Annealing STEM

The path to graduate school is never easy, but sometimes it is far tougher that it should be. Join Efraín Torres as he interviews his older brother, José Luis Torrez on his experience as an advisor for international and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students in Malcolm X. College in Chicago, IL. In his capacity as advisor he helps students navigate their way through community college over the countless obstacles that Dreamers uniquely face in their daily lives.
Also, coming up on January 2022 we'll be doing an AMA with International Student and Scholar Services here at the University of Minnesota. Send us your questions or comments at [email protected] or through our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/annealingstem/ so we can ask your questions on air!
Show Notes:
DEI Page CEMS: https://cse.umn.edu/cems/diversity-equity-inclusivity
Malcolm X College, City Colleges of Chicago: https://www.ccc.edu/colleges/malcolm-x/pages/default.aspx
Tim Cook Signs Supreme Court Brief in Support of DACA: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2019/10/02/tim-cook-files-supreme-court-brief-in-support-of-daca/?sh=7e7678231465
The Daily: Joe Manchin's Motivations: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/podcasts/the-daily/joe-manchin-joe-biden-democratic-party.html
Dreamer Confronts Kyrsten Sinema on Plane: "This is My Life and the Life of Millions": https://www.newsweek.com/dreamer-confronts-kyrsten-sinema-plane-this-my-life-life-millions-1635510
America's Brain Drain Dilemma: Immigrant Students who Leave: https://money.cnn.com/2013/01/31/smallbusiness/stem-immigrants/
Immigration restrictions fuel reverse brain drain: aw.emory.edu/news-and-events/releases/2018/06/immigration-restrictions-fuel-reverse-brain-drain.html

Dive into the making of the diversity, equity and inclusion movement in our Chemical Engineering and Materials Science department with our special guest, Elisah VandenBussche. We'll be exploring the milestones of the movement as well as its vision and tips for other departments looking to make the move!
Show Notes:
DEI Page CEMS: https://cse.umn.edu/cems/diversity-equity-inclusivity
Code Switch Episode: https://www.npr.org/2021/06/08/1004467239/the-racial-reckoning-that-wasnt
Ethic of Discomfort: https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2020.1851810
Spectrum of Allies Construction: https://www.trainingforchange.org/training_tools/spectrum-of-allies/

In this episode Gabby, Marisa, Anisha, and Yuheng discuss all things imposter syndrome. We discuss what it means to us, how we manage it, and how we propose departments can help mitigate its impact on students' mental health.
Want to learn more about the topics on this show? Here are some additional resources:

• Unpacking the Imposter Syndrome and Mental Health as a Person of Color First Generation College Student within Institutions of Higher Education
• It’s Not Just You: In Online Meetings, Many Women Can’t Get a Word In
• Impostor Feelings Fuel Negative Mental Health Outcomes for Minority Students
• Negative perfectionism increases the risk of fatigue following a period of stress
• WorkLife with Adam Grant: Burnout is Everyone's Problem
• Imposter Syndrome Threatens Diversity

Song Credit

Artist Name: Robert John

Track Title: Slinky

Album Title: Umber

Track Number: 4

Year: 2019-04-19T09:46:24

URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Robert_John/Umber/Slinky_1145

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Why should one care about DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) initiatives in the sciences? Our team here at Annealing STEM shares their own experiences as students of color navigating academia.
Song Credit

Artist Name: Robert John

Track Title: Slinky

Album Title: Umber

Track Number: 4

Year: 2019-04-19T09:46:24

URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Robert_John/Umber/Slinky_1145

Comments: http://freemusicarchive.org/

Copyright: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

A new series where a group of graduate students and postdocs in chemical engineering, materials science, and biomedical engineering get together to discuss and understand the relationship between identity and the student experience in STEM academia.
Song Credit

Artist Name: Robert John

Track Title: Slinky

Album Title: Umber

Track Number: 4

Year: 2019-04-19T09:46:24

URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Robert_John/Umber/Slinky_1145

Comments: http://freemusicarchive.org/

Copyright: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/