Welcome back to our series, Driving Equitable and Inclusive Research. In this part, we continue introducing the dedicated members of our Course Review Panel, who are shaping the future of our courses, emphasizing equity and inclusivity in research. Let's meet the remaining four members of this exceptional panel.
Who is Mark Wong?
Mark is a Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor in Public Policy and Research Methods at the University of Glasgow, UK. His work focuses on racial justice in the context of data and AI. Methodologically, he uses co-design and participatory methods with Minoritised Ethnic communities, Black communities, and People of Color.
What Mark enjoys about the review panel work
Mark appreciates the panel's open invitation for challenges and critiques, emphasizing the importance of de-centering dominant thinking in research practices.
What Mark is excited about for the panel's future work
He looks forward to meeting the other panel members, hearing everyone's input and comments, and believes that the next iteration of the course with all the panel's feedback can be genuinely transformational.
Who is Ray Pun?
Ray is a librarian and faculty member at the Alder Graduate School of Education, a teacher residency program in California, USA. He also serves as the President of the Asian American Librarian Association and focuses on critically interrogating AI tools for teaching and learning purposes.
What Ray enjoys about the review panel work
He enjoys thinking through important issues and themes in research practices and processes and how to add intentionality to their work, emphasizing its ongoing and responsive nature.
What Ray is excited about for the panel's future work
Ray is excited to connect with other panel members and learn from their diverse skills, perspectives, and ideas. He is humbled to be part of this group.
Who is Tamara Bertrand Jones?
Tamara is an Associate Professor of Higher Education at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL, USA. Her main focus includes wrapping up the semester, summer projects such as research professional development for women of color in STEM, and student advising.
What Tamara enjoys about the review panel work
She loves seeing how others conceptualize the work and learning from different perspectives.
What Tamara is excited about for the panel's future work
She looks forward to contributing to the learning about research in ways that are more culturally relevant and just.
Who is Wei Zakharov?
Wei Zakharov is an Associate Professor and Engineering Information Specialist in Libraries and the School of Information Studies at Purdue University, USA. Her current focus is on data and information literacy education for undergraduate research and online learning.
What Wei enjoys about the review panel work
Wei appreciates the importance and timeliness of the modules and enjoys thinking through how these topics can be applied to teaching, research, and grant work.
What Wei is excited about for the panel's future work
She is excited to get to know the panel members and see what the pilot intended users might say.
With these outstanding panellists, we are dedicated to advancing equitable and inclusive research. Stay tuned for more updates and insights from our dedicated panel!
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