A Mental Health Checklist for College Students
By Christina Caron for the New York Times | One way that students of color can protect their mental health is by taking an African...
- Jun 3
Vanderbilt Professor Takes on Marginalization of Black Professionals in STEM in New Book
By Tanya Christian | May 4, 2022 Vanderbilt University’s Ebony O. McGee is setting out to answer a persistent question that has plagued...
- Jun 3
CALLED TO TEACH
Black physics Ph.D.s are more than twice as likely as other groups to teach in high schools and community colleges. For many, it’s a...
- Jun 3
Can $1.5 Billion Help Diversify the Sciences?
By Francie Diep “You need revenue for the revolution, and HHMI is certainly putting down some serious ducats,” said Ebony O. McGee, a...
- Jun 3
Vanderbilt's Ebony McGee discusses importance of creating equitable opportunities in STEM
Vanderbilt University professor Ebony McGee shed light on the problems Black and Brown STEM students deal with in school and beyond...
- Apr 21
What White University Presidents and Other Leaders Could Learn from HBCU Leadership
What White University Presidents and Other Leaders Could Learn from HBCU Leadership About Diversifying STEM By Ebony McGee and Orlando...
- Apr 17
New Study Highlights How Complex Trust in Science and Medicine Is For Black Americans
By Margo Snipe Black students’ rate of mistreatment “probably is higher,” said Ebony McGee, an associate professor of diversity and STEM...
- Mar 13
Stark Racial Disparities Remain in US Physics
By Rebecca Sohn Image credit:( Pekic via Getty images) In both her undergraduate education at a historically Black university and as a...
- Dec 14, 2021
Hostile Workplaces Drive Minorities from the Geosciences
A pipeline of minoritized groups doesn’t ensure retention, a survey finds. Recruitment efforts have helped even out gender divides and...
- Nov 6, 2021
Cash boost looms for historically Black US colleges and universities
Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States are set to ramp up investments in scientific research and...
- Oct 17, 2021
We Taught Critical Race Theory
Critical race theory is the public issue du jour. Many talking heads on the usual cable news outlets have spent more time vilifying it...
- Sep 17, 2021
Dr. Ebony McGee studies the implications of racial marginalization in learning and achieving in STEM
Dr. Ebony McGee studies the implications of racial marginalization in the context of learning and achieving in STEM. Join us as we speak...
- Aug 14, 2021
Women feel like imposters in disciplines that value "brilliance"
Academics who believe “brilliance” is a prerequisite for success in their field are more likely to doubt their abilities. It’s a problem...
- Jun 20, 2021
THE WORK OF A BLACK NATURALIST, ONE OF THE FIRST CICADA RESEARCHERS, MOSTLY OVERLOOKED
Over the last couple months, billions of buzzing cicadas have descended on more than a dozen states and Washington, D.C. It’s a...
- Jun 6, 2021
Impostor syndrome? No. Just racism.
Ebony McGee 05 June 2021 The popular notion of ‘impostor syndrome’ obscures the effects of structural racism. Too often, black people and...
- May 10, 2021
Ebony Omotola McGee—Black, Brown, Bruised: How Racialized STEM Education Stifles Innovation
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- Apr 29, 2021
Racial Justice In Engineering
The road ahead for McKelvey Engineering Amid the weight of the global pandemic in 2020 came a renewed and intensified focus on racial...
- Apr 25, 2021
Harvard Gutman Library Book Talk - Black, Brown, Bruised!
DR. MCGEE PRESENTS HER RESEARCH AND DISCUSSES HER NEW BOOK ON HARVARD’S HIGHLY REGARDED GUTMAN LIBRARY LECTURE SERIES.
- Apr 25, 2021
S. David Wu Named First Asian American President in CUNY System
The City University of New York (CUNY) on Monday named Dr. S. David Wu the president of its Baruch College. Wu, who will assume office on...
- Apr 25, 2021
Universities Are Freezing Tenure Clocks. What Will That Mean for Junior Faculty of Color?
Dr. Delia Fernandez -- an assistant professor of Latinx history at Michigan State University -- teaches her online classes and works on...