Overview
I need help with Week 4 for my UCLA class (Gender Studies & History M180B). I am attaching all required readings — follow this exactly.
WEEK 4 TOPIC: How STEM workplace cultures shape education, ideas, and careers, focusing on bias, discrimination, and institutional change (UCLA case).
READINGS:
- Moreno Report (main report – most important)
https://ucla.app.box.com/s/j286jtajiuh7egrayxz0dwdor7rrrl3g - UCLA Implementation Page
https://equity.ucla.edu/news-and-events/final-report-of-the-moreno-recommendations-implementation-committee/ - Prescod-Weinstein Essay
https://urgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Weinstein_DiversityIsADangerousSetup-1.pdf - HigherEdWorks Article
https://www.publicedworks.org/2020/07/racism-in-higher-education/
WHAT TO WRITE:
Write ONE response (~250 words total)
IMPORTANT: This is NOT a normal summary. You must DESIGN a research project.
STRUCTURE (VERY IMPORTANT):
- What is your research question?
- What are you trying to study?
- What is your hypothesis (your expected answer)?
- What are the limits of the Moreno Report?
- What does it miss?
- What assumptions does it make?
- What data would you collect?
- What information would you need?
- How would you collect it (interviews, surveys, etc.)?
- What policy recommendations would you make?
- What should change?
- How is your proposal similar or different from the Moreno Report?
IMPORTANT RULES:
- Do NOT summarize the readings
- Focus on designing your own research project
- Keep it clear and simple
- No citations needed except (Author, year)
- Paragraph format only
STYLE:
- About 250 words
- Sound like a student, not AI
- Be direct and clear
- NO AI AT ALL!!! NO PLAGIRSM!!
GOAL: Design a research project about improving representation and reducing systemic bias in STEM institutions.
Follow the syllabus exactly.