The Disruptor

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

  • Integrating Technology with Best Practices Paves the Way

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

    Independent Consultant

    Engineering Education

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

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
  • 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
  • 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

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  • Building Inclusion in STEM Through Activation of Multicontext Theory

    Our journey begins with a story by co-author, Roberto Ibarra, and his discovery of a new paradigm for enhancing diversity as he analyzed his…

  • Who Am I When the Little Things Add Up?

    My multiple identities impact how I show up in this world. They also guide the experiential framework of my approach to addressing diversity, equity,…

  • How Engagement Enables Broadening STEM Participation

    We must embed STEM firmly in the cultural DNA of communities to truly realize the American Dream. I am an African American male .…

Technology as a Gateway

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

Independent Consultant, Engineering Education
  • 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.