Presenting: Dr. Naomi Oreskes, Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University

Title: Diversity Isn’t just the Right Thing to Do; Diversity Helps Us Get the Right Answers

Abstract: Science has lagged behind other professions in working to purposefully create opportunities to expand diversity in its workforce. Critics of such efforts have framed diversity as antithetical to the pursuit of excellent in scientific inquiry, but this framing has the problem backwards. In this talk, I...