Interview with Isabel Escobar, August 7, 2018
Project: I Am Diversity: The Unconscious Bias Initiative Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Isabel Escobar talks about her childhood in Brazil, and the role of powerful women in her life both within her family and her Catholic education. She talks about living under a military dictatorship in Brazil, including the police taking her uncle because of his opposition to the regime. Escobar talks about the various careers she's considered and what ultimately led her to decide to become an engineer. She discusses her education at the University of Central Florida, both undergraduate and graduate. She also talks about her career at the University of Toledo and why she came to the University of Kentucky in 2015. She discusses the importance of diversity in education and engineering especially. She talks about how conversations are crucial in promoting diversity. Escobar discusses her research about water and how to make it safer, which was inspired by watching the outbreaks of cholera as a child. She talks about examples of her responses to sexist and racist harassment she has suffered. She also discusses what makes a good advocate in those situations.Interview Accession
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Women in higher education. Women--Education (Higher) Women--Employment. Occupations University of Kentucky University of Kentucky. College of Engineering Latin Americans. Women in engineering and science College environment Universities and colleges--Employees Minorities in higher education Latin American students. Discrimination in higher education Stereotypes (Social psychology) Race relations--Kentucky Minorities--Social conditions. Sexual harassment. Sex role in the work environment. Sex discrimination in employment. Sex discrimination in higher education. Families Culture Communities Discrimination in employment Discrimination Educational changeInterview Rights
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Escobar, Isabel Interview by Reneé Collins. 07 Aug. 2018. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Escobar, I. (2018, August 07). Interview by R. Collins. I Am Diversity: The Unconscious Bias Initiative Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Escobar, Isabel, interview by Reneé Collins. August 07, 2018, I Am Diversity: The Unconscious Bias Initiative Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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