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Talking About the Hard Stuff: Evolution and Race in American Classrooms
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Talking About the Hard Stuff: Evolution and Race in American Classrooms
Lecture by Dr. Nina Jablonski
Anthropologist Nina Jablonski will explore the troubling lack of evolution, diversity, and race education in American classrooms, and how this absence manifests as an adult population ill-equipped to tackle thornier issues at the intersection of science and identity. Jablonski's research indicates that children do grasp these complex concepts, offering a glimmer of hope that effectively leveraging early childhood science education has a positive ripple effect on society at large.
Nina G. Jablonski
Dr. Jablonski is Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology at The Pennsylvania State University. A biological anthropologist by training, Jablonski pursues issues surrounding the meanings of skin color in modern life, notably the relationships to health and society. She has written two popular books for adults on the subject, Skin: A Natural History (2006) and Living Color: The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color (2012), both published by University of California Press.
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