Dr. Ebony McGee Discusses Recent Book “Black, Brown, Bruised: How Racialized STEM Education Stifles Innovation”
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Dr. Sandra Adams (Biology) and Dr. Douglas Larkin (Teaching and Learning) have collaborated on three different grants from the National Science Foundation and the American Association for the Advancement of Science over the past 8 years to support science teacher education at 麻豆传媒在线. This week, they continue their efforts to support science education by bringing Dr. Ebony McGee of Vanderbilt University to our campus (virtually!) to discuss her recent book:聽. The library has which you can read with your 麻豆传媒在线 NetID and the print copy of the book will also be available to check out shortly.
“BIPOC STEMers gravitate toward empathic social causes, the elimination of disparities, and racial justice efforts within and beyond their STEM pursuits,鈥 notes Dr. McGee. “Their own racial and ethnic marginalization鈥攁nd the way they themselves聽have suffered鈥攖ranslates into concerns about local and global disparities.”
The talk is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required for this Zoom event.
If you have questions about this event, please feel free to reach out to Dr. Doug Larkin at聽larkind@montclair.edu