Professor Laverne Melon’s Journey from Student to Mentor in STEM
Professor Melon dedicated her career to studying psychiatric diseases with large gender gaps in diagnosis like depression.
Brynn Assignon ’20 Shares Her Perspective on Research at Wes
Assignon credits Associate Professor of Chemistry and McNair Program Faculty Director Erika Taylor for encouraging her to get involved with research.
The Physicist and Social Theorist Fighting for Equality in Science
The Physicist and Social Theorist Fighting for Equality in Science – Vice www.vice.com Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein has peered into the deep past of the cosmos, while also working toward a just and equal future in the scientific community.
When we increase diversity in academia, we all win
Addressing diversity challenges in academia is a highly complex multi-faceted topic that is impossible to do justice in a short opinion piece. This is, therefore, just a small set of examples: By paying attention to our own biases and thinking carefully about how we interact with those around us, both in terms of the language … Read more
Surviving Weed-Out Classes in Science May Be a State of Mind
Social ties to classmates and how students feel could be more important than innate ability when it comes to enduring early STEM courses. Read Here
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