Speaker
Description
A large and growing body of literature has reported that persistent inequali;es within STEM secure the privilege of white males, while women, people of color, and persons with disabili;es are consistently underrepresented and discriminated in STEM. Another underserved popula;on that has recently gained some aAen;on in research related to equity in STEM are the individuals with minori;zed gender and sexual iden;;es (let’s call them queer). A synthesis of the exis;ng knowledge base shows that queer individuals in STEM were subjected to exclusion, discrimina;on, harassment, and nega;ve career consequences vis-à-vis their sexual and gender iden;;es, and were more likely to consider leaving or actually leave a STEM trajectory than their non-queer peers.
Our discussion will be around the following topics:
• the experiences of queer individuals in STEM learning and working environments
• queer beyond an iden;ty marker... what can be seen as queer and what can be seen as queering?
• queering science (educa;on), academia, research
