By: Ted Picciotto _欧洲杯决赛竞猜app_欧洲杯足球网-投注|官网

Ted Picciotto
Wed, 25 Jan 2017 22:19:21 +0000

“As the faculty member responsible for starting the project, I hear the concerns voiced in these comments with respect to inclusiveness. I think it’s great that everyone wants to feel included and connected. We, unfortunately, were not able to include examples of successful scientists for many race/gender combinations. The mural also lacks diversity in terms of sexual orientation or transgender individuals. The impetus behind the project was to “expand the view” of what a successful scientist looks like even if we were unable to include all race/genders/orientations.

As a white male, whenever I feel people are trying to exclude me, I always try to put myself in other people’s shoes. For example, say you are a student in the physical sciences, but you are not a white male, and notice a very narrow range of gender and race in the scientists discussed in class. Would the lack of diversity in the field be discouraging? As textbooks in the physical sciences tend to highlight the accomplishments of white males, we didn’t feel our students would struggle in finding white male role models.

This does not mean life cannot be full of barriers and struggles for white males or that we should not help everyone the best we can. It just means for this project, we assumed that our students would already had exposure to scientists of that particular background.

I hope this information helps you feel less excluded by this project. We care about all of our students and their perception of potential success. I appreciate you expressing your feelings and I would be happy to talk about it more in person.

Best, Ted Picciotto