Reframing the STEM Classroom: Justice as Pedagogical Practice
In this conversation, Jabari Jones, Emily Murai, and Kriti Sharma reflect on their experiences integrating justice into teaching and curriculum design. They discuss why this work is critical for STEM fields and share lessons learned, concrete approaches, and the institutional and disciplinary transformations needed for justice to become core pedagogy across fields.
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Jabari Jones is an Assistant Professor of Earth and Oceanographic Sciences at Bowdoin College. His research is centered around the role of humans as a geologic agent on Earth and how rivers change through time.
Emily Murai is a Lecturer in UCSC’s Environmental Studies Department and Director of the Emerging Leaders Fellowship program at the Center for Reimagining Leadership. She explores interdisciplinary writing, critical environmentalism, and belonging in higher education.
Kriti Sharma is an Associate Professor of Critical Race Science & Technology Studies and Climate Justice Fellow with the Center for Reimagining Leadership at UCSC. She works at the intersection of science, philosophy, poetics and justice.
The Center for Reimagining Leadership (CRL) is dedicated to establishing workplaces and learning environments that reflect our equity-forward values and allow the full human diversity of our nation and the world to meaningfully contribute to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.
The Teaching & Learning Center (TLC) at UC Santa Cruz supports all members of the teaching community by using research- and equity-minded practices to strengthen the culture of teaching, advance innovative and accessible pedagogy, and promote student success through collaboration with educators and campus partners within our minority-serving research university.
