Integrating social justice and the socially situated nature of science into a hybrid online introductory plant biology course

A.M. Aramati Casper, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Integrating justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) topics into ecology classes may initially seem like a difficult leap. In this short talk I will take us on a brief journey of how I integrated JEDI topics into a large-lecture style introductory plant biology course through including multiple ways of knowing, the way our own perspectives help us contribute to science, discussing sex and gender from queer-inclusive perspectives, and discussing the CARE principles of Indigenous Data Governance. I will include both strategies I used for curriculum development as well as concrete examples.