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Dr. Kimberly A. Scott is the 2022 recipient of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Distinguished Contributions to Gender...

On TechTank, host Nicol Turner Lee is joined by Michael Hansen, senior fellow at the Brown Center on Education Policy and the Herman and...

On the website, Dr. Scott and Dr. O’Leary discuss some of the problems with discourse around grit, students as techno-social change...

I would like to welcome all of you to our event, and I hope you will enjoy being a part of it. Before we proceed, however, I want to...

Many of the pieces in this newsletter describe our most recent achievement--that is, implementing the culturally responsive STEM camp,...

“In an America defined by and founded in racial violence, it is sadly fitting that progress is measured in punishment.” Kamau Bobb opened...

Institutions’ responses to Black Lives Matter include increasing the number of African American employees in their spaces among other...

A few days after the highly publicized attack on the U.S. Capitol, education organizations thoughtfully and rapidly provided lists for...

Much has happened since the last Kim’s Corner. Many will read this from the “comfort” of their home office/desk/chair/corner. Perhaps...

From what we have seen over the past several weeks, the COVID-19 virus, as a pathogen, does not discriminate. The decisions we make in...

A CGEST Affiliate, Dr. Jakita Thomas, and her colleague, Dr. Yolanda Rankin, recently published an article about intersectionality and...

Typically, I like to introduce a new topic related to our events or mission at CGEST in these monthly blogs. This month is different. On...

Squatting. What an ugly term. Squatting refers to an illegitimate appropriation of space. Squatters assume an area that is recognized as...

As a graduate student, I distinctly recall being asked to distinguish between a theory and philosophy. This was an important test because...

In the previous Kim’s corner I promised to speak more about intersectionality and present more about our manifesto. Rest assured, this is...

Over the past year, there have been lots of discussions about intersectionality. Intersectionality means that we are making sure we...

[This event was attended by Dr. Kimberly Scott on June 12, 2018 in Washington, D.C. The roundtable was part of an invitation-only...

On June 19th, Dr. Kimberly Scott and Matthew Ruf of the CGEST team attended the “Cultivating a Fascination for a Future in STEM:...