Presentations, Invited Talks, and Workshops
Presentations, Invited Talks, and Workshops
AERA 2026
The ACCESS Lab is presenting several papers at AERA in LA:
“ Mapping the Racialized Organization of STEM Academic Departments.”
“How students from different racial backgrounds and act and resist racial scripts in peer discussions”
“ Engineering Education reinforces monolithic constructions of Latiné identity and stifles critical consciousness”
“Examining the exclusionary and affirming racialized experiences of Black women during peer interactions in active learning science classrooms”
“The Perspectives of Culturally Responsive College Instructors in Agriculture Departments at Land Grant Universities.”
NARST 2026
Symposium: Sedlacek, Q. & Russo-Tait, T. Disrupting essentialism and advancing equity in a time of rising authoritarianism.
Round Table: Nguyen, K., Doerr, KT., Johannsen, B.F., Günter, K., Russo-Tait, T. Advancing Theory with Doctoral Students at an International Ph.D. Summer School.
UGA Communication Studies Seminar
“The Exclusionary and Affirming Experiences of Black Students in Active Learning STEM Classrooms”
Hannah Nichols & Tatiane Russo-Tait
Society for the Social Studies of Science
Representation, Reclamation, and Epistemological Boundaries in Scientific Narratives Session
Expanding the Epistemic Boundaries of Biology Education Research, Diyala Shihadih, Brie Tripp, Shahnaz Masani, Terrell Morton, and Tatiane Russo-Tait
ESERA
Recognizing storytelling in science education - A collection of ways to tell stories with
CHAIR
Rie Hjørnegaard Malm
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
DISCUSSANT
Tati Russo-Tait
The University of Georgia, Athens, USA
PhD Summer School: Theorizing in STEM Education Research
PhD Summer School: Theorizing in STEM Education Research
Botany Conference
Presentation “I don’t have white privilege, but I definitely do have a Latino privilege”: Beyond Monolithic Representations of Latinas in STEM”
SABER National
What do science graduate students want to learn about Inclusive Excellence in STEM?Poster presented by Lauryn Gamble
SABER East
Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research East Annual Conference
Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference
Exploring exclusionary and affirming peer interactions in active learning college science classrooms.
Malmo University Research Seminar: Critical Theory and Science Faculty Beliefs
In this seminar, we welcome Dr. Tatiane Russo-Tait to discuss her research on equity and justice in postsecondary STEM education. Color-evasive racial ideology informs STEM instructors’ equity beliefs in ways that constrain their ability to (1) support students from racially minoritized backgrounds, (2) disrupt deficit narratives, and (3) recognize their responsibility in ameliorating racial injustice in their classroom and other spheres of influence. Critical race consciousness development is key for instructors to individually and collectively advance racial justice in STEM learning environments.
SABER Annual Conference
Hannah Nichols will be presenting: “Examining the Exclusionary and Affirming Peer Interactions of Racially Minoritized Students in Active Learning Science Classroom”
2024 NARST
In collaboration with Dr. Max Sherard: Analyzing, critiquing, and re-imagining diversity, equity, and inclusion statements.
2024 NARST
Presentation by PhD student Summer Blanco, in collaboration with Jessica Ortega and Tati Russo-Tait “An Intersectional, Longitudinal Analysis of Latin* Girls' Critical Consciousness.“
UGA Plant Biology Seminar
Color-blind or racially conscious? How college
science faculty make sense of racial/ethnic
underrepresentation in STEM
National Institute on Scientific Teaching Faculty Learning Community
Invited Workshop: Reflecting on Our Beliefs and Practices
4S-The Society for Social Studies of Science
Recasting the Agreements to Re-Humanize STEM Education & Practices
Faculty Seminar Lake Forest College
Color-blind racial ideology and STEM instructor's beliefs and practices
Institute for Women’s Studies Seminar Series
STEM faculty’s equity beliefs and the importance of conscientização
GRC: Undergraduate Biology Education Research
Poster: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Science Faculty Diversity Statements
SEISMIC Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Keynote: Centering Equity and Justice in College Science Teaching
AERA Virtual Conference Division K VP Session–Centering Justice in Teacher Education: Lessons for Pre-K–16 STEM Teaching and Learning
Supporting STEM Faculty to Develop a Critical Consciousness
National Association for Research on Science Teaching Annual Conference
Basu Scholar’s Poster Symposium: Exploring the unstated: Using critical discourse analysis to examine college science faculty diversity statements.
American Education Research Association Annual Conference
Paper presentation “Examining Gender Essentialist Beliefs and their Association with Beliefs about Engineering Among College Engineering Majors”
X-DBER 2023 Conference
Keynote Talk on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, and Belonging
Chemistry Department Seminar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Exploring college science faculty’s equity-related beliefs and practices
Biological Sciences Seminar at the University of Northern Colorado
Exploring how science faculty’s equity beliefs inform practices.
AAC&U Transforming STEM Education
Color-blind or racially conscious? How college science faculty make sense of racial/ethnic underrepresentation in STEM.