SABER

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 […]

January 8, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Reflections, SABER, Workshop

Access and Asking Appropriate Questions with ASK BIO’s Help

Today I attended the first session of SABER West. The town hall panel discussion was about inclusion and equity and planning conferences. It was really good to hear several considerations for meeting meetings ranging from noise-free areas and speaker training guides to colorblind friendly templates. One thing that really resonated with me and I hope […]

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