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Ed Talks @CEILS: Learning Community Meetings, “Enacting Inclusive Science in STEMM Teaching and Training”
May 2 @ 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
Integration of diversity in scientific training, teaching, and inquiry is pivotal to developing an inclusive approach to science. In this talk, Dr. Ana Romero shares research findings on culturally responsive practices used to teach and train undergraduate students in STEMM from a study on the Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) initiative.
About the presenter: Ana Romero is an Associate Project Scientist for the NIH-funded Coordination and Evaluation Center (CEC) and the Assistant Director of the Student Affairs graduate program in the Department of Education at UCLA. Her research examines the impact of STEMM interventions on students’ success and pathways, organizational change in STEMM equity initiatives, the higher education work environment, and campus climate issues. Ana completed her Ph.D. in Higher Education and Organizational Change at UCLA, M.A. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, and B.S. in Applied Mathematics and Sociology at UCLA.