Reducing Racially-Biased Beliefs by Fostering a Complex Understanding of Human Genetics Re — NSF Award to University of Colorado a
Genetic essentialism is the belief that people of the same race share genes that make them physically, cognitively, and behaviorally uniform, and thus different from other races. The project will refine a genetics education curriculum, called Humane Genome Literacy (HGL), in order to reduce belief in genetic essentiali
| Award title | Reducing Racially-Biased Beliefs by Fostering a Complex Understanding of Human Genetics Re |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2452096 |
| Awardee | University of Colorado at Boulder |
| City | BOULDER |
| State | CO |
| Amount obligated | $1,402,246 |
| Principal investigator | Brian Donovan |
| Program | Discovery Research K-12 |
| Start date | 10/01/2024 |
| Abstract | Genetic essentialism is the belief that people of the same race share genes that make them physically, cognitively, and behaviorally uniform, and thus different from other races. The project will refine a genetics education curriculum, called Humane Genome Literacy (HGL), in order to reduce belief in genetic essentialism. This research will provide curriculum writers and educators with knowledge about how to design a humane genetics education to maximize reductions in students’ genetic essential |
| Source | NSF Awards |
$799/mo
Try NSFGrants →