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• Jake Blanton, Department of Mathematical Sciences – Ex Officio, non-voting member of CoS DEI committee as he represents the CoS on the Faculty Senate DEI Committee
• Carrie Tyler, Department of Geoscience
• Hanqing Pan, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Dieudonnè Phanord, Department of Mathematical Sciences
• Michael Pravica, Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Eduardo Robleto, School of Life Sciences

The objective of CRRT is to, “assist STEM faculty and graduate assistants (GAs) to develop culturally responsive teaching strategies.” Professional development is provided to improve faculty inclusion of culturally relevant and responsive pedagogies and practices. The College of Sciences has faculty and GAs participating in this program for 2022:

The College of Sciences at 51�ԹϺ��� recognizes that women in the STEM fields face a number of challenges at all levels of their career progression. This grant aims to provide funding to individuals or groups within the College to support the advancement of women in science, and to progress gender equity both within 51�ԹϺ��� and STEM fields more broadly.

The WSFC Program was established in Spring 2022 to support and encourage women students in the College of Sciences during their undergraduate and graduate studies. The program provides leadership training, mentoring, networking, and community service opportunities. The WSFC program fosters a better sense of community and belonging, creates a support network for a diverse and interdisciplinary group of women, develops a more inclusive and welcoming culture for women in the College, increases retention and graduation rates, and prepares 18 undergraduate and graduate students each year for long-term career success in the sciences.

For more information, please contact Alison Sloat at alison.sloat@unlv.edu or 702-895-1535.

The College of Sciences is excited to recognize the success of our first-gen community who are/were the first in their families to attend college. Each year in the fall, we collect stories from faculty, staff, students, and alumni in the college to showcase their stories and celebrate their accomplishments.

Eduardo Robleto and Kurt Regner are coPIs on RII-BEC: Enhancing the Transition of COVID-19-Affected Students from Undergraduate to Graduate Careers in STEM through Multi-Year Undergraduate Research Experiences (OIA 2225755, $999,595, PI: L. Atici, Ph.D.).  

51�ԹϺ��� students from Historically Excluded Communities have the opportunity to receive scholarship funds for 4-years along with research training through the Office of Undergraduate Research.  51�ԹϺ��� faculty in the College of Sciences and College of Engineering serve as mentors.  This project at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (51�ԹϺ���) aims to serve the national interest by increasing the number of students completing undergraduate and graduate degrees and pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, which is critical to United States global competitiveness.

The College of Sciences is excited to recognize the success of our first-gen community who are the first in their families to attend college. We encourage you to view the responses on the College of Sciences First-Generation webpage to get a glimpse into their stories, experiences, and their advice to future generations of students. Additionally, you can submit your own first-generation story here for future inclusion on our site through this .

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Additional Resources

• The Intersection 
• Grad Rebel Advantage Program
• STEM Student Organizations 
• College of Sciences Scholarships 
• CSUN Scholarships
• 51�ԹϺ��� Wellness Zone
• Cares Center
• Emergency Retention Grants

Multiple chemistry education research projects (Principal Investigator: MaryKay Orgill) have focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect. Some highlights:

• Eshani N. Lee (Ph.D. Chemistry, 2018) focused her research on ways to make written chemistry assessment items more accessible and equitable for students who do not speak English as their first language. This work has been published in the journal as well as in the special issue on diversity, equity, inclusion and respect. Eshani is currently a faculty member at the Penn State Hazleton campus.
• Schetema Nealy (PhD Chemistry, 2018) was the. Her research focused on the science identity of students from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in STEM. The first article about the results of this research,, was published in the Journal of Negro Education. Schetema is currently a faculty member at Compton College.
• Sarah York, an NSF Graduate Research Fellow pursuing a doctorate in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, designed a written science communication activity that prompts general chemistry students to explore and interpret an instance of environmental racism that connects to many of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), including climate action and clean water. This activity requires students to explore literature on a current event, synthesize information, and write informatively and persuasively to state officials to problem-solve and act. This supports intellectual and moral growth, cultural competence, and problem solving around issues related to social inequities.