At This Moment Webinar Series

Amid a global health crisis and a national reckoning of systemic racism, @ This Moment provides a space for PSU researchers to share their work with the community and help provide context for better understanding and responding to this moment in history. Learn more and register: Event Information

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Transforming STEM at PSU

Todd Rosenstiel, Derek McDonald, Erin Shortlidge, Judy BlueHorse Skelton, and Joyce Pieretti

6-3-2021

Our panelists share our vision and approach to creating an inclusive, student-centered Vernier Science Center. The future Vernier Science Center will transform our aging undergraduate science building into a culturally-affirming, state-of-the-art science center that ensures our increasingly diverse student body can access the high-quality research and learning spaces necessary to prepare them for a future in STEM. Learn more about our vision as our panelists explore the intentional practices and spaces that are critical to creating an inclusive, student-centered building.
Picture a Scientist

Eva Thanheiser, Nirupama Bulusu, Theresa M. McCormick, Ashley Streig, Radhika Reddy, and Decatur Mitochondria Foster

5-6-2021

WHEN YOU PICTURE A SCIENTIST, WHO DO YOU SEE?

Women make up less than a quarter of STEM professionals in the U.S., and numbers are even lower for women of color.

Picture a Scientist is a feature-length documentary film chronicling the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists, exposing longstanding discrimination and leading the way in making science more inclusive. A biologist, a chemist, and a geologist lead viewers on a journey through their own experiences in the sciences, ranging from outright harassment to years of subtle slights. Along the way, from cramped laboratories to spectacular field stations, scientific visionaries, including social scientists, neuroscientists, and psychologists, provide new perspectives on how to make science itself more diverse, equitable, and open to all.

The documentary Picture A Scientist chronicles women scientists' experiences, from brutal harassment to years of subtle slights, and provides new perspectives on how to make science more diverse, equitable, and open to all. Join us for our next @ This Moment event for a candid discussion with six women in STEM at PSU, at different stages in their careers, as they share their own experiences and insights and the steps PSU can take to create a more inclusive environment.

The Portland State Library has made viewing the film Picture A Scientist free. You may stream the documentary.
Decolonizing Anthropology

Charles H. Klein, Mrinalini Tankha, Douglas C. Wilson Ph.D., Melanie Chang, and Jeremy Spoon

4-22-2021

Faculty members from our Anthropology Department explore the discipline's colonial histories and more recent efforts to decolonize anthropology within different subfields, as well as concrete approaches the department is adopting toward equity and inclusion.

Panelists:
- Charles Klein, chair and associate professor, medical anthropology
- Mrinalini Tankha, assistant professor, economic anthropology
- Doug Wilson, adjunct associate professor, archaeology
- Melanie Chang, adjunct professor, biological anthropology
- Jeremy Spoon, associate professor, environmental anthropology
Imagining a More Just Future

Walidah Imarisha, Grace L. Dillon, and Kai Hang Cheang

1-14-2021

Our panelists explore alternative futures through Black, Indigenous and queer perspectives.

Panelists:
- Walidah Imarisha, assistant professor, Black Studies
- Grace Dillon, professor, Indigenous Nations Studies
- Kai Cheang, visiting scholar, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
The @ This Moment series provides a space for our researchers to share their work with the community and help provide context for better understanding and responding to this moment in history.
Diversity in the Workplace

Todd N. Rosenstiel, Maura Kelly, Larry R. Martinez, and Kelly Hamilton

12-3-2020

Our panelists explore diversity and inclusion in the workplace, from diversifying the construction trades to reducing discrimination and harassment in the workplace and empowering "ally" employees.
Portland's Past, Present, and Possibility

Todd Rosenstiel, Ed Washington, Lisa Bates, and Roberta Hunte

11-12-2020

Panelists explore the legacies of racism and oppression in Portland, including life in Vanport, gentrification and displacement, and inequities in education.
Reset PSU

Todd Rosenstiel; Ame Lambert; Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr.; Angela Canton; and Vicki Reitenauer

10-1-2020

Our panelists explore how PSU can reset the narrative in a time of national reckoning around issues of race.
Inequities and Opportunities

Todd N. Rosenstiel; Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr.; Idowu Ajibade; Alexander Sager; and Jose Coll

6-4-2020

Panelists talk about concrete steps to dismantle systemic racism. Toxic seeds were planted four hundred years ago, and at this moment, we need to acknowledge that this is a particularly traumatic and enraging time for students, faculty, and staff of color at Portland State University and beyond, and we together have a responsibility to accelerate us toward an equitable future.
Telehealth, Tele-Happy Hours, Tele-Everything

Todd N. Rosenstiel, Megann McGill, John Hellermann, and Steven L. Thorne

5-28-2020

Panelists talk about how they are making telepractice work through collaboration, exploring the impacts of physical distancing as a result of COVID-19, scaling up this service across disciplines and boundaries. Speakers consider how the personal and professional intersect and how informal interactions among educators is happening in virtual settings.
Pandemics in History

Todd N. Rosenstiel, Gina Greco, Natan Meir, and Friedrich Schuler

5-20-2020

Panelists examine texts and historical events, trying to uncover what the people were thinking at the time, and assessing the literary, social, and historic meaning, studying concepts such as the struggle between public duty and private devotion, how minorities are marginalized and ostracized, and how quarantine affects the poor, the wealthy, and the spread of disease - from the 12th to the 19th centuries in France, Germany, and the United States.
COVID and Climate

Todd N. Rosenstiel, Paul Loikith, Sahan Dissanayake, and Rose A. Graves

5-14-2020

Panelists help us think about the affects of COVID on climate change; discussing ways in which the global pandemic is changing the way we can approach and address the climate crisis.
Staying at Home

Todd N. Rosenstiel, Charlotte Fritz, Dara Shifrer, and Cynthia Mohr

5-7-2020

Panelists discuss the intersection of work/non-work lives, the effect of inequalities outside of schools on educational outcomes, and how COVID-19 affects interpersonal relationships.
COVID Conversations

Todd N. Rosenstiel, Kenneth M. Stedman, Brooke Napier, and Lynne C. Messer

4-30-2020

Todd Rosenstiel - Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Programs - introduces the first in a series of webinars hosted by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. This video showcases a conversation with a panel of three experts who discuss the affects of COVID-19 on their work. It is the first recording in a series of six.