Interdisciplinary Approaches to Addressing Real-world Problems - 2021 HILT Conference

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Addressing Real-world Problems

Real-world problems are complex and rarely fit within a single, clearly defined discipline. Readying students to approach authentic challenges means helping them to be comfortable wielding multiple unfamiliar tools and approaches. This session will highlight ways we can use our classrooms to model these interdisciplinary approaches to asking and answering questions that defy the traditional structures of a University.

Speakers:
Bradley Coleman, Director, Curriculum Fellows Program; Lecturer in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases; Lecturer on Microbiology (HMS)
Fawwaz Habbal, Executive Dean for Education and Research; Senior Lecturer on Applied Physics (SEAS)
Salmaan Keshavjee, Director, Harvard Medical School Center for Global Health Delivery; Associate Professor of Medicine; Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine (HMS)
Rebecca Nesson, Dean for Academic Programs (SEAS)
Doris Sommer, Ira Jewell Williams, Jr. Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of African and African American Studies (FAS)
Alain Viel, Director of Northwest Undergraduate Laboratories; Senior Lecturer on Molecular and Cellular Biology (FAS)