Upcoming Events
Anti-Racism Faculty Development Series
Dr. Karine Fenelon will be discussing Racial and gender bias in the workplace on Nov. 20 at 12 pm.
UMass Biology and IDGP faculty can register to participate here.
Dr. Fenelon is an Assistant Professor at UMass in the College of Natural Sciences in the Biology Department. She did her training at McGill University and University of Sherbrooke. She obtained her PhD at University of Montreal and performed her postdoctoral research training at Columbia University. As a Neuroscientist, Dr. Fenelon’s research program focuses on better understanding the neural elements and circuits underlying sensory information filtering involved in pre-attentive processing. Her laboratory uses animal models to provide a better understanding of the physiological dysfunction in patients suffering from sensory information filtering and identify potential targets for therapeutic interventions. Through the Teaching for Inclusiveness, Diversity, & Equity training offered to faculty at UMass, Dr. Fenelon developed skills to enhance students’ learning and academic success across cultural, social and learning differences by adopting a strength-based, inclusive and equitable approach to teaching and learning grounded in the value of diversity. This, along with her personal experience, allowed her to acquire expertise and contribute to the dialogue about and practice for inclusiveness, diversity, and equity not only in the classroom but also in the workplace.
Special Film Screening
The Arkansas Peace & Justice Memorial Movement is organizing a screening of the film Ashes to Ashes. The film tells the story of Winfred Rembert, who survived an attempted lynching in 1967.
There are two opportunities to screen the film followed by discussion with:
Kwami Abdul-Bey, co-founder of the Arkansas Peace & Justice Memorial Movement
Karen Branan, reporter and author of The Family Tree: A Lynching in Georgia
Sheila Moss-Brown, granddaughter of Henry Peg Gilbert, who was lunched in 1947 in Georgia
Register for one of the following screenings here:
Friday, Nov. 13, 7 – 9 pm Eastern
Sunday, Nov. 15, 4 – 6 pm Eastern