This month on It’s Time for Science, we talked about scholar engagement with a particular visitor. Host Tom Racine interviewed award-winning science communicator Maynard Okereke, the Hip Hop MD.
Episode Abstract
Tom talks with Maynard concerning the significance of staying curious and protecting college students and ourselves engaged. They focus on why you don’t must be an skilled to show science, embracing altering views as part of science, and why illustration issues for everybody. Maynard then shares essentially the most stunning factor he’s realized from doing an investigation!
Episode Visitor
Maynard Okereke
Maynard Okereke, higher referred to as the Hip Hop MD, graduated from the College of Washington with a level in Civil Engineering. He’s an award-winning Science Communicator, receiving the Asteroid Award for “Greatest Streaming Content material” and the Folks of Change Award for his group outreach efforts. His ardour for science and leisure and his curiosity for brand new improvements have taken him via an unimaginable life journey.
Noticing a scarcity of minority involvement in STEM fields, Maynard created Hip Hop Science to encourage minorities and youth to pursue extra superior profession paths. His background in engineering, performing, music, enterprise, and credible work in STEM make him uniquely certified to have interaction on all kinds of matters from an entertaining perspective. That is extremely mirrored in his talking engagements and every day social media posts, which offer each humorous and informative SciComm content material.
Study Extra about Hip Hop Science
https://www.hiphopscienceshow.com/
https://www.instagram.com/hiphopscienceshow/
https://www.fb.com/HipHopScienceShow
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