Faculty & Researcher Workshop: Asking Different Questions
With Dr. Sarah McCullough, UC Davis Feminist Research Institute (FRI)
About this Event
Free • Lunch Provided
How do histories of eugenics, colonialism, and patriarchy continue to shape research?
Join the UC Davis Feminist Research Institute for a workshop exploring how feminist science studies can help us recognize and redress systemic biases in research and academic culture.
Feminist Approaches to Improve Lab Culture, Research Accuracy, & Public Impact
How do histories of eugenics, colonialism, and patriarchy continue to shape research today?
This workshop offers faculty and researchers in all fields practical tools for recognizing how exclusionary histories influence research questions, methodologies, interpretation, and academic environments.
Participants will explore how addressing systemic bias can:
- Improve the accuracy and impact of scientific research
- Generate more innovative approaches to pressing contemporary issues
- Create more equitable and welcoming research environments
- Support junior scholars and strengthen lab culture
- Turn feminist insights into actionable research practices
Facilitated discussion • Practical tools • Resources for action
About the Facilitator
Sarah Rebolloso McCullough, PhD, runs the Feminist Research Institute at UC Davis, whose mission is to transform research culture to be more accurate, impactful, and humanizing. She created the Asking Different Questions research training program, which teaches feminist science & technology studies to justice-driven STEM researchers. She also conducts research in knowledge justice, environmental justice, mobility, justice, and university-community relations. She earned her PhD in Cultural Studies with a designated emphasis in Feminist Theory & Research at UC Davis.
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Graduate Student Workshop: Asking Different Questions on December 3
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