This HSTEM student created workshop aims to equip teaching assistants (TAs) in quantitative disciplines with tools to create more welcoming and supportive help sessions, especially for students hesitant to approach professors directly. Led primarily by veteran TAs with input from teaching experts, it also provides strategies for navigating challenging situations, benefiting both TAs and the students they support….
Student-Professor Partnership in STEM: An Introduction to Office Hours
This HSTEM Student created workshop serves to to introduce STEM students to office hours. The workshop aims to help catalyze robust student-professor partnerships in learning that will encourage students to continue their STEM education at Amherst….
Over-representation and De-minoritization: Asian/Americans in STEM (Workshop)
Jackie Shen Why this Workshop Over J-term in my sophomore year at Amherst College, I enrolled in a course called Being Human in STEM. Prior to the first class meeting, we were given an assignment which included a preliminary reflection on our identities and our roles in being human in STEM. The fourth question of…
Group Peer Tutoring: Reducing Belonging Uncertainty in Introductory STEM Courses
Claire Macero, HSTEM ’23S Themes: DEI, Outreach Disconnect Addressed: Advantages contributing to STEM success / Deficiency models often focus on individuals closing gaps Goal: This project will propose a group peer tutoring system to provide academic and social support to students who feel out of place in STEM. Outlining the Need The Leaky Pipeline in…