I got guest lecture for a professor at my new institution. He teaches a senior level undergraduate course in Evolution. It was the very first very public thing that Dr. Lee did before the Zoology Department. I was nervous (I’m always nervous before I give any type of presentation). I warned the prof, also a [...]

Like this! Once upon a time, you could go into a classroom – any grade level, any age, anywhere in the US – and ask children to describe what a scientist looks like.  Almost invariably, most children would present an illustration of an older white male, with white hair, a mustache and/or beard wearing a [...]

In celebration of Black History Month, I will be sharing stories about the African-American experience in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). For today’s feature, I am sharing a post previously published at Urban Science Adventures! ©. Dr. Roger Arliner Young was the first African-American Woman to earn a doctorate in Zoology. [...]

In celebration of Black History Month, I will be sharing stories about the African-American experience in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). For today’s feature, I am sharing a post previously published at Urban Science Adventures! ©. Charles Turner was born in 1867 to newly freed slaves. He was raised and schooled [...]

It was spring 1985.  And I was in the spring of my adolescence.  I was in sixth grade and hung with a motley crew of girls in my homeroom class from A.B. Hill Elementary. We were a rag tag bunch that ran the whole continuum from – uber-developed, gum popping, neck twisting, back talking fast [...]

All year is great time to learn more about science and the people who make the discoveries. But February offers a unique opportunity to learn about the achievements of African-Americans (and others from the African Diaspora) in the sciences. During my primary school years, my most memorable lessons involved themes.  My hometown has this amazing [...]

February 2nd is Ground Hogs Day, my most favorite holiday of them all. Why? Because it’s my birthday! I’m still phenotypically 27 and holding up.  I’m sharing a composite of posts I’ve made about Ground Hogs Day at Urban Science Adventures! (c) Marmota monax is the scientific name for ground hogs, also known as woodchucks. [...]

The truth is ScienceOnline is one of the most inclusive science communities I have ever encountered.  I think it’s because the people who attend this unconference – where everyone fully participates – are science communicators in every sense of the word. Whether they tweet or blog or write for mainstream media or author popular science [...]

The concept of increasing diversity in science and science communication has worked in my favor. I got minority supplements to work in labs and travel awards to conferences. I received fellowships to report on health issues in minority populations for newspapers. Not bad, for a first generation immigrant. But until recently, my own ethnicity was not something I discussed openly very [...]

Science Online has become my favorite annual conference to attend, by far.  Where else can I be simultaneously surrounded by, tutored, and refreshed by hundreds of folks who are equally geeked about science, technology, outreach, quality education, and social justice and equality as I am? And I love, nay exhilarated by the fact that these [...]