Pathways for Accelerating Change in Social Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in STEM Curricula

Sarah Prescott

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• E-mail

  sarah.prescott@bioquest.org
• Organization

  BioQUEST - Executive Director / UNH - Assoc. Prof./Chief Editor-GCTLC
• Employment Status

  4universityfacultytenured
• Website

  https://www.linkedin.com/in/drprescott/
• ORCID

  0000-0003-4957-2678
• Reason

  (not set)
• Interests

  1. Biochemistry
  2. Biology and Biochemistry Eduation
  3. case studies
  4. chemistry
  5. Chemistry Education
  6. course-based research experiences (CUREs)
  7. DBER
  8. digital tools
  9. genomics
  10. green chemistry
  11. human genetics
  12. OER
  13. online learning
  14. project based learning
  15. social justice
• Biography

  I am the Executive Director of BioQUEST and an Associate Professor of Biochemistry at the University of New Hampshire. I have been involved with the BioQUEST community for many years. This community is truly one of the best that I have been a part of professionally, and I am very happy to help guide it into its next phase. I have a variety of interests, including OER, case studies, digital pedagogy and tools, project, and problem-based learning, green chemistry education, and genomics education. I teach courses in chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, genomics, and green chemistry.
  
  
  
  At BioQUEST, I was the PI on the QB@CC and Online4Bio projects that were completed most recently. I have also co-facilitated learning communities in collaboration with the Inclusive STEM Teaching Project. I am working on several other pedagogical projects. The first is a collaborative project with the American Chemical Society's Green Chemistry Institute (ACS-GCI) involving the development of two General Chemistry modules on Equilibrium using the principles of Green Chemistry, Systems thinking, and the UN Sustainability Design Goals (UN SDGs). My collaborator, David Laviska, and I hope to pilot the first of our modules soon and are continuing to work on a second module.
  On a personal note, I am an avid gardener and homesteader. We own 22 acres of land in Troy, Maine (near Unity), where we are planning our future homestead. I adore cows (esp. highland cattle), and our dream is to have a couple of mini cows, sheep, goats, pigs, and of course, ducks and chickens. We also plan to have a mini-orchard, and I am looking at using permaculture and restorative agriculture methods in our design. Currently, we have 10 chickens, 2 rabbits, 3 dogs, and 8 ducks.
  
  
  
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