The University of Chicago GRIT Disability Team, together with UIC's Disability Cultural Center, will be hosting a virtual Disability in STEM Roundtable with speakers from UChicago, UIC, and Northwestern University. Panelists will have the space to share their experiences with disability and ableism in STEM disciplines.
Disability in STEM: A Cross-Campus Roundtable
- Abimbole "Yemi" Bankole, UIC, Medicine
- Sabrina Jamal-Eddine, UIC, Nursing
- Sam Schroth, Northwestern, Medicine
- Jesse Stern, UChicago, Computer Science
Friday, March 12
3pm-4:30pm CST
RSVP at bit.ly/DisabilitySTEM (case sensitive)
Access Info: Live captioning will be provided. Contact sreitzes@math.uchicago.edu with any other access requests.
Some questions guiding our discussion:
** Ableism in STEM
How does ableism show up in STEM?
** Another STEM is possible
Have you had any good experiences, the kind of experience that acts as a model for what is possible? What set of conditions would make your work and your training accessible to you?
** Where there is oppression there is resistance
What strategies have you leaned on? What has been sustaining for you?
We hope to see you there!