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Both panelists will present examples of how our context impacts academic work and vice versa. We will then have a moderated discussion on the presentations. We will conclude with concrete suggestions for how gravitational-wave scientists can act courageously in situations of injustice.

Dr. Wind’s book, “Towers of Ivory and Steel,” discusses the role of Israeli universities and research laboratories in enforcing and maintaining inequalities between Israelis and Palestinians, using sources available to her as a Jewish Israeli citizen....

as a Black woman theoretical physicist to discuss particle physics, and call for a more liberatory practice of science...

President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Departments of Black Study and Media & Cultural Studies, Dr. Maya Wind. Professor Prescod-Weinstein’s book “The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred” draws from their experience and knowledge...

how scientific research can’t avoid its broader political context, and what happens when we try to separate one of these from the other. This event will feature Professor of Physics and Women’s and Gender Studies, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, as well as ...