e501 - Decolonizing STEM with Dr. Lilliam Casillas Martinez

Thu Sep 26 2024 2:00PM – 4:00PM | Thu Sep 26 2024

Event Description:

Lilliam Casillas Martinez, Professor of Biology, University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, will join us to talk about her work in fostering culturally sensitive and inclusive practices, and her work in the Puerto Rico Outstanding Undergraduate Diversified (PROUD) program, which trains Latinx faculty in inclusive excellence strategies. She will also talk about her publications that promote the inclusion of Latinas, Black Latinx, and first-generation undergraduates from low-income homes in STEM fields in a "Decolonizing STEM" conversation.