decolonizing STEM – SISTER

A classic yellow pencil is erasing the background, a colorful gradient with light blue line drawings of nature-inspired symbolism.

Gatekeeping in STEM is a symptom of epistemicide

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

Cattails in the forefront of a landscape view of the ocean and a cliff side Big Sur California

Scholar Activism in a STEM Career

How could I continue as a respected scholar but still make a difference?

Maunakea Summit, facing East -- a dark silhouette of a mountain peak with a soft blue/grey and yellow sky in the background.

Maunakea: Redirecting the lens onto the culture of mainstream science

For me, the conflict over the future of the mountain summit is a battle for the soul of mainstream science.