How can natural hierarchies inform the hierarchies we create?

🎯 Target Audience

This content would be most helpful to scholars in the academic system (administrators, researchers, professors, and students) looking for helpful content on academic hierarchies and alternative models.

📋 Topics Covered

1. How natural hierarchies like molecules and cells self-organize for optimal functioning.

2. How academic hierarchies concentrate power and can be oppressive.

3. Alternative academic models include democratic governance, cooperatives, peer networks, open access, and restorative justice.

⌚️ Helpful Time Stamps

00:00 - Intro

00:18 - Hierarchies in the natural world...

02:42 - Human-constructed hierarchies...

04:03 - Comparing natural and human-made hierarchical systems...

06:17 - This history of the academic hierarchy...

07:11 - Alternatives to academic hierarchies...

09:16 - Resisting the academic hierarchy from within...

11:34 - Conclusion

💃🏽 Call to Action

Engage in discussions about academic hierarchies, take action within your role, and keep envisioning and building more egalitarian academic models.

🎙️ About the Host

Dr. Rosa promotes equity in science education, challenging traditional norms and oppressive systems. She leads several organizations focused on empowering diverse educators and driving systemic improvements. Here, and through these organizations, she aims to foster a community of supportive educators who will transform science education and research.

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