Dr. Evelynn Hammonds will speak on September 21st at 3:30 in 1103 Bioscience Researching Building

The ADVANCE Program for Inclusive Excellence is pleased to announce that Dr. Evelynn M. Hammonds, an internatiaonally recognized authority on the intersectionality of race, class, and gender in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), will be presenting a talk entitled:

"Intersectionality in STEM Fields: A Roadblock in Theory and Practice."

This talk will address the persistent under-representation of women of color in STEM fields from a historical perspective.

Wednesday, September 21

3:30 PM Bioscience Research Building, RM 1103

Dr. Hammonds is Dean of Harvard College and the Barbara Gutmann Rosenkratz Professor of History of Science and African and African-American studi9es. Prior to her appointment as dean, she searved as Harvard University's first senior vice provost for faculty development and diversity beginning in July 2005. Dean Hammonds jonied the faculty of arts and sciences in 2002 after teaching at MIT where she was the founding director of the Center for the Study of Diversity in Science, Technology, and Medicine. In February 2010, Dean Hammonds was appointed to President Barack Obama's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Dean Hannomds is a member of the Committee on Equal Opportunity in Science and Engineering, the Congressionally mandated oversight committee of the NSF.