UC Davis Arab Region Consortium
Gendering STEM Education Workshop
UPDATED AND REVISED
October 11-13, 2018
Room 2119, 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, October 11, 2018: International Center, Second Floor Conference Room 2119
8:30-9:00 Registration (Coffee, Tea, Light Snack)
9:00-9:30 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
9:30-10:15 Participant reflections and hopes for the workshop
10:15-12:00 Discussion of Maximal Proposal
12:00 Lunch Break
1:00-1:15 Logistics
1:15-2:30 Proposed Project and Activities
Proposal Objective One
2:30-3:30 Proposal Objective Two
3:30-3:45 Break
3:45-5:00 Proposal Objective Two (continue) or move onto Objective Three
5:00-5:15 Prepare for Oct. 12 Public Round Table on Gendered/Intersectional Perspectives on Science
6:45 Guests picked up at Palm Court Best Western and driven to dinner at home of Suad Joseph
7:00 Catered dinner at Suad Joseph’s home
Friday, October 12, 2018: International Center, Second Floor Conference Room 2119
8:30-9:00 Light breakfast Coffee, Tea and Fruit
9:00-10:30 Proposal Objective Two (continued)
Ethnographic Study
10:30-11:45 Proposal Objective Three
International Center, Third Floor Conference Room 3119
12:00-1:30 Public Roundtable: Frontiers of STEM Education: International Cultural and Gender Frameworks
- Suad Joseph, Round Table Chair, Distinguished Research Professor, Anthropology and Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies, Director UCDAR, 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 and Chair, Department of Biology, American University in Cairo, Egypt.
- Livia Wick, Associate Professor and Chairperson, Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies Department, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
1:30-5:00 Proposal Objective Three (continued)
5:00-6:30 Break
6:30-8:00
OPTION A:
Dinner at local restaurant and 2nd Friday Art Walk (SEASONS 10)
OPTION B:
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Celebration reception and farmers market, ARC Pavilion, UC Davis $20/person on your own
Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018: International Center, Second Floor Conference Room 2130
8:30-9:00 Coffee, Tea and Fruit
9:00-10:30 Proposal Objective Four
11:00-12:00 Foundation Research
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Feedback on process so far and suggestions for next phase
1:30-3:00 Grants and Fund-Raising & Assignment of Tasks
3:15-4:00 Next Steps & Closing
Visit Manetti Shrem Museum or Walk in Arboretum
5:00
OPTION A: Dinner at Café Bernardo
OPTION B: TASTE! Robert Mondavi Institute
Wine, Art, Beer and Music Festival, $35 per person