Whether it’s underestimating your own abilities, attributing success to factors beyond your control, or feeling like a fraud in professional contexts, impostor phenomenon encompasses a range of unhelpful feelings experienced by people from historically excluded groups. While targeted interventions that enhance individual’s resilience are insufficient to counteract impostor phenomenon, we’ll explore how structural changes to research culture can improve the workplace for everyone.

Moderator:
Robert Sewell, Head of Academic Affairs and International Relations, ICFO

Panelists:
Simone Eizagirre Barker, Product Manager, NuQuantum Ltd
Cather Simpson, Professor of Physics & Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, CEO, Orbis Diagnostics
Jen Kruschwitz, Associate Professor, The Institute of Optics, Univ of Rochester
Tara Fortier, Project Leader, NIST

 

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Event Details

FORMAT: Panel discussion followed by audience Q&A.
MENU: Coffee, decaf, and tea will be available outside the presentation room.
SETUP: Classroom and theater style seating.