How Teachers Can Avoid Perpetuating Genetic Essentialism and Determinism in the Classroom

Friday, October 30, 2026 at 2:30 PM–3:45 PM CDT
Cumberland E/F
Session Description

Discuss and explore research-based and classroom-tested curricula that help disrupt student misconceptions about inheritance, trait expression, and human genetic variation and that help students understand that genetic variation is greater within than between groups.

Session Category

Genetics

Primary Presenter

Paul K. Strode, Ph.D, Fairview High School
City

Boulder

State

Colorado

Co-Presenters

Micaela Seaver, University of Colorado, Boulder
City

Boulder

State

Colorado

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