02 07:00 - 08:30 | CA
“To be Black or Brown and graduate in STEM is an act of racial justice.”
I say this almost unconditionally because Black and Brown STEMmers overwhelmingly want to use their skills towards fighting for racial justice.”
– Dr. Ebony McGee
On Thursday, May 2nd at 10:00 am EST, The Center for Inclusive Education at Stony Brook University is excited to announce that renowned author of Black, Brown, Bruised: How Racialized STEM Education Stifles Innovation, Dr. Ebony Omotola McGee, will join us in person (Zoom option available) for an open conversation on the intricate landscape of the STEM ecosystem, scrutinizing the prevailing risks associated with its current state and demographics. Dr. McGee’s keynote will outline the consequential impact of these risks on individuals and communities within STEM. Finally, we will step into the realm of resistance, exploring practical strategies for combatting these issues.
This transformative event promises to delve deep into the critical issues surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM.
The Risk and the Resistance in STEM
Date: May 2nd
Keynote Presentation: 10:00 am – 11:30 am EST
Location: Zoom
RSVP HERE

ED Talks-“Enacting Inclusive Science in STEMM Teaching and Training” by Ana Romero
2024-05-02 14:00 - 15:00 | 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Located: Terasaki Rm 1100 and Zoom
EdTalks: “Enacting Inclusive Science in STEMM Teaching and Training” by Ana Romero, Associate Project Scientist, NIH Coordination and Evaluation Center
Integration of diversity in scientific training, teaching, and inquiry is pivotal to developing an inclusive approach to science. In this talk, Dr. Ana Romero shares research findings on culturally responsive practices used to teach and train undergraduate students in STEMM from a study on the Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) initiative.
RSVP Here
