The Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute and School of the Arts Film Program invite you to a screening and panel discussion of Picture a Scientist. 

Picture a Scientist chronicles the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists. Biologist Nancy Hopkins, chemist Raychelle Burks, and geologist Jane Willenbring lead viewers on a journey deep into their own experiences in the sciences, ranging from brutal harassment to years of subtle slights. Along the way, from cramped laboratories to spectacular field stations, we encounter scientific luminaries - including social scientists, neuroscientists, and psychologists - who provide new perspectives on how to make science itself more diverse, equitable, and open to all. 
 

The event will begin with a presentation from the Sloan Foundation. Following the introduction, in-person registrants will watch the film and virtual attendees will be provided with a link to watch the film at home. Following the screening, a panel of scientists, along with the filmmakers, will discuss the film, its lessons and how we can implement those lessons. 

Sloan Foundation presentation:

Doron Weber, Vice President, Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Trey Ellis, Professor of Screenwriting in the Graduate School of Film, Columbia University

Sonia Epstein, Executive Editor and Associate Curator of Science and Film, Museum of the Moving Image

Sarah Luciano, Project Coordinator, Sloan Student Prizes, Museum of the Moving Image

Panelists:

Anne Taylor, Professor of Medicine, Vice Dean, Academic Affairs, Senior Vice President for Faculty Affairs and Career Development, Columbia University

Dennis Mitchell, Professor of Dental Medicine, Executive Vice President for University Life, Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement, Senior Provost for Faculty Advancement, Columbia University

Lex van Geen, Lamont Research Professor, Geochemistry Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Darcy Kelley, Professor of Biological Sciences, Director of Neurobiology and Behavior Graduate Program, Columbia University

Ian Cheney, Film Maker

Sharon Shattuck, Film Maker

Attendees can join virtually or in-person. Those attending in-person must adhere to the "Key to NYC" guidelines. 

This project was generously funded through the Addressing Racism: A Call to Action for Higher Education initiative of the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement. Grant recipients include Wesley Grueber, PhD, Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics and Neuroscience; Director of Neurobiology and Behavior Graduate Program; and Principal Investigator at the Zuckerman Institute; and Darcy Kelley, PhD, Harold Weintraub Professor of Biological Sciences, Director of Neurobiology and Behavior Graduate Program.