Picture a Scientist Virtual Panel Discussion presented by AdvanceRIT
The Panel will Feature RIT Scientists and RIT’s Title IX Office You will hear the unique experience of each panelist as scientists, the obstacles each overcame, and what solutions they can offer to advance women in STEM. Resources available to the RIT community will be shared.
Panelists include:
Dr. Twyla Cummings - Dean of Graduate Education
Darci Lane - Assistant Director of Title IX
Dr. Pepsi Holmquist - Visiting Asst. Professor, Department of Science & Math
Emalee Wrightstone - 4th-Year Student Biotechnology & Molecular Biosciences
The panel will be facilitated by Betsy Dell, Director of Advance RIT. All registrants will receive access to view the film Picture a Scientist. The viewing window will be Sunday 3/14-Tuesday 3/16.
To request interpreting services, visit: https://myaccess.rit.edu/
PICTURE A SCIENTIST chronicles the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists. Biologist Nancy Hopkins, chemist Raychelle Burks, and geologist Jane Willenbring lead viewers on a journey deep into their own experiences in the sciences, ranging from brutal harassment to years of subtle slights. Along the way, from cramped laboratories to spectacular field stations, we encounter scientific luminaries - including social scientists, neuroscientists, and psychologists - who provide new perspectives on how to make science itself more diverse, equitable, and open to all.
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This is an RIT Only Event
| Cost | FREE |
Interpreter Requested?
No