pedagogy

Asking Different Questions: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Science

Announcing a new FRI Working Group Asking Different Questions: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Science

We are excited to announce the official launch of the working group for "Asking Different Questions: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Science.” Asking Different Questions is what we will be calling the work conducted under the NSF IGE award: Pathways to Inclusion in STEM (Co-PIs Sara Giordano, Sarah McCullough, and Kalindi Vora). This working group will m

Feminist Pedagogy

Feminist Pedagogy integrates feminist training into existing curriculum at the K-12, undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels, and studies its efficacy. Feminist practices can improve the impact, reach, and inclusivity of research and teaching by offering tools oriented toward criticality, reflexivity, and bringing about a more just world. UC Davis is now a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), with a high number of first-generation students. These students come in with different life experiences and knowledge than has been historically seen in the STEM classroom and research lab.

FRI Receives NSF Grant for Innovating Cultural Inclusivity in Graduate STEM Training

The Feminist Research Institute (FRI) and Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies (GSW) department received the National Science Foundation Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) grant.  The IGE award will provide graduate students with training to locate their research questions within a larger societal context. This will include how to recognize and address issues of historical bias and cultural complexity.