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What my asexuality and imposter syndrome are teaching me about belonging

Here’s what my internal struggle with impostor syndrome, in both the queer and scientific communities, has taught me about belonging.

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Trans. Visible. Unapologetic.

How can my mold-breaking trans body fit into such narrow understandings of what professionalism can look like, and with that, what a doctor can look like?

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Why Evidence-Based Climate Justice Includes Abolition

Abolition climate justice asks us to reimagine resiliency and sustainability beyond technological solutions.

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Climate Justice is Social Justice

You cannot have climate justice without social justice or Black liberation or Indigenous sovereignty.

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Becoming a Better Advocate In a Time of Isolation

I am still learning what lifelong, everyday solidarity looks like for me, especially as a STEM advocate and educator.

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Lessons Learned From Black In Neuro Week

The response from the Black in Neuro community was incredible, and beyond anything we could’ve imagined.

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Reinventing Myself in a Pandemic: From Immunologist to Science Communicator

This pandemic has shown the power that we Puerto Rican and Latin American scientists have when we unify our voices for the common good.

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Channeling Rage When I Don’t Have a Ride to the Protest

I realized that there was one space I could still access from my apartment: the academy.

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As scientists, we need to stop using harmful and misleading terminology

Using offensive terminology in a scientific context does not erase its potential for harm.

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It’s time to change the geosciences’ outdated, exclusionary, and ableist field requirements

Geoscience programs should use this moment to pivot and to become more inclusive.

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Whose nation is it anyway? Decolonizing global health narratives

It is critical for organizations to decide whether they will be part of the problem or the solution in decolonization.

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Letting Go of Perfectionism During a Pandemic

Maybe if I am perfect, I will finally convince everyone that I deserve my place in academia.

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A Framework for Coping with Loss in Graduate School

There were no how-to articles or university guidelines for dealing with such a catastrophic loss, and I found myself irrationally wondering if I was doing something wrong.

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Why young people in STEM should mobilize for a Green New Deal

I never thought I’d have to choose between doing my schoolwork and fighting for a livable future.

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Bringing Your Interdisciplinary Background and Identity to Science Advocacy

In many of my roles as a food systems scholar and public servant, I noticed my uniqueness in these spaces.

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Science Advocacy: Going Virtual for Earth Day 50

Three years since the first March for Science, the importance of science and evidence-based policies still cannot be understated.

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Life After Title IX

You’re told when you file a Title IX that you are making academia safer. That is a lie.

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Sexism shapes the way we think about supervisors in STEM

There is an expectation for female supervisors to be extra caring, sensitive, and nice.