Pamela E. Harris, PhD

Plenary & Keynotes

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• Society for Mathematical Biology, Critical Dialogue & Changing our Landscape, DEI Workshop, March 2021
  Keynote Address - “Critical Transitions: Redefining Your Scope of Work for Equity and Inclusion in STEM”
  Co-presented with Dr. Aris Winger
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Webinars & Workshops

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• Workshop on Developing a Mathematical Research Agendas, SACNAS, October 2021
   

• Online Seminar On Undergraduate Mathematics Education (OLSUME), October 2021
  Incorporating research opportunities in undergraduate math courses (video)
   

• Utilizing  Lessons Learned During the Pandemic to Strengthen Undergraduate Research Moving ForwardMAA Virtual Programming (Panel), September 2021
   

• Avoiding the Academic Savior Complex: How to be better mentors, September 2021
  Trinity College
   

• Student Workshop on Letters of Recommendation, Davis Center Williams College, September 2021
  Workshop lead
   

• Hidden NORMS: Navigating Obstructive Rules in the Mathematical Sciences, June 2021-May 2022
  Sponsored by The American Institute of Mathematics
  Co-organized with Kimberly Hadaway, Daniel Qin, Dr. Vanessa Rivera Quiñones, and Dr. Dwight Williams
   

• Latinx Mathematicians Research Network, June 2021-May 2022
  Sponsored by The American Institute of Mathematics
  Co-organized with Jesús De Loera
   

• Creating A Better Summer Experience: A DEI Workshop For REU Directors And Faculty Mentors, May 2021
  Sponsored by The Center for Minorities in the Mathematical Sciences
  Lead Organizer and Speaker
   

• Advocating for Students of Color: There's More You Can Do - Fall 2020​
  Co-organized with Drs. Aris Winger and Michael Young

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Part 1: Advocating for Students of Color in Your Classroom, September 2020

Part 2: Advocating for Students of Color in Your Department, October 2020

Part 3: Advocating for Students of Color in Your Institution, November 2020

Part 4: Advocating for Students of Color in the Mathematics Community, December 2020

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• Math SWAGGER Webinar: Lessons Learned
  Co-organized with Drs. Drs. Vanessa Rivera Quiñones, Aris Winger and Michael Young
   

  • September 16 and 22, 2020, open to the public

  • October 23, 2020, Colorado School of Mines

  • October 28, 2020, Arizona State University

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• Fostering Equity in the STEM Classroom - June 2020
  Program led by Dr. Aris Winger, co-facilitators: Drs Pamela E. Harris and Dwight Williams
   

  • Additional webinars in September, October, and November​ 2020
     

• Tartan Scholars MEDAL Consultations, Carnagie Mellon University, August 2020
  Co-facilitator for event organized by Dr. Aris Winger and Michael Young

Panels & Invited Talks

 

• Meeting of Mexican Mathematicians in the World, Casa de Matematicas Oaxaca, December 2021
  Charla de genero y diversidad
   

• Pathways to diversity and inclusion in Mathematics Panel, Pan-American Meeting of the IMU-CWM, November 2021
  Talk and panel on DEI in mathematics
   

• Book Club Meeting, Appalachian State University, November 2021
  Advocating for Students of Color, with Aris Winger
   

• Latinx Mathematicians Research Community Professional Development Session, November 2021
  Finding your place at a Liberal Arts College
   

• Special EDI-tion Colloquium, Cardiff University, November 2021
  Avoiding the academic savior complex: How to be better mentors
   

• AWM Teaching and Diversity Seminar, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, November 2021
  Avoiding the academic savior complex: How to be better mentors
   

• SACNAS, October 2021
  Panel moderator for Testimonios: Stories of Latinx and Hispanic Mathematicians, with Andrés Vindas-Meléndez
   

• We Speak: Presidents, AWM virtual panel, October 2021
  Representing Lathisms
   

• Murray State University, October 2021
  Faculty Focus Groups & Fostering Faculty Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Through Advocacy, with Aris Winger
   

• 2021 PIMS-UBC Math Job Forum for Postdoctoral Fellows and Graduate Students, October 2021
  Finding your place at a Liberal Arts College
   

• Lunch in the Time of COVID Series, October 2021
  On Advocating For Students Of Color In Mathematics, with Aris Winger
   

• Mathematical Congress of the Americas, July 2021
  Panelist for event organized by the Comisión de Género y Diversidad de la Unión Matemática de América Latina y el Caribe (UMALCA)
   

• The Science of Mentoring, MSRI Academic Sponsors Meeting, March 2021
  Co-presented with Dr. Abbe Herzig 
   

• On advocating for Students of Color in Mathematics, High Point University, March 2021
  Co-presented with Aris Winger
   

• Supporting Students of Color in Mathematics, Looney Math Consulting,  February 2021
  Co-presented with Aris Winger
   

• Finding and Amplifying Our Voices: Mathematically Gifted and Black, Lathisms, and Pacific Islanders in Mathematics
  Panel at Joint Mathematics Meeting 2021,  January 2021
   

• Belonging in Science And How the Science Community Can Better Address Racial Inequality
  SACNAS @ Genentech, September 2020
   

• Women of Color Succeeding in STEM, STEM for Her, August 2020
   

• The People - Advancing Math Education Panel,  August 2020