Resisting the Western Scientist Inside and Outside of the Collegiate Biology Classroom
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Swarthmore College. Dept. of Biology
Swarthmore College. Dept. of Educational Studies
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In this thesis, I explore how conceptions of western science and scientists invade the Swarthmore
Biology department and how it impacts BIPOC students inside and outside the classroom. The
findings indicate that BIPOC students are routinely harmed by many ideas conceived from
colonialism. However, both students and faculty demonstrate resistance inside and outside the
classroom. Inside the classroom, faculty members build strong relationships with students in
small communities and negate Western science's claim of objectivity. Outside of the classroom,
programs like the Biology Big Sibling-Little Sibling program are recentering BIPOC students
and their lived experiences, effectively creating a community where BIPOC students can safely
exist.