Symposium Registration and Schedule

9:00 – 9:30 am Registration and Breakfast

9:30 – 9:45 am Opening remarks

9:45 – 11:35 am Session 1A: Building an Archival Bridge: From Humanities to STEM, Theory to Practice

Primary Sources in the Classroom, L. Anderberg, Z. Collier, C. Leslie (New York University)
Bridging Two Cultures: Undergraduate Biology Instruction through the Lens of Archives and Special Collections, B. Losoff, D. Hollis (University of Colorado, Boulder)
Unbuilding a Wall: Breaking down communication conventions in the sciences using historical sources, R. Kuglitsch (University of Colorado, Boulder)

11:35 – 11:50 am Break

11:50 – 1:10 pm Session 2A: Crossing into the Classroom I: Humanities Knowledge for STEM Education

The Affordances of History in Understanding Contemporary Issues in Mathematics Education, N. Joseph (Vanderbilt University), T. Frank (George Mason University)
Early Modern Computation: Incorporating Archival Materials and Early Modern Instruments into Mathematics Courses, J. Egloff (Zayed University, United Arab Emirates)
The Cultures of Materials Science and Engineering: Bridging Scientific/Social Literacies in the Interdisciplinary Classroom, M. Bryant, M. Eaverly (University of Florida)

1:10 – 2:10 pm Lunch

2:10 – 3:10 pm Archives Spotlight: Collections from local STEM archives will be featured in a hands-on classroom activity.

3:10 – 4:40 pm Session 3A: Connecting the Personal, Professional, and Technological: Historical Narratives in STEM

The HD of STEM2 — Joanne Simpson and the Tropical Atmosphere, J. Fleming (Colby College)
Exhuming the Past: How Old Books Bring New Life to Medical Education, M. Swan (Dartmouth College)
Humanizing Computer History, B. Longo (New Jersey Institute of Technology)

4:45 – 6:00 pm Reception

9:00 – 9:30 am Registration and Breakfast

9:30 – 9:45 am Opening remarks

9:45 – 11:15 am Session 1B: Crossing Bridges, Testing Boundaries: Case Studies

Why NASA Developed a Cookbook, J. Malin (New York University)
Ethics in STEM Archives: the AIDS History Project Case Study, P. Ilieva (University of California, San Francisco)
The Cybernetics Thought Collective Project: Using Computational Methods to Create Access to the Archives of Cybernetics, B. Anderson (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

11:15 – 11:30 am Break

11:30 – 1:00 pm Session 2B: Missed Connections: Archival Silences in STEM Narratives

It Takes a Village: Documenting the Contributions of Non-Scientific Staff to Scientific Research, V. Higgins (Fermilab)
The Personal is Archival: Researching and Teaching With Stories of Women Engineers, Scientists, and Doctors, A. Bix (Iowa State University)
Sexual Silences: Reading between the Lines of the Eugen Steinach-Harry Benjamin Correspondence, T. Butcher (University of Virginia)
Lessons and Tools for Responding to Collection Emergencies, S. Chin (New York University, Langone)

1:00 – 2:00 pm Lunch

2:00 – 3:00 pm Archives Spotlight: Collections from local STEM archives will be featured in a hands-on classroom activity. .

3:00 – 4:50 pm Session 3B: Crossing into the Classroom II: STEM Archives for Humanities Education

A Review of Opportunities for Science Research and Place-Based Science Storytelling in the Undergraduate Classroom Utilizing Archival Material, C. Morse-Harding, C. Hitchcock (Brandeis University)
Borrowing a Bird’s Eye: Teaching Urban-Based Environmental Science with Humanities and Archival Resources, D. Lennon (Columbia Secondary School / SUNY-ESF, ESF in the High School) and T. Collins (Rutgers University)
Archive as Laboratory: Engaging STEM Students & STEM Collections, T. Grimm, S. Vostral (Purdue University)
Growing Up at the Museum: A Long-term Science Program’s Effect on Low-income Students, M. Tavlin (Teachers College, Columbia University)

4:50 – 6:00 pm Reception

Address any questions you have to: humanitiesforSTEMsymposium@nyu.edu