A Special Topic Class in Chemistry on Feminism and Science as a Tool to Disrupt the Dysconcious Racism in STEM

• Michelle Anne C. Reyes ^[1] ; Jonathan Hall ^[1] ; Yasmene H. Odeh ^[1] ; Aied Garcia ^[1] ; Amy Benton ^[2] ; Anna Moffett ^[1] ; Dennis McCunney ^[1] ; Diya Bose ^[3] ; Sambuddha Banerjee ^[1]
  1. [1] East Carolina University

     East Carolina University

     Township of Greenville, Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] Wayne Community College

     Wayne Community College

     Township of Goldsboro, Estados Unidos

     
  3. [3] William and Mary, United States

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• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 100, Nº 1, 2023, págs. 112-117
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This article presents an argument on the importance of teaching science with a feminist framework and defines it by acknowledging that all knowledge is historically situated and is influenced by social power and politics. This article presents a pedagogical model for implementing a special topic class on science and feminism for chemistry students at East Carolina University, a rural serving university in North Carolina. We provide the context of developing this class, a curricular model that is presently used (including reading lists, assignments, and student learning outcomes), and qualitative data analysis from online student surveys. The student survey data analysis shows curiosity about the applicability of feminism in science and the development of critical race and gender consciousness and their interaction with science. We present this work as an example of a transformative pedagogical model to dismantle White supremacy in Chemistry.