Vivien Thomas: Master Craftsman, Gifted Teacher, and Unsung Hero

Joyner, Alisha; Yeo, Charles J.; Maxwell, Pinckney J.

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“…However, Dr. Thomas' contributions were not officially acknowledged until 1976 when he received an honorary Doctor of Laws from Johns Hopkins University, where he had been working for Dr. Alfred Blalock. Prior to Dr. Thomas's honorary doctorate, Dr. Blalock received all the credit for Dr. Thomas' contributions, due to the institutional racism that only allowed Dr. Thomas to be recognized (and paid as) a janitor and a lab technician (Joyner et al, 2015). Despite the impact of both Dr. Thomas and Dr. Carson, it is unlikely that Black youth encounter these men in their classroom's texts, but through popular media (i.e., the films Gifted Hands and Something the Lord made are two autobiographical films of Dr. Carson and Dr. Thomas respectively), if the youth are exposed to these men at all.…”

Section: Disrupting Curricular Structures: Reimagining Science Techno...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Cultivating Black liberatory spaces in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education: What does it take?

2022

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Black youth who reject this belief carry a heavy burden to resist anti-Black attitudes and continue to strive for excellence. As a result of this antagonistic relationship, many Black learners are led to believe that high competence in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are beyond their grasp. Such beliefs can lead Black learners to determine that the pursuit of success in STEM is not worthwhile. In our vision for Black Liberatory STEM Spaces, the antagonistic relationship between Blackness and success in STEM is dismantled and the forms of violence that support this association are non-existent. The purpose of this paper is to highlight concrete educational practices that move us toward pedagogy that centers Black joy, creativity, imagination, and liberation within STEM education.

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Section: Disrupting Curricular Structures: Reimagining Science Techno...mentioning

confidence: 99%