Topical Lectures

Through the Topical Lecture series, held concurrently each day, AAAS Annual Meeting attendees have the opportunity to engage with emerging leaders who will highlight the science around current events, noteworthy advances, and new perspectives.

Tuesday, February 9, 1 PM ET

Anne Charity-Hudley​

University of California, Santa Barbara

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Talking College: In Sociolinguistic Pursuit of Black Student Justice

Ayanna Howard ​

Georgia Tech​

Demystifying AI Through the Lens of Fairness and Bias

Wednesday, February 10, 1 PM ET

Nalini M. Nadkarni

University of Utah

Forests, the Earth, and Ourselves: Understanding Dynamic Systems Through an Interdisciplinary Lens

Yalidy Matos

Rutgers University

The “American DREAM”: Understanding White Americans’ Support for the DREAM Act and Punitive Immigration Policies

Thursday, February 11, 1 PM ET

Joe DeSimone​

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Digital Transformation in Manufacturing

Yohannes Haile-Selassie​

Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Examining the Evidence of Coexisting Hominin Species in Our Deep Past

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