Dillard University Undergraduate Research: Promoting Diversity from the Inside Out: Choosing and Preparing for Careers in the Sciences

Promoting Diversity from the Inside Out:

Choosing and Preparing for Careers in the Sciences

featuring

Thomas  Landefeld,  Ph.D.

Thursday, March 8, 2012   *   4:00 p.m.

  PSB 131-135

This talk is applicable to individuals at all levels within the academic community. Overall, the presentation is designed to provide a realistic perspective of the current status of minorities in the sciences, the reasons for this status, and actual methods to deal effectively with the problem of under representation.

Featured Speaker
Dr. Thomas Landefeld, professor of biology at California State University, Dominguez Hills, is a teacher-scholar-mentor who is dedicated to the education, involvement and advocacy of students and minority issues.  As an endocrinologist, Dr. Landefeld’s primary research interests involve the regulation of the female sexual cycle, concentrating on the molecular aspects of that regulation, i.e. changes in the gonadotropin subunit mRNAs during the estrous cycle in response to ovarian steroids, GnRH, and other physiological parameters.  A major focus of Dr. Landefeld has been determining the causes of minority health disparities, many of which are endocrine disorders and diseases, so that these disparities can be eliminated.  Dr. Landefelfd is commited to the advancement of minorities in the pursuit of higher education, particularly in the sciences.  Not surprisingly, this actually goes back to his foundation of advocacy for minority issues.  Dr. Landefeld is a champion of initiatives that advance mentoring of students in higher education.   He is author of Mentoring and Diversity: Tips for Students and Professionals for Developing and Maintaining a Diverse Scientific Community (2009, Springer, Inc.).  This guidebook is an excellent resource for minorities at all levels, e.g. students, faculty, researchers, and others.  Dr. Landefeld’s discussion on March 8 will have relevance to faculty in all disciplines and students in all majors.

Sponsors:   DU-LAMP/School of STEM and the Dillard Office of Undergraduate Research

Refreshments will be served.
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Lynn Y.R. Strong, MPA, CIM
Director, Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate Enrichment Programs
Administrator, IRB/Manager, HSR
Dillard University
Professional Schools Bldg., Rm. 250
2601 Gentilly Blvd.
New Orleans, LA  70122
Tel:   504-816-4446
Fax:  504-816-4313
lstrong@dillard.edu

     

Dillard University Undergraduate Research: Promoting Diversity from the Inside Out: Choosing and Preparing for Careers in the Sciences