We are excited to offer a full-length graduate level course for any interested grad students!
This goal for this course is to provide a venue for members of our graduate community to engage in sustained self-reflection and formal study of the intersections of oppression and academic biology. As graduate-level researchers, part of our job is to understand our field and its evolution through time. Ignoring the historical context that has shaped our field of study leads to an incomplete education as it ignores how the exclusion of marginalized groups from academia has implications for science itself. Compared to previous workshops, a semester-long course will allow us to address historical and contemporary themes through longer readings and guided discussion.
The graduate TAship supporting this course is a paid position for the committee member leading the course each year. Due to accreditation reasons, the instructor of record will be a professor, who will work to support the independence of the graduate TA. The graduate instructor for the inaugural run in Spring 2021 was Raymond Allen, and the faculty instructor of record was Greg Wray. This plan was approved by the biology department’s Directors of Graduate study. A copy of the 2021 syllabus can be found here.
