After Years of Gains, Black STEM Representation Is Falling. Why?
The share of Black students completing STEM degrees was growing until the early 2000s. What went wrong? Read Here
Professor Padilla-Benavides On Discrimination and Inclusion in STEM
Professor Padilla-Benavides is dedicated to increasing diversity and inclusion in the field of STEM
Building an Antiracist Lab
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
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
Weeding out inequity in undergraduate chemistry classes
Gatekeeper courses contribute to the diversity challenges chemistry faces. Some professors and institutions are working to change the narrative from one of gatekeepers to one of gateways. Read Here
Turning isolation into inclusion
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
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
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
For Doctors of Color, Microaggressions Are All Too Familiar
“They ask you if you’re coming in to take the trash out — stuff they wouldn’t ask a physician who was a white male.” Read Here
What Comes Next? Simple Practices to Improve Diversity in Science
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