08. KEN2022: Breakout Session B - Open Research
Channel: Knowledge Equity Network
Date: 2023-03-28

Featuring provocation speeches by Londa Schiebinger & Roslyn Clark Artis.


Londa Schiebinger
John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science, Stanford University

Londa Schiebinger is the John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science at Stanford University, and Founding Director of Gendered Innovations in Science, Health and Medicine, Engineering, and Environment. Gendered Innovations harnesses the creative power of sex, gender, and intersectional analysis to enhance excellence in science.

Schiebinger is a leading international expert on gender in science and technology and has addressed the United Nations, the European Parliament, the Korean National Assembly, and
numerous funding agencies on that topic. Schiebinger received her PhD from Harvard University and is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

She holds Honorary Doctorates from the Universitat de València, Spain; Lunds Universitet, Sweden; and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. 


Roslyn Clark Artis
President, Benedict College

Dr Artis is President and CEO of Benedict College, the first woman to hold this, and her previous role, as President of Florida Memorial University.

A prolific speaker, critical thinker and fierce advocate for educational access, she has demonstrated her commitment to the proliferation and transformation of colleges and universities serving underrepresented men and women of colour and received more than 300 awards and recognitions locally and nationally for her work.

Dr Artis holds a Doctorate in Higher Education Leadership and Policy from Vanderbilt University, and a Juris Doctorate from West Virginia University College of Law. She is a Member of the Board of Directors for the American Council on Education (ACE) and has served on the Education Advisory Committee to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. She now serves on the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, (NACIQI), advising the US Secretary of Education on accreditation, on the Secretary’s recognition process for accrediting agencies, and on institutional eligibility for federal student aid.