On behalf of Nathalia Holtzman PhD, Associate Provost for Innovation and Student Success: Dear Faculty, We are pleased to invite you to attend a wonderful STEM syllabus workshop presented by Dr. Lissette Delgado-Cruzata right here on the Queens College Campus! Please join us on Thursday, November 2nd from 3:00pm-5:00pm for this valuable seminar and some light refreshments in the President's Lounge, Dining Hall. In this seminar, we will discuss the importance of considering diversity, inclusion and equity (DEI) practices in STEM disciplines and explore potential strategies to promote them in our classrooms. We will explore the use of a tool, the STEM DEI syllabi rubric, to assess DEI. This rubric is specifically tailored to syllabi in the physical and biological sciences. In our discussion, we will engage in a hands-on activity to examine the feasibility of its use, and its adaptability. The goal of the seminar is to include the suggestions of the STEM faculty participants in the current version of the rubric, to ultimately create a practical tool whose use can be easily implemented in any science classroom. Goals: * Review the current national trends in STEM graduation considering the intersection of race/ethnicity and gender * Discuss the evidence that supports the relevance of increasing diversity and inclusion in STEM disciplines * Explore the STEM DEI syllabi rubric content * Offer suggestions on specific STEM DEI syllabi rubric content areas or language If you are interested in attending, please use this form to register: https://forms.office.com/r/7FupUXDtdA [https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/7rlsnB8BD1-XL-TR3wwBTRoPzjdclJ0XC2Dr6Axdmu...] About the Presenter: Dr. Lissette Delgado-Cruzata (she/ella) earned a B.S. in Biochemistry at University Havana, Cuba, and a PhD from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, in New York. She is an Associate Professor of Molecular Biology at John Jay College in the City University of New York and a Fulbright Scholar. Her research focuses on identifying the epigenetic patterns specific to US Latinas and Latin-American women with breast cancer centering on their genetic admixture. She is passionate about increasing the number of underrepresented minority students that go on to graduate programs, and mentors many undergraduates in her research lab. She also has a deep commitment to increasing diversity and inclusion in the teaching of STEM disciplines. She is the PI of a NSF funded project that proposes to create classroom materials using a culturally affirming lens in science courses. https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/faculty/lissette-delgado-cruzata https://www.delgado-cruzata.com/ We look forward to seeing you there! Sincerely, Nathalia [Logo, company name Description automatically generated] Nathalia Holtzman PhD Associate Provost for Innovation and Student Success Queens College, City University of New York | 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Queens NY 11367-1597 Kiely Hall, Room 1104 #BuildingSuccessTogether | Learn more about Student Success<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/provost/student-success/> at QC
