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Recruitment & Retention Panel and Discussion

Wednesday, August 9

  • 1 - 3:00 p.m. ET | Recruitment & Retention
    Panel and Discussion

Cost: FREE*



*ABRCMS is supported by a grant from the NIGMS

NEW & FREE!

Wednesday, August 9, 2023 (1 - 3:00 p.m. ET)

Diversity, equity, and inclusion in science careers and STEM graduate programs is a desired goal of many universities. While progress has been made, challenges and opportunities remain.

The ABRCMS365: Recruitment & Retention Panel and Discussion will provide an opportunity to hear from experts and peers regarding ways departments and institutions can improve their culture, policies, and processes to facilitate better outcomes for their graduate program recruitment and retention.

The two-hour session will include:

  • A moderated panel with audience Q&A featuring:
    • Dr. Curtis Byrd, CEO & Co-Founder, Academic Pipeline Project, LLC
    • Dr. Mara Lopez, Senior Research Program Manager, Center for Broadening Participation in STEM, Arizona State University
    • Dr. Thomas J. Magliery, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Director, Chemistry Bridge Program, The Ohio State University
    • Dr. Catherine L. Quinlan, Associate Professor of Science Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Howard University
  • Breakout group discussions focusing on recruitment and retention

What you’ll learn:

  • Research and best practices for recruiting and retaining STEM graduate students
  • Strategies for creating more inclusive and supportive environments

Why attend?

  • Learn about the challenges and opportunities of recruiting and retaining STEM graduate students from underrepresented backgrounds
  • Share your experiences and learn from other programs
  • Network with other professionals who are committed to diversity and inclusion in STEM

Who should attend?

  • Faculty and department administrators
  • Past, current, and potential ABRCMS exhibitors
  • Anyone interested in diversity and inclusion in STEM
Curtis Byrd

Curtis Byrd, Ed.D.
CEO & Co-Founder, Academic Pipeline Project, LLC

Dr. Curtis Byrd has over 25 years of experience in faculty and student diversity and inclusion programming.  He is the CEO and Co-Founder of the Academic Pipeline Project, LLC and serves as a research consultant for the NSF Funded, HBCU STEM Undergraduate Success Center housed at Morehouse College.  Dr. Byrd is the co-author of the Lever Press publication (May 2021) titled Academic Pipeline Programs-Diversifying Pathways from the Bachelor’s to the Professoriate, which features ABRCMS as an institutional hallmark program.

Mara Lopez

Mara Lopez, Ed.D.
Associate Director, Center for Broadening Participation in STEM, Arizona State University

Dr. Mara Lopez is Associate Director at the Center for Broadening Participation in STEM at ASU. She earned a BA in Psychology from SDSU, an MA in Organizational Leadership from PLNU and her Doctorate in Education from ASU. She has worked in research for over 15 years on NIH, NSF, DoD, and DoE grants. Her research is centered on curriculum redesign, career decision-making self-efficacy, equity in education, social justice in education, and culturally responsive pedagogy.

Tom Magliery 2

Thomas J. Magliery, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Director, Chemistry Bridge Program, The Ohio State University

Thomas J. Magliery grew up on Chicago and Indianapolis, earned his AB in chemistry from Kenyon College, his PhD in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, his MBA from Ohio State, and was an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University.  He is a protein biochemist, director of the Chemistry Bridge Program (an ACS Site), and co-director of the NIH T32 Molecular Biophysics Training Program.

 Catherine L Quinlan

Catherine L. Quinlan, Ed.D.
Associate Professor of Science Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Howard University

Dr. Catherine L. Quinlan is an Associate Professor of Science Education at Howard University. She was funded by NSF to create culturally representative science curricula. Dr. Quinlan is the founder and director of BRISC Curriculum Research Lab (BRISCLab.org). She launched an interdisciplinary chapter book series for early readers, Keystone Passage. As an interdisciplinary researcher she created an instrument to measure social and cultural self-efficacy indicators of persistence in HBCU undergraduates in STEM. Visit VisibilityInSTEM.com to learn more. 

 

Additional Info

  • Presentation Date: Wednesday, 09 August 2023

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