Resisting the Western Scientist Inside and Outside of the Collegiate Biology Classroom
| dc.contributor.advisor | Mayorga, Edwin | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Vallen, Elizabeth | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ventura, Dulce Guadalupe | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-03T19:20:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-06-03T19:20:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Swarthmore College. Dept. of Biology | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Swarthmore College. Dept. of Educational Studies | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10066/24389 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.rights | Full copyright to this work is retained by the student author. It may only be used for non-commercial, research, and educational purposes. All other uses are restricted. | |
| dc.rights.access | No restrictions | en_US |
| dc.title | Resisting the Western Scientist Inside and Outside of the Collegiate Biology Classroom | en_US |