Challenging systemic barriers to promote the inclusion, recruitment, and retention of URM faculty in STEM

• Published in: Cell host & microbe Vol. 29; no. 6; pp. 862 - 866
• Main Authors: Campos, Jose S., Wherry, E. John, Shin, Sunny, Ortiz-Carpena, Jorge F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 09.06.2021
• ISSN: 1931-3128; 1934-6069
• DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2021.04.001

Black/African Americans, Hispanic/Latinxs, and Native Americans remain chronically underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Values misalignment, implicit/explicit bias, and hypercompetition in the funding climate disproportionately affect underrepresented minority (URM) postdoctoral fellows transitioning into faculty positions. URM scientists must increase and be given opportunities to establish independent research programs. Black/African Americans, Hispanic/Latinxs, and Native Americans remain chronically underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Values misalignment, implicit/explicit bias, and hypercompetition in the funding climate disproportionately affect underrepresented minority (URM) postdoctoral fellows transitioning into faculty positions. URM scientists must increase and be given opportunities to establish independent research programs.