The Disruptor

Promoting research on inclusive STEM ecosystems for faculty, students, and the greater undergraduate community.

  • Synergies, Not Silos: Why Isolated Initiatives Won’t Disrupt the Status Quo

    Author(s):

    Becky Wai-Ling Packard, Ph.D.

    Mary E. Woolley Professor of Psychology and Education

    Mount Holyoke College

    Author(s):

    Joi-Lynn Mondisa, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor

    University of Michigan

    Author(s):

    Beronda L. Montgomery, Ph.D.

    Professor; Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Col...

    Grinnell College

    Editor:

    Zakiya S. Wilson-Kennedy, Ph.D.

    Ron & Dr. Mary Neal Distinguished Associate Professor of Chemistr...

    Louisiana State University

    STEM departments have struggled, as has much of higher education, to advance student success while achieving racial equity.1 The continually-low numbers of Bla…

STEM Identity, Intersectionality, and Belonging

Sibrina Collins, Ph.D.
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Sibrina Collins, Ph.D.

Executive Director of STEM Education, College of Arts and Sciences, Lawrence Technological University
  • Want More Women in Geoscience? Consider Their Math Attitudes

    Geoscience has made concerted efforts to increase the number of women entering and graduating from undergraduate geoscience programs, but despite these efforts…

  • How Can We Make STEM An Inclusive Space for All?

    Throughout my entire career, I have lived at the intersections of race and gender, science, and society.

Cross-Departmental Coordination and Multi-Discipline Convergence

Zakiya S. Wilson-Kennedy, Ph.D.
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Zakiya S. Wilson-Kennedy, Ph.D.

Ron & Dr. Mary Neal Distinguished Associate Professor of Chemistry Education, Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, College of Science, Louisiana State University
  • Synergies, Not Silos: Why Isolated Initiatives Won’t Disrupt the Status Quo

    STEM departments have struggled, as has much of higher education, to advance student success while achieving racial equity.1 The continually-low numbers of Bla…

  • Omwana Ni Wa Bhone … It Takes a Village

    To address a problem, we first need to understand that it exists.

Furthering Student Engagement in STEM

Bryan Kent Wallace, Ed.D.
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Bryan Kent Wallace, Ed.D.

Assistant Professor of Physics, Director of Physics Laboratories & Coordinator of Rocketry, Dept. of Life and Physical Sciences, Fisk University

Technology as a Gateway

Stephanie E. August, Ph.D.
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Stephanie E. August, Ph.D.

Independent Consultant, Engineering Education
  • Addressing Systemic Issues in STEM Education: Potential and Perils of XR Technologies

    Caption: Authors Michele McColgan, Ph.D. and Jason Morphew, Ph.D. provide an overview of the MARVLS app, an augmented reality app, which helps students develop…

  • Integrating Technology with Best Practices Paves the Way

    We live in an era of change teeming with technology and environmental enhancements. Students are eager to use virtual, immersive, and interactive digital tools…

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2022 Theme: Catalyzing sustainable evidence-based strategies to create an equitable future for STEM education.

2021 Theme: Leveraging this moment of disruption to empower evidence-based systemic change that advances equity.