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Puerto Rico Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) regional meeting

Puerto Rico Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) regional meeting. Lilliam Casillas Martinez, Ph.D. Associate Dean of Research Affairs University of Puerto Rico-Humacao. PKAL, May 25, 2017. Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL)

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Puerto Rico Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) regional meeting

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  1. Puerto Rico Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) regional meeting Lilliam Casillas Martinez, Ph.D. Associate Dean of Research Affairs University of Puerto Rico-Humacao PKAL, May 25, 2017

  2. Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) Teaching to Increase Diversity in STEM (TIDES) Cybernetic girls can be pinky proposal

  3. Cybernetic Girls can be Pinky • Revamping URPH core courses with more critical thinking and computational skills • 2. Faculty Development Training on best educational practices within a Culturally-sensitive curricula • 3. Empower Latinas to enter into computational fields

  4. Even tough UPR accounts for 11% of the total number of Hispanics in graduate programs, our efforts are not as evident. WHY?

  5. Winner of the 2012 Carski Foundation Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award Empowering Hispanics While Conducting Research in Geomicrobiology and Metagenomics Lilliam Casillas Martinez, Ph.D. Award Lecture

  6. Impostor Syndrome • Impostor syndrome is a concept describing high-achieving individuals who are marked by an inability to internalize their accomplishments and a persistent fear of being exposed as a "fraud".

  7. https://www.cienciapr.org/en/forum-topic/ encuesta-de-percepciones-raciales-en-las-ciencias

  8. How many African-decendent scientists in Puerto Rico do you collaborate with?

  9. TODAY • We stop feeling like impostors • We start reporting and presenting

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