Education Symposia

2021 Education Symposia

The following symposia were held during the Society for Developmental Biology 80th Annual Meeting held virtually July 12-16, 2021.

Special Interest Symposium: Developing Mental Wellness at All Stages in Academia

Chairs:  Graciela Unguez (New Mexico State University) and Nicole Theodosiou (Union College)
Speakers: Chrissy Stachl and Wendy Ingram (Dragonfly Mental Health)

Education Workshop – Lessons Learned in Implementing Inclusive Online Labs

Chairs: Anna Allen (Howard University) and Ed Freeman (St. John Fisher College)
Speakers: Alana O’Reilly (Fox Chase Cancer Center), Isha Verma (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), Thomas Onorato (LaGuardia Community College of CUNY), Jennifer Skirkanich (Bryn Mawr College)

2020 Education Symposia

The following symposia were held during the Society for Developmental Biology 79th Annual Meeting held virtually July 9-15, 2020.

Special Interest Symposium: Confronting Bias in Scientific Culture & Workshop: Strategies to Lessen Biases in Science

Special Interest Symposium: Confronting Bias in Scientific Culture (July 9, 2020)
Chairs: Nicole Theodosiou (Union College) and Graciela Unguez (New Mexico State University)
Presenters: Mary Alice Scott (New Mexico State University), Scott Gilbert (Swarthmore College)
Workshop: Strategies to Lessen Biases in Science (July 11, 2020)
Chair: Crystal Rogers (University of California, Davis)
Moderators: Nicole Theodosiou (Union College) and Graciela Unguez (New Mexico State University)
Panelists:Carmen Domingo (San Francisco State University), Barbara Lom (Davidson College), Mary Alice Scott (New Mexico State University), Scott Gilbert (Swarthmore College)

Theme Table: Teaching Developmental Biology Online

Facilitators: Nicole Theodosiou (Union College) and Michael Barresi (Smith College)