The goal of the RISE Speaker Series is to bring nationally recognized experts in STEM research and instruction to UNCG. The Speaker Series helps stimulate conversations and generate new ideas at UNCG. The Speaker Series reaches a broad audience, including UNCG faculty, postdocs, administrators, staff, graduate students, and community members. The Speaker Series is supported by funds from the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Education, and School of Health and Human Sciences. To see recordings of our Speaker Series lectures, please click here.
Our 2021-2022 RISE Speaker Series lineup is below.
Speaker and affiliation: Savannah Martin (Confederated Tribes of Siletz), PhD Candidate in Biological Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, and Sapsik’wałá Scholar, University of Oregon, College of Education
Talk title: “Making Space in STEM and Keeping Place in Community: Becoming an Indigenous Science Educator and Researcher”
Open to: Everyone, including community members
Monday, February 21
4:00-5:00: public lecture and Q&A
5:00-5:45: Q&A session for STAMPS students
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This lecture is supported by an NSF award (DUE-1643112).