We Taught Critical Race Theory
Critical race theory is the public issue du jour. Many talking heads on the usual cable news outlets have spent more time vilifying it...
- Sep 17
Dr. Ebony McGee studies the implications of racial marginalization in learning and achieving in STEM
Dr. Ebony McGee studies the implications of racial marginalization in the context of learning and achieving in STEM. Join us as we speak...
- Aug 15
Women feel like imposters in disciplines that value "brilliance"
Academics who believe “brilliance” is a prerequisite for success in their field are more likely to doubt their abilities. It’s a problem...
- Jun 20
THE WORK OF A BLACK NATURALIST, ONE OF THE FIRST CICADA RESEARCHERS, MOSTLY OVERLOOKED
Over the last couple months, billions of buzzing cicadas have descended on more than a dozen states and Washington, D.C. It’s a...
- Jun 6
Impostor syndrome? No. Just racism.
Ebony McGee 05 June 2021 The popular notion of ‘impostor syndrome’ obscures the effects of structural racism. Too often, black people and...
- May 10
Ebony Omotola McGee—Black, Brown, Bruised: How Racialized STEM Education Stifles Innovation
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- Apr 29
Racial Justice In Engineering
The road ahead for McKelvey Engineering Amid the weight of the global pandemic in 2020 came a renewed and intensified focus on racial...
- Apr 25
Harvard Gutman Library Book Talk - Black, Brown, Bruised!
DR. MCGEE PRESENTS HER RESEARCH AND DISCUSSES HER NEW BOOK ON HARVARD’S HIGHLY REGARDED GUTMAN LIBRARY LECTURE SERIES.
- Apr 25
S. David Wu Named First Asian American President in CUNY System
The City University of New York (CUNY) on Monday named Dr. S. David Wu the president of its Baruch College. Wu, who will assume office on...
- Apr 25
Universities Are Freezing Tenure Clocks. What Will That Mean for Junior Faculty of Color?
Dr. Delia Fernandez -- an assistant professor of Latinx history at Michigan State University -- teaches her online classes and works on...
- Apr 25
A Mission of Inclusion
Dr. William H. Robinson has spent the last 17 years at Vanderbilt University. In 2018 he became the institution's first African American...
- Apr 25
How Do We Create Systemic Change?
A worldwide coronavirus pandemic and simultaneous global uprising against systemic racism, injustices, and murders of African Americans...
- Apr 25
Universities With More Racial Segregation by Major Graduate Fewer Black Students Into High-Paying...
Universities With More Racial Segregation by Major Graduate Fewer Black Students Into High-Paying Fields Dr. Ebony O. McGee, associate...
- Mar 27
More Black students enroll in HBCUs following hate crime reports: study
An increase in reports of hate crimes at the state level drove up enrollment of Black, first-time college students at HBCUs by 20%,...
- Mar 27
Students of Color Face Challenges in STEM
Dominique, not her real name, is a Black electrical engineering doctoral student. She found herself in a difficult situation at a...
- Mar 25
Black, Brown, and Bruised in STEM Ed:
A Conversation with Drs. Ebony O. McGee & ReAnna S. Roby In this special Women's History month edition of Entrepreneurial Appetite's...
- Mar 20
Swimming in the shoals of academic racism in US STEM
The numbers are stunning. Eighty-eight percent of United States science and engineering professionals are white or Asian. Thirty-seven...
- Mar 9
Black People Are Still Working Themselves to Death and It Will Not Stop Anytime Soon
Overwork is a vestige of slavery We do it all the time. As Black academics and racial justice researchers, we work seven days a week and...
- Mar 2
Have Black Lives Matter protests changed the curriculum?
In 1903 the African-American sociologist WEB Du Bois coined the term ‘double consciousness’. American racism, he said, forced...
- Feb 11
Let’s Remake Racially Unsafe STEM Educational Spaces
In 2012, soon after I started my tenure-track job at Vanderbilt University, I became laser focused on understanding and eventually...