Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in MEAM
MEAM’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Task Force, which was formed in the fall of 2020, regularly convenes to (a) tackle immediately pressing DEI issues in MEAM and (b) develop a longer-term plan for improvement and change for all matters relating to DEI.
MEAM DEI Resources & Opportunities
The MEAM Department is particularly proud to have such a diverse and strong community here. In support of that diversity, and to promote an inclusive culture that works to overcome all forms of bias and discrimination, we are proud to announce a new program: MEAM’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Scholarship. This opportunity is open to MEAM undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars, and is an opportunity to build community and enact change.
MEAM DEI Scholars Program
MEAM was proud to introduce the MEAM DEI Scholars program in the Spring of 2022. This program provides opportunities for MEAM students and postdocs to have an impact on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the department by proposing and executing DEI projects conducted in collaboration with MEAM faculty and staff. In recognition of the strength of their proposed ideas and their track records of accomplishment in DEI issues, we were delighted to name three winners: Maerone Alfa (MEAM BSE ’22), Bibit Bianchini (3rd year MEAM PhD), and Justin Hegar (MEAM BSE ’22). We were also delighted to name six additional MEAM DEI Associates. The DEI Associates work with the DEI Scholars to collaboratively advance new DEI initiatives in MEAM. The 2022 DEI Associates are: Michael Klein Wassink, MEAM BSE ’23. Parker LaMascus, 4th year MEAM PhD, Sebastian Magana Miralles, MEAM BSE ’24, Will Schlatterer, MEAM BSE ’23, MSE ’24, Mazhar Sher, MEAM Post Doc, and Jovita Tedja, MEAM BSE ’25.
The Scholars and Associates are pursuing the following three programs:
Scholar: Maerone Alfa, MEAM BSE’22
Project: Growth of Diversity Learning within the MEAM Department
Faculty Advisor: Michelle Johnson
Associates: Will Schlatterer and Mazar Sher
Scholar: Bibit Bianchini, 3rd Year MEAM Ph.D.
Project: Admitted and Current MEAM Graduate Student Outreach
Faculty Advisor: Igor Bargatin
Associates: Parker LaMascus
Scholar: Justin Hegar, MEAM BSE’22
Project: MEAM Undergraduate Mentoring
Faculty Advisor: Dustyn Roberts
Associates: Michael Klein Wassink and Sebastian Magana Miralles
Events
Please check back here in the future for MEAM DEI events, and please click here for a list of DEI events in SEAS.
Questions
If there are any questions, ideas, feedback, or you want to participate in any way please email:
Rob Carpick: carpick@seas.upenn.edu
DEI Task Force Members
If there are any questions, ideas, feedback, or you want to participate in any way please email:
Rob Carpick: carpick@seas.upenn.edu