A Seat at the Table: Creating Deliberately Diverse and Intentionally Inclusive Spaces in the Sciences
Danielle N. Lee
Wednesday, 28 Nov 2018 at 7:00 pm – Dolezal Auditorium, 127 Curtiss Hall
Danielle N. Lee is a vocal advocate of science engagement among traditionally underrepresented and underserved audiences. She helped found the National Science & Technology News Service, a media literacy initiative to bring more science news to African-American audiences and promote science news source diversity in mainstream media. Lee began blogging about science and science education as a way to engage African-American and urban audiences in STEM. She hosts the Urban Scientist blog at Scientific American and teaches mammalogy and urban ecology at Southern Illinois University. Her many honors include being named a National Geographic Emerging Explorer in 2017, EBONY Magazine’s Power 100 in 2014, and a White House Champion of Change in STEM Diversity and Access.Cosponsored By:
- STEM Scholars Program
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
- Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion
- Science Bound
- Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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Lecture Etiquette
- Stay for the entire lecture and the brief audience Q&A. If a student needs to leave early, he or she should sit near the back and exit discreetly.
- Do not bring food or uncovered drinks into the lecture.
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- Keep questions or comments brief and concise to allow as many as possible.