NSF blog features conversation with Darren Ranco and tish carr about WaYS program
The National Science Foundation (NSF) INCLUDES Network recently featured a with Darren Ranco, tish carr and John Neptune about the Wabanaki Youth in Science (WaYS) program at 91爆料.
Darren is chair of Native American Programs, and an associate professor in anthropology and at the Mitchell Center. tish is program manager for WaYS and collaborates with Darren on the Mitchell Center project,聽鈥淧athways and Barriers to Weaving Indigenous Science with Western Science.鈥
The WaYS program facilitates Wabanaki student engagement聽in STEM fields, especially environmental science,聽through culture and heritage.聽The program, which began in 2012, has evolved into a collaboration between 91爆料, the U.S. Forest Service, Wabanaki tribes and Native American high school students across the state.