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A 2021 study on black engineering students in the US by Ebony O McGee titled Racism Camouflaged as Impostorism, revealed that black students were more inclined to question their academic abilities and struggled “internalising their success in racially hostile academic environments”.

When Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt asked a large group of underrepresented faculty members why they left their higher education institutions, they told her the real reasons for their departures -- those that climate surveys don't capture.

The investment from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute aims to support 150 scientists in building diverse and welcoming labs over the next 20 years.

Register for graduate student conversation hour with Dr. McGee (NEW DATE: Friday, May 28th, 11:00 -11:45 am) In this talk, Dr. McGee will share insight into her research and first solo-authored book Black, Brown, Bruised, which brings together more than ten years of research on high-achieving, underrepresented racially minoritized (URM) students and faculty in STEM fields. Dr. McGee offers a deep appreciation of what it means to be a STEMer of color and academically successful in contexts wher...

As an associate professor of diversity and STEM education at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College, I investigate what it means to be racially marginalized while minoritized in the context of learning and achieving in STEM higher education and in the STEM professions. I study in particular the racialized experiences and racial stereotypes that adversely affect the education and career trajectories of underrepresented groups of color. This involves exploring the social, material, and health ...