All CBSN Members are invited to join us for the first CBSN Career Chat
September 13, 2023
4pm ET
with
University of Calgary
Bio.
Jennifer D. Adams is a Full Professor at The University of Calgary where she holds a primary appointment in the Department of Chemistry and is affiliated with Werklund School of Education. She is the PI of the Creativity, Equity and STEM Lab where she and her team research equity in STEM teaching and learning environments with an emphasis on identity-affirming, anti-deficit, and justice-oriented approaches. She is in leadership on several national projects including “Securing Black Futures” which seeks to increase the visibility and support the flourishing of Black students in STEM and the Canadian Black Scientists Network where she is involved with a national data collection project about Black students’ STEM experiences, serves the steering committee as a co-leader on STEM education Pathways and Postsecondary projects, and is the PI of the STEM Beyond Borders initiative that examines research, policy and practice in Canada and the United States around equity and justice in STEM education and careers for Black students. Dr. Adams was recognized by the Calgary Black Chambers with an award for Black Achievement in STEM. She is an NSF Early CAREER award winner and has served on the executive board of the National Association of Research in Science Teaching and on advisories for NSF-funded grant projects that focus on racial and/or gender equity in STEM. She also serves on the editorial board for Cultural Studies in Science Education, Journal of Research in Science Education and International Journal of Informal Science and Environmental Learning. Her prior appointments include Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York, the American Museum of Natural History, and The New York City Department of Education.
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