CHEMSEM 9: Addressing Racism in Higher Education

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The faculty, students and staff of the Andrews University Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry are pleased to invite all to view a Zoom lecture by Paul H. Barber, PhD, on Thursday, March 11, 2021, at 4:30 p.m. EST on "Addressing Racism in Higher Education: From Indifference to Inclusivity."

This is the ninth installment of the Dwain L. Ford Lecture Series in the Andrews University Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry 2021 spring seminar program. Everyone is invited to view the lecture at https://andrews.zoom.us/j/92307867479. The meeting ID is 923 0786 7479.

Teachers are encouraged to announce this lecture in their classes and/or forward this email to their classes. Please share and encourage your colleagues, friends and others to tune in online. This lecture is free and open to all: students, high school through college, and everyone in our community and general public.

The Dwain L. Ford Lecture Series is co-sponsored by the Andrews University Office of Research & Creative Scholarship, Berrien RESA Math Science Center and the Chemistry Honors Society.

Seminar Zoom Protocol:

• Mute your sound.
• Everyone can ask/write a question in the chat.

Abstract:
STEM lacks diversity, not because of lack of student interest but because of cultures that result in underrepresented students leaving STEM at a rate twice that of white and Asian peers. Similarly, despite significant gains in diversity at the graduate student level, these gains are not matched at the faculty level. In this talk we will explore barriers to making higher education more inclusive, particularly STEM, and will provide examples of changes to make higher education and STEM more diverse and inclusive.

Speaker’s Bio:
Paul Barber is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UCLA. He earned a PhD in Integrative Biology from UC Berkeley and spent three years at Harvard as an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow. Paul integrates genetics, genomics, ecology and oceanography to understand the evolution and conservation of marine biodiversity. He is committed to diversifying science and is the recipient of numerous awards, including the U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering, the UCLA Distinguished Teaching award, the UCLA Diversity Equity and Inclusion Award, and the SACNAS Distinguished Student Mentor Award. In 2017 he was named an HHMI Professor.