Thank you. I wish my lecturers focused on actually EXPLAINing what was happening instead of just babbling nonsense at me, like an unsuccessful years-long immersion / torture program.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rGxvJ2qpdA
#physics #física #science #ScienceMastodon #ScienceWin #quantum #QuantumMechanics #STEM #DiversifySTEM #WomenSTEM #STEAM #nerd #geek #swot #boffin
We have a new podcast episode out. I spoke with Mustafa Ali about #EDI, representation and #decolonising work at universities. Next week we will continue the conversation, this time focusing on #DecoloniseComputing.
In this episode (the first of two parts), Catarina Carvalho talks to Mustafa Ali about the possibilities of decolonising, representation, and racial awarding gaps. Part 2 talks more explicitly about tech and computing - that episode will drop next week. FURTHER RESOURCES: Mustafa Ali, 'A Brief Introduction to Decolonial Computing' Mustafa Ali, 'Towards a Decolonial Computing' EPISODE NOTES: Dr. Mustafa Ali is a Lecturer in Computing at the Open University. He conducts transdisciplinary research investigating the interactions between race, religion, politics, ethics, and computing/ICT. Specifically, he examines and critically analyzes how colonial power harmfully affects our ways of seeing and thinking. Please leave us feedback about the show via this link. Music by Rayen © Hear more via Spotify or Instagram. Edited by Chris Lloyd.
GEEK GIRLS PORTUGAL CONFERENCE 2024
April 13, 2024 @ Porto Business School
A one-day, free, in-person event full of learning and professional networking designed for women in technology. Access talks, workshops, career opportunities and networking to boost your career and drive change in the sector.
https://conference.geekgirlsportugal.pt/
#Portugal #Porto #event #DiversityEquityInclusion #STEM #WomenSTEM #DiversifySTEM #Entrepreneurship #AI #a11y #security #CyberSecurity
I wanted to be a physicist. Thankfully, I had supportive parents who encouraged me in STEM, and I even got to play with a high-powered 80s laser on an optics table at WSU. That project got me first place in the science fair.
But I, too, got these confusing messages, not just from the LDS church but ALSO from my parents. I could be anything I wanted to be, as long as it was a stay at home mom. When I visited the BYU physics dept, the wall of photos were 98% men.
So I entered college terrified, recently married, directionless, and soon pregnant. I would eventually have a 15-year fallback career in IT... as a struggling single parent.
Abby: 'Looking back on that moment now I think, “Oh my gosh, that wasn’t divine revelation! You’d just had seventeen lessons in a row about how you needed to get married and make babies, and your brain was finally giving in to the overwhelming pressure.”'
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #feminism #STEM #DiversifySTEM #WomenSTEM
https://exponentii.org/blog/i-mightve-been-a-rocket-scientist-like-my-dad-but-i-was-a-girl/
Happy for this paper on diversifying syllabi in ecology, evolution, and life sciences is out! It includes example lesson plans, resources, and templates. Huge congrats to the lead author, Tolu, who is not on mastodon
#DiversifySTEM #dei #ecoevo