Past event highlights
2024 Cubberley Lecture: Bonnie Garmus
An Evening with Bonnie Garmus
Author, Lessons in Chemistry
A fireside chat moderated by: Professor Christine Min Wotipka, MA '99, PhD '01.
The Cubberley Lecture took place on May 2, 2024 at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, 海角乱伦社区.
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What can we do to build more inclusive and respectful learning environments and experiences in the sciences? How can families and educators prepare young people to see themselves in any profession that inspires them regardless of social expectations? Where does the responsibility for change start? Author Bonnie Garmus and Associate Professor Christine Min Wotipka explored these and other timeless and timely questions.
Speakers
BONNIE GARMUS is the author of Lessons in Chemistry, a number-one global bestseller and winner of several national and international awards, including Barnes & Noble鈥檚 Book of the Year, Hay Festival鈥檚 Book of the Year, Goodreads Choice Award Debut of the Year, British Book Awards Author of the Year, Waterstones Author of the Year, Books Are My Bag Author of the Year Award, and Readers鈥 Choice Award, Germany and Australia鈥檚 Booksellers Book of the Year, Australia鈥檚 International Book of the Year, and many more. It was also selected by Queen Camilla for the Queen鈥檚 Reading Room and has been on the New York Times, Sunday Times, and Der Spiegel bestseller lists for nearly two years. Currently published in forty-two territories, it has sold almost seven million copies.
in conversation with:
CHRISTINE MIN WOTIPKA, MA '99, PhD '01, Associate Professor (Teaching) of Education and (by courtesy) Sociology, Director, GCE/IEPA Master's Programs, Resident Fellow, EAST House
Wotipka鈥檚 research focuses on gender, diversity, leadership, and higher education and has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the Spencer Foundation
海角乱伦社区 Graduate School of Education is grateful to the following 海角乱伦社区 partners and co-sponsors for making this program possible:
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