National Academies Sciences Engineering Medicine
Board on Higher Education and Workforce
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Disrupting Ableism and Advancing STEM: A Year of Reflections and Action
June 10, 2024 at 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET (Virtual)
Join us for a reflective set of discussions on the anniversary of the NSF-sponsored conference series!
Building on the transformational conversation series, Disrupting Ableism and Advancing STEM, from June 2023, speakers and panelists will return to share reflections and progress towards accessibility and inclusivity. In this anniversary event, please join us as they discuss some of their lessons learned, how their respective institutions are working towards accessibility, and where they hope this critical area of STEM policy will go in the future.
Speakers include:
- Christopher Atchison, PhD, Program Director, Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EES), Directorate for STEM Education (EDU), National Science Foundation
- Laura Castillo-Page, PhD, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
- Logan Gin, PhD, Assistant Director, STEM Education, Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Brown University
- Marcia McNutt, PhD, President of the National Academy of Sciences
- Kate Mittendorf, PhD, Senior Staff Scientist, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Yvette Pearson, PhD, Vice President, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, University of Texas
- Bonnie Swenor, PhD, Chair of Planning Committee, Director, Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center
Holden Thorpe, PhD, Editor-in-Chief, Science
Registration is linked here. For more information, visit our event webpage through this link.
This event will include an ASL interpreter and CART captioning. Any slides and electronic documents presented will be available in advance online. Event recordings will be posted online after their conclusion.
Accessibility accommodations can be requested through the registration.