Gatekeeping in STEM

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International STEM students need funding opportunities, too — especially now

It is virtually impossible for international students to seek financial stability, and the pandemic has compounded the difficulties faced by international students.

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Dreams Built on Myths: Of Science and the American Dream

As a Latinx, woman of color, immigrant scientist trained in the United States, science was at the heart of my American Dream.

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We need more STEM Black Girl Magic on our screens, and we won’t wait around for it

As a young Black girl growing up, I remember not seeing many scientists who looked like me.

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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.