DR. RAMON LEE
Instructor, Sociology and Anthropology

Dr. Lee will discuss the experiences of mental health, activist burnout, and pathways to liberation that Black people face as they seek social change. The conversation is based on three years of ethnographic research among activists seeking liberation and the complications regarding praxis and the intersections of identity.

Title: Minds for Liberation: Exploring Definitions for Change and Care

DR. MICHELLE GAINES
Associate Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry

Dr. Gaines received a two-year NSF HBCU-UP-LEAPS-MPS grant entitled “Surface Morphological Effect on Biomolecular Attachment to Responsive Microgels for Tunable Biomimetic 3D- Cell Culture Scaffolds.” This grant will allow Dr. Gaines to establish a robust biomaterials research program that examines the chemical and physical behavior of material biomaterials and synthetic biocompatible polymers to study disease tissues.

Title: Polymer Science of Natural and Synthetic Materials