Making Science Fair: Applying Psychology to Create Equity in STEM

In this webinar, Aziza Belcher Platt discusses the impact of systemic iniquity at both a personal and societal level and provide tools to assess racial-cultural identities, intersections, and experiences. Learn how to recognize when race is a factor in interpersonal interactions and discuss how racial biases can influence and derail communication and cooperation within teams.

Aziza Belcher Platt, PhD, is a licensed psychologist providing culturally responsive individual and group psychotherapy, family therapy, and psychological assessment. She specializes in racial-cultural issues, trauma, and grief. Platt aims to make therapy more acceptable and accessible for marginalized communities. As a practitioner, Platt works to make the field become increasingly more culturally aware and responsive. As a scientist, she focuses on health disparities and evidence-based research to inform culturally responsive clinical practice.

This event was hosted as part of Gladstone's series Amplified: Race and Reality in STEM. Amplified: Race and Reality in STEM aims to give a national platform to speakers to have candid conversations around race and diversity in the STEM fields. Launched in 2020 as part of Gladstone’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, this series is hosted in partnership with Georgia Tech, the Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute at University of Washington, and The University of Texas at Austin. We hope these discussions spark change throughout the sciences.