Science & Society lab-wide club

Prompted by a lab-wide open discussion meeting regarding the deep relationship of our science and past, ongoing, and future societal issues in the Fall of 2019, we launched an initiative to provide mechanisms to learn more about these issues through directed readings and open dialogue. We actively seek input on media that we can distribute for these efforts.

Spring 2020: Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Fall 2020: New Yorker articles on Eugenics (Daniel J. Kevles)
Winter 2020-21: Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.)
Spring/Summer 2021: The Social Life of DNA (Dr. Alondra Nelson)
Fall 2021/Winter 2022: The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
Spring/Summer 2022: Invisible Women: Data Bias In A World Designed For Men (Caroline Criado Perez)
Fall/Winter 2022-23: A Field at a Crossroads: Genetics and Racial Mythmaking (Ashley Smart)
Spring/Summer 2023: Picture a Scientist (Sharon Shattuck & Ian Cheney)