Aspiring Towards a Better Future in STEM: An Examination and Reflection of Pedagogical Shifts Among Life Sciences Faculty
This project will examine the connections between pedagogical practices and support for students from backgrounds and communities that have been historically and systemically excluded in STEM.
Project Participant Bios
London Williams is a rising second-year PhD student in the UCLA Department of Education, focusing on Higher Education and Organizational Change. London serves as the Program Coordinator for the UCLA-HHMI Pathways to Success Program, a four-year academic support program for diverse groups of students majoring in STEM. This past year, London was a Graduate Student Researcher for the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute (HERI). This Fall, London will be an instructor for a University Studies course that was created to support first-year students as they transition to college.
Ngoc Tran is a doctoral student in the department of education at UCLA. She is interested in issues of educational access and support for first-generation Students of Color and studying the value and purpose of higher education through a socioeconomic, ethical, and cultural lens. Prior to UCLA, she served as the Assistant Director of Equity & Inclusion Initiatives at Stanford University, leading academic support initiatives and outreach efforts to increase the access to educational opportunities, sense of belonging, and retention of minoritized students in the School of Engineering.
Kevin Eagan is an associate professor in the department of education at the University of California, Los Angeles. He applies inferential statistical and quasi-experimental analytic techniques to large-scale survey data to explore the facilitators of and barriers to underrepresented students’ success in undergraduate science education.
