2020 ERN Conference Plenary Session Videos
Plenary Session I
Moderator: Shirley M. Malcom, Senior Advisor, and Director of SEA Change, AAAS
NSF Welcome Remarks: Sylvia James, Deputy Assistant Director, Directorate for EHR, NSF
AAAS Welcome Remarks: Sudip Parikh, CEO and Executive Publisher, Science Magazine, AAAS
Neela White, AAAS Project Director, HBCU Maker & Innovation Showcase
ERN Alumni Panel
Panel Introduction: Claudia Rankins, Program Director, EHR, NSF
Moderator: Kelly Mack, VP, Undergraduate STEM Education, AAC&U and Executive Director, Project Kaleidoscope
Panelists:
Wesley Cuadrado-Castillo, PhD Candidate, University of Florida
Monica Golgi, PhD Candidate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jonathan Jones, Engineer, Corteva Agriscience
Alexandria Stewart, Undergraduate, University of Texas at San Antonio
Safira Sutton, PhD Candidate, University of Georgia, Athens
Plenary Session II
AAAS Welcome Remarks: Se Kim, Deputy Chief Program Officer, AAAS
Moderator: Camille McKayle, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas & St. Crox
Closing and Announcements: Iris R. Wagstaff, ERN Conference Lead & NSF PI, STEM Program Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), AAAS
Panelists:
Davina Durgana, AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador & Adjunct Instructor School of International Service, American University
Diana Yousef, Founder and CEO of Change: WATER Labs and a AAAS Lemelson Invention Ambassador
Sacoby Wilson, Associate Professor, Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health & Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park
Plenary Session III
Moderator: Shirley M. Malcom, Senior Advisor, and Director of SEA Change, AAAS
Closing Moderator: Iris R. Wagstaff, ERN Conference Lead & NSF PI, STEM Program Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), AAAS
Speaker:
Crystal Emery, Founder & CEO, URU the Right to Be, Inc. and AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador
Plenary Session IV
Moderator: Shirley M. Malcom, Senior Advisor, and Director of SEA Change, AAAS
Speaker:
John Urschel, PhD Candidate, Department of Mathematics, MIT and Author, Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football
Recognition of David and Lucille Packard HBCU Scholars: James Stith, Vice President Emeritus, American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Recognition of the AAAS Policy Fellows, SACNAS Leadership Institute Alumni, and the L’Oreal USA for Women in Science (FWIS)Fellows:
Shirley M. Malcom, Senior Advisor, and Director of SEA Change, AAAS
Iris R. Wagstaff, ERN Conference Lead & NSF PI, STEM Program Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), AAAS
Presentation of EFRI-REM Poster Awards: Sohi Rastegar, Director of EFMA/EFRI, NSF
Presentation of the HBCU Making & Innovation Showcase Awards: Neela White, Project Director, AAAS
Presentation of Oral and Poster Awards: Jonathan Lambright, Professor, Dean of College of Sciences and Technology, Savannah State University
Shirley M. Malcom, Senior Advisor, and Director of SEA Change, AAAS
Claudia Rankins, Program Director, HRD, NSF