Diversity

March 24, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, SABER

“This is a time for self-reflection”

Last September, Dr. Bryan Dewsbury from the University of Rhode Island gave a talk entitled: “Lessons from a hot spring: Authentic transformation in the higher education classroom”as part of the SABER Diversity and Inclusion Efforts. I had watched this talk last year and wanted to revisit it because I remember how conversational, honest, and uplifting […]

March 23, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Reflections, SABER, Why

Immigrants in Higher Education

Drs. Meseret Hailu and Brooke Coley from Arizona State University presented last December a session entitled “An exploratory investigation of the experiences of Black immigrant women in undergraduate STEM” as part of the SABER Diversity and Inclusion Efforts. The title caught my attention because I haven’t thought about Black immigrants and their challenges in STEM […]

March 22, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, DBER and SoTL, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, SABER, Why

Supporting Black Women in Mathematics

In a presentation entitled “Black women and belongingness: An interrogation of STEM education as a white, patriarchal space.” Drs. Luis Leyva and Nicole Joseph from Vanderbilt University presented work on the experiences of Black women in STEM. First Dr. Joseph discussed the gaps in representation for Black women in STEM and particularly in mathematics. Leyva […]

March 21, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, SABER, Undergraduate Research, Why

Scholar Activism and the Classroom

Tonight I watched the recording for the October 21, 2020 SABER Diversity and Inclusion series. Dr. Terrell Morton from the University of Missouri gave a talk entitled “But is it really “just” science? Engaging critical race theory to unpack racial oppression with implications for Black student science engagement. ” and describes himself as a male, black […]

March 20, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Reflections, SABER, Why

Discussing Microaggressions

Today I was able to watch a couple more SABER presentations that I had missed. Dr. Colin Harrison from Georgia Tech and Dr. Kimberly Tanner from San Francisco State presented a session entitled “Language matters: Considering racial microaggressions in science” last October 8, 2020. Harrison was a postdoc with Tanner and began the presentation by […]

March 19, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Mentoring, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, SABER, Wellbeing, Why

Building Communities with Kindness

I had a fun day reconnecting with former students who have now become colleagues and collaborators. How cool! Their energy, willingness to teach me new things about technical writing and videos, and kindness have always been evident despite communicating only every couple of months. Kindness! That’s why when I saw Dr. Mica Estrada’s SABER talk […]

March 18, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Diversity, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, SABER, Why

Diversifying the STEM Faculty

Tonight Amada and I watched a SABER spring 2021 talk entitled “Structural racism, institutional transformation, and diversifying the STEM faculty” by Dr. Kimberly Griffin from the University of Maryland. This presentation happened live on February 18th. Griffin started by talking about the small share of US college faculty that are nonwhite by presenting Pew Research […]

March 17, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Pedagogy, SABER, Student groups, Why

A Culture of Caring

It was a long day… too many Zoom calls! To wrap up the day, I wanted something uplifting and continued watching the spring 2021 SABER series. The second talk this spring was by Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab from Temple University on February 4, 2021. The session was entitled “Addressing students’ basic needs with a culture of […]

March 16, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Diversity, SABER

Parity and Inclusion in STEM Education

Dr. Cynthia Bauerle from the James Madison University presented as part of the SABER Diversity and Inclusion efforts webinar series on January 21st. I was finally able to view the recording of the presentation entitled “Interrogating the center of STEM education” and hope to view the rest of the recordings… or live events! Also, I […]

March 10, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Diversity, Lilly Conference, Reflections

Air Force Academy Inclusive Excellence Programs

Drs. Kim Holser and Marc Napilitano from the United States Air Force Academy presented at the 2020 Lilly Conference online on “Inclusive Excellence Programming at a Military Service Academy: Improving Practice.” Hosler us the Director of Instructional Design and Napolitano is the Director of Faculty Development. This is the second session I watch by Napolitano […]