academia – SISTER

a high school classroom, from the viewpoint of the teacher's desk. There are rows of student desks in the middle of the room and lab tables lining the walls. Visible behind the teacher's document camera are cardboard standees of scientists with marginalized identities, rather than students. The image was taken during the pandemic.

Having ADHD doesn’t mean you’re not cut out for STEM

Too often, educators mistake the symptoms of ADHD for a lack of care or interest in the subject.

A photo from the hips down of a person holding a backpack and wearing sneakers. They're standing on a concrete sidewalk with a brick walk behind them.

Community College, Beyond the Bias

My path was hardly the “traditional” college student’s story.

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Gatekeeping in STEM is a symptom of epistemicide

Epistemicide is “the killing, silencing, annihilation, or devaluing” of epistemologies, or systems of knowledge.

Man writes on interactive art installation dedicated to Mali Watkins and Black Lives Matter. Photo courtesy of Walter Wallace.

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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Letting Go of Perfectionism During a Pandemic

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

Illustration of two people doing the "shhh" motion back to back, and a columned brick academic building appears upside down as their reflection.

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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In defense of the 9-5: flexible hours aren’t productive hours

This summer, I had the unique opportunity to finish my PhD research in an industry lab. Same me, same project, same advisor, different environment.

A few months ago, I spoke openly about an incident of gendered bullying and intimidation at a workshop. I was bullied as a nursing mother, and I was also cornered and intimidated by the host of the workshop.

Turning Up the Heat on RateMyProfessors.com

A professor calls for RateMyProfessors.com to drop their hotness rating. Will they do it?