IBB Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Seminar

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Tuesday April 27, 2021
      11:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Location: Virtual Event - see description for participation info
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  • Fee(s):
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Contact

Ed Botchwey, Ph.D. - Chair, IBB Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
Colly Mitchell - event inquiries

Summaries

Summary Sentence: "My Perspective on Disability for the STEM Community and Beyond" - Mark Colasurdo, Graduate Student, Georgia Tech

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"My Perspective on Disability for the STEM Community and Beyond"

Mark Colasurdo

Doctoral Candidate
Andrés García, Ph.D., Advisor
Georgia Tech

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A conversation with Georgia Tech graduate student Mark Colasurdo who will discuss his background and provide personal and broader perspectives on what it’s like to navigate STEM with disability. He will share some of the difficult aspects ranging from making work in the lab accessible to the challenges of disclosing disability, identifying as someone with a disability, and how this may play a role in facing obstacles such as imposter syndrome.

This series is hosted by the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Science (IBB) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.

Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
Yes
Groups

Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB), Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering

Invited Audience
Faculty/Staff, Postdoc, Public, Graduate students, Undergraduate students
Categories
Seminar/Lecture/Colloquium
Keywords
IBB, go-bio
Status
  • Created By: Colly Mitchell
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Apr 9, 2021 - 1:37pm
  • Last Updated: Apr 27, 2021 - 12:35pm