#ShutDownSTEM Movement

#SHUTDOWNSTEM

Many of you are aware of the #ShutDownSTEM movement planned for today, June 10th, 2020. In the Arizona State University School of Life Sciences, we stand with the STEM community at ASU, and with scientists across the world to “transition to a lifelong commitment of actions to eradicate anti-Black racism in academia and STEM.”

 

Our Teaching Innovation Team will be taking the day to read, listen and consider how we as individuals, and as a team, can make a positive change for more diverse and inclusive learning environments for our Black colleagues and students.

We are grateful to Sara Brownell and her research group for promoting this movement, and encourage our readers to look at the research they are doing in the area of biology education and inclusion at: http://sebbers.wixsite.com/biology-ed-lab

We urge our readers to take time from their day, and consider a way to participate that is meaningful and appropriate to your situation. Below are some resources that have been shared with us as a place to begin, please feel free to comment and share other resources you reflect on and follow us on Twitter (@teaching_center)

Thank you.

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Resources:

Articles:

• Scientists push against barriers to diversity in the field sciences
• Avoiding Unrecognized Racist Implications Arising from Teaching Genetics - Brian Donovan
• What Black faculty need from our White and Asian allies
• Don’t say nothing (written for educators) 
• Five things educators can do to address bias in their school (written with K-12 in mind, but the recommendations also apply to college teaching)
• Race Matters by David J. Asai

Books:

•  “How to be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi
• Whistling Vivaldi by Claude Steele: 
• Teaching Race: How to Help Students Unmask and Challenge Racism by Stephen Brookfield