Name: Identity and Belonging in Learning Environments (Lightning Talks)
Start: 2020-11-14T14:00:00-0600
End: 2020-11-14T14:45:00-0600

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Identity and Belonging in Learning Environments (Lightning Talks)

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The following lightning talks will be in the session:

In between the lines: Creating a homeplace in education by Kaleb Germinaro
The affordance of identity supportive design of digital environments on adolescent African-American girls’ STEM identity by Shelana Martin
Implications of sociopolitical and historical contexts on the identity and learning of South Asian Muslims by Ayesha Bhimdiwala
El centro de la raza: A place for Seattle's minoritized community by Ishmael Miller
Suffering while learning: How can we bring psychotherapy research into learning? by Gabriel S. Ehrlich
Conversations about ethnocentrism: Transitional othering and visitor positioning in public computing by Basak Helvaci-Ozacar, Apoorve Chokshi, Marie Claire Shanahan and Pratim Sengupta

Speakers

Kaleb Germinaro

PhD Student and Graduate Researcher, Resilience Lab-University of Washington

I am a PhD student in Learning Sciences and Human Development from the University of Washington. My work and interests are focused on centering mental well-being in education for the purpose of building healthy communities.

Ishmael Miller

Educational Researcher, University of Washington-Seattle

Ishmael Miller is a Ph.D Candidate studying Educational Policy, Organizations, and Leadership at the University of Washington-Seattle (UW). Miller has worked at several expanded Learning opportunities as a volunteer, front-line staff, program manager, advisory board member, and educational... Read More →

Ayesha Bhimdiwala

Shelana Martin

Masters Student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamapign

I am a second year Master's student in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Digital Environments for Learning, Teaching, and Agency. My research interests are identity motivation and STEM field career interest increase for adolescent Black girls through culturally... Read More →