[GSC-Diversity-All] An Honest Conversation: Bias in Lab & Team Settings

Sun Jun 6 23:16:42 EDT 2021

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Media Arts & Sciences & MEGAWomen Student Seminar #15 : An Honest Conversation: Bias in Lab & Team Settings

June 11, 2021 12:00 PM EST
This talk is limited to students and post-docs. Please pre-register here<https://forms.gle/qLLvyQTCzXfUm5mX9> to receive the zoom link the day of the seminar (registration link: https://forms.gle/qLLvyQTCzXfUm5mX9)

Speaker:

Dr. Kelly Cross
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Nevada Reno

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Dr. Kelly J. Cross, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at University of Nevada Reno, is a culturally responsive practitioner, researcher, and educational leader. She earned her Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University in 2007 and Masters of Science in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 2011. Dr. Cross completed the doctoral program in the Engineering Education department at Virginia Tech in 2015 and worked as a post-doctoral researcher with the Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engineering Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Dr. Cross worked to redesign the curriculum in Bioengineering department through the NSF program Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED) at UIUC. She is a member of the ASEE Leadership Virtual Community of Practice (LVCP) that organizes and facilitates Safe Zone Training workshops. Dr. Cross has conducted online and in-person workshops on managing personal bias in STEM, managing privilege and power in the classroom, and promoting inclusion in higher education. Her research interests include inclusive excellence in STEM, identity construction, intersectionality, teamwork and communication skills, and educational assessment. Her teaching philosophy focuses on student centered approaches such as problem-based learning and culturally relevant pedagogy. Dr. Cross’ complimentary professional activities promote inclusive excellence through collaboration.

About the Media Arts and Sciences Student Seminar Series & MEGAWomen:

This event is co-hosted by MAS3 & MEGAWomen.

The Media Arts & Sciences Seminar Series (MAS3, pronounced "MAS-CUBED") is a graduate student-led seminar and podcast series based in the MIT Media Lab that seeks to bring a wide range of creative voices to the Media Lab  community. The goal of MAS3 is to create a platform for inspiration, discussion and thought-provoking conversations. The Media Arts & Sciences Seminar Series (MAS3) reflects the diverse modes of inquiry of the Media Lab, which brings designers, engineers, artists, and scientists together to create technologies and experiences that enable people to understand and transform their lives, communities, and environments. The MAS3 guest speakers are drawn from nominations by the MIT Media Lab community, and are further curated by a team of graduate students with support and guidance from Media Lab faculty.  As a member of the Media Lab Community, you will play a critical role by giving feedback to catalyze the success of this program and by making speaker suggestions through this form<https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/media-arts-sciences-seminar-series>.

MEGAWomen is the association of graduate women in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering. Our goal is to foster life-long friendships, mentor new women students, help them lead an enriching graduate school life and assist with their personal and professional goals.

Thank you so much,

MAS3 Team
mas3-team at media.mit.edu<mailto:mas3-team at media.mit.edu>
https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/media-arts-sciences-seminar-series

MEGAWomen Team
mw-officers at mit.edu<mailto:mw-officers at mit.edu>
https://megawomen.mit.edu/

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