Daniel Mackin Freeman is a Research Scientist at the UW Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE) and a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at Portland State University. He received his BFA in General Fine Arts with a focus on social practice from the Pacific Northwest College of Art and his MS in Sociology from Portland State University. With a background in the philosophy of art and education, Daniel’s research focuses on how school structure and curricular emphases both result from and perpetuate social inequalities. His evaluation areas focus on structural approaches to improving diversity and equity in postsecondary STEM fields.