"In part one of this special two-part episode, SJ chats with chemistry professor Cord Carter and his former student and research assistant, Brianna Brown. Cord and Brianna share their experiences teaching and learning at Fisk University, a well-known HBCU in Nashville, TN. They discuss their passion for STEM education, the importance of Fisk’s history, and how much representation matters. "
Memorable Moments:
Cord [00:03:09] And it just got me so excited and fired up to be around other scientists that looked like me. They were excited about chemistry. And so it just made me decide to say, you know what, I'm going to Jackson State University.
Cord [00:05:17] She said, ‘don't let your title [make you] forget who you are as a person and forget where you came from.’ So I think going to [an] HBCU as a student and also working at Fisk gave me a better perspective, better appreciation of Black culture, and learning the history of African-American achievers in STEM.
Brianna [00:10:19] My passion for science? Well, it started off more as I knew I wanted to be in the medical field as a young girl, like my grandmother. But as my education [continued] and I got into high school, I was like, oh, this is so cool!
Brianna [00:11:25] And I'm looking to go into the medical field, into women's health with the theme of equality. And I'm saying ‘so that if you look like me, you come to me, you will get full, top-tier service. Whether you're Caucasian or any other race or ethnicity, you will get the same service.’ And I feel like that should be the theme of the whole medical field, honestly.
Cord [00:13:49] So I think that's where we all have to understand each other's history, understand the background to the point where we learn to love one another and be kind to one another so we can continue to work together as a team to solve these social injustices, environmental injustice, and public health issues in today's society.
Episode 14 Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q7KmZwbqVFCf90OLPe6B8oxwHbgPC12pR1ltDHoEJPI/edit?usp=sharing
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