Incorporating Social Justice into STEM

Language Justice and Practices

  • Language is used to explain different functions, however, there are some problematic terminologies used in science, and elsewhere, that should be critically assessed.听
  • A change that must happen is eliminating the use of "slave and master" with vacuum pumps an other IT equipment used in science5. More appropriate language terms would be 鈥渇ollower and lead鈥.听

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Inclusive Research

  • 鈥淢any indigenous communities and organizations have developed policies about research, are discussing issues related to control over research activities and the knowledge that research produces, and have developed ethical guidelines and discussion documents鈥 (, pg 4)
  • 鈥淕raham Smith has posited four models by which culturally appropriate research can be undertaken by non-Indigenous researchers: mentoring model; adoption model; power-sharing model; empowering outcomes model听 (, pg 230)

颁辞濒辞谤补诲辞听

  • Colorado EnviroScreen is an interactive map. It is a tool for environmental health screening that identifies areas with disproportionate environmental health risks. A team from Colorado State University (CSU) and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) created Colorado EnviroScreen6.听
  • Colorado EnviroScreen is intended to be a screening tool (interactive map) to identify areas of Colorado that are affected by environmental injustice.
  • Thanks to this tool, Disproportionately Impacted Communities across Colorado may be able to benefit from money and resources, opportunities to participate in governance, prioritized emissions reductions, increased monitoring, and increased EPA enforcement and compliance initiatives.听

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