Reply To: CSPA Fall 2021: Pre-Enrollment Ice Breaker

[Charlezetta S]

My name is Charlezetta Stokes. You can call me Charley. My LinkedIn address is:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlezetta-e-stokes-37863210/

I am taking this course as a prerequisite for the Teaching Certificate at Howard University and as a requirement for the HHMS-AGEP fellowship. I hope that this course becomes a safe space for discussing difficult questions around identity and its effects in the classroom. In particular, I hope I gain a better understanding of my own identities and how they shape my understanding of myself and of others within and without my groups. I hope this class makes me a more understanding (or at least a more honest) professor.

I enjoy research, the increasing interdisciplinary nature of it, and sharing the fun and interest of it. In the near future I hope to conduct research in biophysics, preferably on Sickle Cell. My big dream is to create a (several?) community lab(s) for K-Gray science enrichment, development of youth interest, recruitment, and retention into STEAM, and product/system incubation.

Rachelle: What made you choose a career in STEAM?