Inaugural Webinar Series: AAAS Section Q Equity & Justice in Science Education Webinar Series
This is the final webinar in a 4 part series to engage with equity- and justice-based considerations, approaches, curricula, pedagogies, and actions for advancing progress in sciences and science education.
The first webinar focused on Informal STEM Environments, the second on Communities and their Knowledges and the third on Engaging Non-STEM Undergraduates in Climate/Environmental Science and Sustainability to Promote Equity-Based Decision Making. Further information and registration for the fourth and final event is below.
Event 4: Public Engagement with Science
Date: May 11, 2023. 7-8pm Eastern Time
Description: How is science entangled with the public? What constitutes ethical and robust public engagement with science? This webinar will explore what constitutes the public nature of science, the importance of communicating science, from which points of view, with which audiences in mind, across what kinds of platforms.
Panelists:
- Sibrina Collins, Executive Director, The Marburger STEM Center, Lawrence Technological University
- Esther Ngumbi, Assistant Professor, School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2021 recipient of the Mani L. Bhaumik Award for Public Engagement with Science awarded by AAAS.
- Ayelet Baram-Tsabari, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Moderator:
Edna Tan, Hooks Distinguished Professor of STEM Education, Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Register in advance: https://aaas.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wYF7hyDVTnaEDDzqecQD_Q
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Webinar Series Organizers:
- Jamie Bell, Senior Advisor, Associations of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC)
- Tamara Ledley, STEM Education Consultant, Sustaining Science Consulting & Adjunct Professor, Bentley University
- Edna Tan, Hooks Distinguished Professor of STEM Education, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Maria Varelas, Professor of Science Education and Chair, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois Chicago