“Mae started it all for me,” said Phelps, who in learning about Jemison realized she – a Black girl from Nashville’s Edgehill public housing – could reach for big dreams, too.
“Collective action is actually possible,” Bryant said, “this is something I learned from microbes.”
It was a warm day in early September and a cacophony of students’ voices could be heard streaming across Andrus field. But it wasn’t the sounds of students cheering at a football game, it was the fall club fair. The massive white tent outside of Usdan was packed with tables behind which eager club leaders … Read more
I just wanted to be a scientist, not a trailblazer. But in my field, people like me are anomalies—and we face constant scrutiny for our race and gender.
“A lot of my colleagues attributed my struggle to the fact that I was Black and not the fact that I wasn’t as prepared as they were.”
In recognition of Women’s History Month, the Rosalind Franklin Society is excited to feature a new initiative highlighting women in science: Lost Women of Science.
March 16, 2022 | 4–7 p.m. Eastern | Free registration required In honor of Women’s History Month, join us for a collaborative women in STEM Wikipedia edit-a-thon. Volunteers across STEM fields will be coming together to increase the visibility of women in various disciplines by focusing on improving Wikipedia entries. Come learn how to edit Wikipedia to improve and … Read more
The time she spent helping her own students, as well as her own experiences in STEM, compelled Williams to shift her career towards roles involved with promoting diversity and inclusion at universities.
Professor Melon dedicated her career to studying psychiatric diseases with large gender gaps in diagnosis like depression.
Assignon credits Associate Professor of Chemistry and McNair Program Faculty Director Erika Taylor for encouraging her to get involved with research.
