Insights and strategies for improving equity in graduate school admissions

MA Cadena, C Amaya, D Duan, CA Rico… - Cell, 2023‏ - cell.com
Applying to graduate school can be particularly challenging for students from historically
minoritized backgrounds due to a hidden curriculum in the graduate admissions process. To …

[HTML][HTML] A review of undergraduate research programs aimed at underrepresented students

HK Beasley, Z Vue, MR McReynolds, K Neikirk… - STAR protocols, 2024‏ - Elsevier
It is well-understood that the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
fields have unique challenges that discourage recruiting and retaining underrepresented …

Recasting the agreements to re-humanize STEM education

M Imad, M Reder, M Rose - Frontiers in Education, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
The purpose of education is to understand and help address local and global problems to
better society and the world. A key player in this endeavor should be STEM education, which …

The power of junior faculty mentoring committees

DD Murray, CR Williams, JA Gaddy… - Journal of cellular …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Junior faculty mentoring committees have important roles in ensuring that faculty thrive and
adjust to their new positions and institutions. Here, we describe the purpose, structure, and …

Speaking up for the invisible minority: First‐generation students in higher education

V Kamalumpundi, S Silvers, L Franklin… - Journal of cellular …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
A first‐generation college student is typically defined as a student whose biological parent
(s) or guardian (s) never attended college or who started but did not finish college …

Adapting STEMM in Hawaiʻi: Necessary actions for one of the most diverse places in the United States

K Neikirk - Journal of Cellular Physiology, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Hawaiʻi's diverse population prime it to be an exemplary environment to study
representation in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM). In …

Demystifying the 'hidden curriculum'for minoritized graduate students

MJ Hopkins, BN Moore, JL Jeffery, AS Young - Elife, 2024‏ - elifesciences.org
Graduate programs in the biomedical sciences dedicate considerable resources to
recruiting students from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. However, students from …

A workshop to showcase the diversity of scientists to middle school students

AG Marshall, K Neikirk, D Stephens… - Advances in …, 2024‏ - journals.physiology.org
Identity matters in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM)
because it can affect an individual's long-term sense of belonging, which may in turn affect …

Gender equity: toward redefining values

CA Starbird, ZY Weinberg, M Munson - nature cell biology, 2024‏ - nature.com
Women and gender minorities make defining contributions to science. Despite increased
representation of women across the scientific career ladder, institutions routinely fail to …

From step** stones to scaling mountains: Overcoming racialized disparities in pain management

SQ Booker, EN Merriwether, K Powell-Roach… - Pain …, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
We begin this commentary with an abstract question:'What if we were equal?'where
'we'refers to any human who has an identity—that is everyone. Pain is a universal human …