Project SUPER Research Symposium and STEM Lecture
Douglass's Women in Science and Engineering Program invites you to the Project SUPER Summer Research Program Symposium featuring the accomplishments of Douglass students conducting scientific research. Celebrate their accomplishments, learn more about Project SUPER, and view a range of scientific topics from our 2022 Summer researchers' presentations. The event will also feature the Douglass Annual STEM Lecture, sponsored by Dr. Eileen L. Poiani DC’65. Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant, a wildlife ecologist, is this year's keynote speaker. Her talk, "Non-traditional Identity in a Non-traditional Field: The Power of Uniqueness and Creativity in Building a STEM Career," will focus on diversity in STEM careers. This annual event brings in nationally recognized thought leaders and scientists for an evening that celebrates knowledge, academic excellence, and Douglass students in STEM.
About the Keynote Speaker: Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant
Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant is a wildlife ecologist who researches how human activity influences the behavior of wild animals. As an active scientist, she spends long periods in the wilderness tracking and observing black and grizzly bears in the western United States, and African lions in rural Kenya and Tanzania. Her wildlife exploration and media work has taken her to six of seven continents and over 25 countries. A native Californian, Wynn-Grant attributes her interest in wildlife and conservation from the nature shows she watched on television as a child, and today she uses media to increase representation of Black scientists and explorers. Wynn-Grant received her BS in Environmental Studies from Emory University, her MS in Environmental Studies from Yale University, and her PhD in Ecology and Evolution from Columbia University. She is a faculty member at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at University of California at Santa Barbara. Wynn-Grant envisions a near-future where the outdoors is a safe, equitably accessible, and positively transformative space for all people. She is a scientist, conservationist, equity and justice advocate, and storyteller.
About the Project SUPER Research Program
Project SUPER (Science for Undergraduates: A Program for Excellence in Research) is an enrichment program that
offers Douglass students in STEM majors, who have no prior college level research experience, the opportunity to participate in active research early in their education. Since Project SUPER’s establishment in 1993, participants in the program have been given the opportunity to work on challenging research projects and launch careers in STEM.
Project SUPER scholars learn the basics of conducting research at the university level, earn certification to work in a university research area, and are paired with a principal investigator under whose guidance they conduct academic research. A key goal of the program is to increase gender diversity in graduate STEM programs and the STEM workforce.
For more information, please contact drcadvancement@echo.rutgers.edu.