#BLACKandSTEM

Raychelle Burks

#BLACKandSTEMThe Ivory Tower is a lonely place to be. Especially now. You may find yourself called upon to comment, to explain, to pacify. That is not your responsibility, but a

The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Something that’s been on my mind a lot in the last week is how @ThePurplePage is largely uncelebrated for her work in creating @BlackandSTEM and making #BlackandSTEM into a community

The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Today was meant to be a day of celebration because Nigerian #BlackandSTEM Chiamaka Okoli was set to receive her PhD in physics today. Instead today I am tweeting to ask

The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Meet Professor Barbara Williams, the first Black American woman to earn a PhD in astronomy/astrophysics. She earned her PhD in 1981 from University of Maryland. She retired from doing radio

The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Seeing Anderson Cooper refer to Dr. Corbett as Ms. -- while she's LEADING OUR VACCINE EFFORT and SITTING IN FRONT OF DIPLOMA*S* -- should really make white academics rethink their

Nicole Cannarozzi

#BlackBirdersWeek! As a zooarchaeologist, my research lives at the intersection of anthropology and zoology. My fieldwork required monthly oyster collections on St. Catherines Island Georgia to establish a modern proxy

K. Taylor, Ph.D., M.S. #BlackInMicro Week

I'm a virologist and while I might spend more time in the lab than out, my love of science came from my love of animals and the environment/being outside. Ive

The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Today in my #BlackandSTEM nightmares, Common and Erykah Badu and Michael Eric Dyson and Nick Cannon team up to make sure Black scientists lose our minds when trying to talk

Inclusive SciComm

Love to everyone who is reeling, angry & scared in these horrible times. This toxic stew of systemic racism, ableism, and a pandemic shows how critical it is to support

Black In Neuro (#BiNConference2020 Oct 31-Nov 4!)

Now that #BlackInNeuroWeek is over, we’d like to thank everyone who made this week possible. Thank you ALL for showing up, sharing and celebrating with us. We have exciting things

Dr. Claire Lee 🎃

It has been a tragic and traumatic week for the Black community around the world & in America. So today I want to use #FollowFriday to highlight some incredible #BlackAndSTEM

Earyn McGee, Lizard lassoer, MSc🦎

Up here at the Southwestern Research Station there is an initiative to remove invasive bull frogs from ponds. During the removal process they found a tadpole of gigantic proportions. BEHOLD

Earyn McGee, Lizard lassoer, MSc🦎

I’m so happy to see all the support that #BlackBirdersWeek is getting! I may not be a birder however I am a Black woman who does fieldwork. I am a

I assume the analogy to Nazi book-burning in Prof. Hudlicky’s statement yesterday was meant to be excessively over-the-top and obnoxious and as insulting as possible to the people who he

Elizabeth Wayne

A thing I am grappling with is my life as a professor at a prestigious university and my life as a black woman whose family could not afford the tuition

The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

So, by now lots of people have seen this tweet about my award. Thanks to everyone for the congrats. I have a story to situate this award and what it