Yale Center for Teaching and Learning

Confronting Eugenics & Its Afterlives in Teaching at Yale

Audience 

Faculty, Staff, Postdoctoral Fellows

Event Time 

Monday, November 13, 2023 - 11:30am to 1:00pm

Location of Event: 

Confronting Eugenics & Its Afterlives in Teaching at Yale

Event Description 

Yale University was a major site of eugenic organizing & research. Yale faculty, alumni and administrators helped found the American Eugenics Society in the 1920s and brought its headquarters to the New Haven Green in 1926. During this time, Yale affiliates with roots Eugenics in many disciplines including biology, economics, geography, anthropology, psychology, medicine, law, and environmental studies contributed to the American Eugenics movement. During this lunchtime, in-person discussion, hosted by Poorvu Faculty Fellow Daniel Martinez HoSang, participants will learn about confronting the history of Eugenics in their social science and STEM disciplines and how doing so can benefit their classroom teaching. The Poorvu Center and Teaching Development and Initiatives are committed to hosting inclusive and accessible events that allow all participants to fully engage. Please contact us (askpoorvucenter@yale.edu) if there are ways we can support accommodations or for questions about inclusion.. . — Event Details: https://yaleconnect.yale.edu/rsvp?id=2245435