UC Davis Arab Region Consortium
Gendering STEM Education Workshop
February 7-9, 2019
Third Floor Board Room, International Center, University of California, Davis
Funded by UC Davis Global Affairs, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, College of Letters and Science, College of Engineering, Student Affairs, in partnership with American University of Beirut (AUB), American University in Cairo (AUC), Lebanese American University (LAU), Birzeit University, American University in Sharjah (AUS)
Thursday, February 7, 2019: International Center, Third Floor Board Room
8:30-9:00 Registration (Coffee, Tea, Pastry and Fruit)
9:00-9:15 Welcome
- Associate Vice Provost Fadi Fathallah, Global Education and Services, Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, UC Davis
- Suad Joseph, Director UCDAR, Distinguished Research Professor, Anthropology and Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies, UC Davis
- Linda Bisson, UC Davis ADVANCE Faculty Director, and Policy and Practices Review Initiative Co-Director, Professor and Maynard A. Amerine Endowed Chair, Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
9:15-9:30 Participant reflections and hopes for the workshop
9:30-12:00 Working Session I: Discussion of Maximal Proposal : Intro, goals and objectives, background (through page 16)
12:00-1:00 Lunch Break: Dos Coyotes
1:00-5:00 Working Session II: Discussion of Maximal Proposal: proposed projects and evaluation of literature; primary research (through page 28)
5:00-5:15 Prepare for Feb. 8 Public Round Table on significance of sense of belonging in STEM disciplines
7:00 Dinner at Village Pizza and Grill, 403 G Street.
Friday, Feb. 8, 2019: International Center, Third Floor Board Room
8:30-9:00 Coffee, Tea, Pastry and Fruit
9:00-12:00 Working Session III: Discussion of Maximal Proposal: Pilot Modules and Pilot Project (through page 40)
12:00-1:30 Lunch Panel: Significance of Sense of Belonging in STEM Disciplines
International Center, Third Floor Conference Room 3119 Caterer: Raja’s Tandoor
- Linda Bisson, Panel Moderator, UC Davis ADVANCE Faculty Director, and Policy and Practices Review Initiative Co-Director, Professor and Maynard A. Amerine Endowed Chair, Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
- Clare Cannon, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Ecology, UC Davis
- Natalia Corporale, PhD, Teaching Faculty, Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, UC Davis
- Ghada Karaki, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Birzeit University, Palestine.
- Iman Osta, Assistant Dean, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Lebanon.
- Rania Siam, Professor, Department of Biology, American University in Cairo, Egypt.
- Dawn Sumner, PhD, Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Davis
1:30-1:45 Logistics
1:45-5:00 Working Session IV: Dissemination, time line and Funding overview: list of agencies, defining lead contact person and agency to request funding from
5:00-6:30 Break
7:00 Dinner: Mustard Seed, 222 D Street, Davis. Reservation for 9 in name of FrancescaWright
Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019: International Center, Third Floor Board Room
8:30-9:00 Coffee, Tea, Pastry and Fruit
9:00-12:00 Working Session V: Funding: game plan for submissions; figure out deadlines, who will lead submission, components to be in the submission, etc.
12:00-1:00 Lunch: Panera Lunch Boxes
1:00-1:30 Feedback on process and suggestions for next phase
3:15-4:00 Next Steps & Closing