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Anika Dane, MALS '19, is an academic, advocate, and mentor. Her educational background is in the arts, sociology, and feminist studies. She has worked at Wesleyan for over fifteen years, supporting multiple science departments and programs. Anika's research interest is in the intersection of pop culture and mental health.

Building an Antiracist Lab

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Building an Antiracist Lab: Scientists Offer Steps to Take Action Now (This is a short blurb of the article below) There are steps that can be taken now to help make research groups more equitable and inclusive, researchers state in a recently published paper Ten simple rules for building an antiracist lab Demographics of the … Read more

Fostering a Sense of Belonging in STEM

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The myth that underrepresented students leave science because they can’t keep up reflects an unwillingness to deal with the truth that it’s we who must change, writes Kerstin M. Perez. Read Here

Turning isolation into inclusion

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Turning isolation into inclusion – C&EN cen.acs.org Now is the time for a shift in responsibility from the students to the administrators. It is time for Black students to not be weighed down by the departmental expectations of being “the face.”

Myriam Sarachik Never Gave Up on Physics

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Myriam Sarachik Never Gave Up on Physics – The New York Times www.nytimes.com The New York-based scientist overcame sexism and personal tragedy to make major contributions to the field, for which she received recognition this year.

Institute and Center Award Rates and Funding Disparities

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In 2011, Ginther et al. first demonstrated that African American and Black applicants to the National Institutes of Health received grant awards at a lower rate than their white counterparts (Ginther 2011). Since then, multiple studies have reproduced and extended this finding (Ginther 2011; Ginther 2016; Hoppe 2019; Erosheva 2020). Recently we reported that African American and Black (AAB) … Read more

What Comes Next? Simple Practices to Improve Diversity in Science

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What Comes Next? Simple Practices to Improve Diversity in Science What Comes Next? Simple Practices to Improve Diversity in Science Olugbeminiyi O. Fadeyi, Marie C. Heffern, Shanina Sanders Johnson, and Steven D. Townsend ACS Central Science 2020 6 (8), 1231-1240 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c00905