Friday, May 5, 2023
11:30am-12:20pm
“Science can’t be racist! It’s how we come to an objective understanding of the world.” The problem, of course, is that science is still a human endeavor. With that come all the biases that plague humanity. Take a tour of science’s racist past, learn how it’s improving, and find out where some of the major challenges still lie.
Stephanie Zvan is the associate president of Minnesota Atheists and on the board of Secular Woman. She’s one of the co-founders of the Secular Women Work conferences. She teaches geeks about science and critical thinking at science fiction and fantasy conventions and atheists about community at national and regional conferences. Her writing on the intersection of science and politics has appeared in the Scientific American guest blog. Her work on codes of conduct is shared as a resource in the Geek Feminism Wiki and other venues. She’s a former host and interviewer for Atheists Talk radio. You can find her writing at Almost Diamonds on The Orbit.
