Author, Lessons in Chemistry
A fireside chat moderated by: Professor Christine Min Wotipka
Thursday, May 2, 2024 | 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. PST
Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
326 Galvez Street, Stanford University
Stanford Graduate School of Education is grateful to the following Stanford partners and co-sponsors: Stanford Storytelling Project, The Clayman Institute for Gender Research, and the Program in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
“Courage is the root of change—and change is what we’re chemically designed to do.”
What can we do to build more inclusive and respectful learning environments and experiences in the sciences? How can families and educators prepare young people to see themselves in any profession that inspires them regardless of social expectations? Where does the responsibility for change start? Join author Bonnie Garmus in conversation with Professor Christine Min Wotipka as they explore these and other timeless and timely questions.
5:00 p.m. | Reception and Stanford Bookstore Book Sales: Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, Ford Fountains and McCaw Hall Foyer
5:45 p.m. | Doors open: Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, McCaw Hall
6:00 p.m. | Program begins: Fireside chat and Q&A
7:15 p.m. | Book signing
8:00 p.m. | Event concludes
Speaker
BONNIE GARMUS is the author of Lessons in Chemistry, a number-one global bestseller and winner of several national and international awards, including Barnes & Noble’s Book of the Year, Hay Festival’s Book of the Year, Goodreads Choice Award Debut of the Year, British Book Awards Author of the Year, Waterstones Author of the Year, Books Are My Bag Author of the Year Award, and Readers’ Choice Award, Germany and Australia’s Booksellers Book of the Year, Australia’s International Book of the Year, and many more. It was also selected by Queen Camilla for the Queen’s Reading Room and has been on the New York Times, Sunday Times, and Der Spiegel bestseller lists for nearly two years. Currently published in forty-two territories, it has sold almost seven million copies.
CHRISTINE MIN WOTIPKA, Associate Professor (Teaching) of Education and (by courtesy) Sociology, Director, ICE/IEPA Master's Programs, Resident Fellow, EAST House
Wotipka’s research focuses on gender, diversity, leadership, and higher education and has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the Spencer Foundation
Stanford Graduate School of Education is grateful to the following Stanford partners and co-sponsors for making this program possible:
Stanford Storytelling Project, The Clayman Institute for Gender Research, and the Program in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies