Graduate Student Seminar
October 04, 2024
12:45 p.m. ET
Wean Hall 7500
Deconstructing Meritocracy: Unpacking Attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts occupy a more prominent place than ever before, in society at large and in higher education. This is especially true in the disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), whose makeup continues to be vastly out-of-proportion with the American population. The past few years have also witnessed a sharp rise in ideological attacks on DEI programs, originating from state legislatures and courts in some cases but also from within the STEM disciplines themselves. This talk will analyze the idea that academic STEM disciplines are truly meritocratic, along with the related notion that “treating everyone the same” is a solution to diversity problems in STEM education. Although my positions are ultimately ideological, they are carefully informed by data.
John M. Herbert, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University
Herbert received a B.Sc. degree summa cum laude from Kansas State University in 1998 and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 2003. He was a NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, and has been at Ohio State since 2006, rising to the rank of Professor in 2014. He is a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE, in 2009), the American Chemical Society (ACS) Outstanding Junior Faculty Award in Computational Chemistry (2010), the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2011), the ACS Journal of Physical Chemistry A Lectureship Award (2014), and the Edward W. Morley Medal from the ACS Cleveland Section (2020). He is also a past recipient of fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2010) and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2016).
Upcoming Events
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January 31 2025
10:00 AM ET
Materials Science and Engineering
"Optimal Discovery of multi-dimensional Pareto Sets in High Entropy Alloys," presented by Raymundo Arróyave, Texas A&M University
McConomy Auditorium, First Floor Cohon University Center
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February 7 2025
10:00 AM ET
Materials Science and Engineering
Intermediate Temperature Proton Conducting Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells with Improved Performance and Durability, presented by Xingbo Liu, West Virginia University
McConomy Auditorium, First Floor Cohon University Center
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February 14 2025
10:00 AM ET
Materials Science and Engineering
"Epitaxial integration of dissimilar semiconductors for infrared optoelectronics," presented by Kunal Mukherjee, Stanford University
McConomy Auditorium, First Floor Cohon University Center
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February 21 2025
10:00 AM ET
Materials Science and Engineering
McConomy Auditorium, First Floor Cohon University Center
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February 28 2025
10:00 AM ET
Materials Science and Engineering
Extreme mechanics and manufacturing of materials across scales, presented by Yu Zou, University of Toronto
McConomy Auditorium, First Floor Cohon University Center
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March 14 2025
10:00 AM ET
Materials Science and Engineering
A Journey from Atoms to Materials: Computationally-Guided Discovery and Design of Functional Materials, presented by Prashun Gorai, Colorado School of Mines
McConomy Auditorium, First Floor Cohon University Center