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 …

It is well-understood that the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
fields have unique challenges that discourage recruiting and retaining underrepresented …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Hawaiʻi's diverse population prime it to be an exemplary environment to study
representation in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM). In …

Graduate programs in the biomedical sciences dedicate considerable resources to
recruiting students from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. However, students from …

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 …

Women and gender minorities make defining contributions to science. Despite increased
representation of women across the scientific career ladder, institutions routinely fail to …

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 …