Journal article
Responding and navigating racialized microaggressions in STEM
Pathogens and disease, Vol.79(5), ftab027
06/03/2021
DOI: 10.1093/femspd/ftab027
PMCID: PMC8175228
PMID: 34048540
Abstract
ABSTRACT While it is commonly thought that microaggressions are isolated incidents, microaggressions are ingrained throughout the academic research institution (Young, Anderson and Stewart 2015; Lee et al. 2020). Persons Excluded from science because of Ethnicity and Race (PEERs) frequently experience microaggressions from various academicians, including graduate students, postdocs and faculty (Asai 2020; Lee et al. 2020). Here, we elaborate on a rationale for concrete actions to cope with and diminish acts of microaggressions that may otherwise hinder the inclusion of PEERs. We encourage Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) departments and leadership to affirm PEER scholar identities and promote allyship by infusing sensitivity, responsiveness and anti-bias awareness.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Responding and navigating racialized microaggressions in STEM
- Creators
- Andrea Marshall - University of Iowa, Internal MedicineAngela D Pack - University of Iowa, Microbiology and ImmunologySarah Afua Owusu - Department of Surgery, Surgical Therapeutic Advancement Center, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USARainbo Hultman - University of Iowa, Molecular Physiology and BiophysicsDavid Drake - University of Iowa, EndodonticsFlorentine U N Rutaganira - Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USAMaria Namwanje - Division of Pediatric Genetics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USAChantell S Evans - University of Iowa, Family and Community MedicineEdgar Garza-Lopez - Department of Microbial Pathogens and Immunity, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA, Hinton and Garza Lopez Family Consulting Company, Iowa City, IA, USASamantha C Lewis - Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USAChristina M Termini - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USASalma AshShareef - University of Iowa, Internal MedicineInnes Hicsasmaz - University of Iowa, Internal MedicineBrittany Taylor - Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USAMelanie R McReynolds - Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USAHaysetta Shuler - Department of BiologicalSciences, 601 South Martin Luther King Drive, WBA Science Building, room 217, Winston-Salem, NC 27110, USAAntentor O Hinton - University of Iowa, Internal Medicine
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Pathogens and disease, Vol.79(5), ftab027
- DOI
- 10.1093/femspd/ftab027
- PMID
- 34048540
- PMCID
- PMC8175228
- NLM abbreviation
- Pathog Dis
- ISSN
- 2049-632X
- eISSN
- 2049-632X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/03/2021
- Academic Unit
- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Psychiatry; Microbiology and Immunology; Health Management and Policy; Endodontics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Family and Community Medicine; Dental Research; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984131875602771
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