Posts tagged DEI
Straight talk about race in academia
Straight talk about race in academia

For many Black scientists and researchers, working in academia means weathering systemic bias, micro-aggressions, and isolation. Dr. Shardé M. Davis, a communications researcher at the University of Connecticut, created #BlackInTheIvory as a platform for discussing the experiences of Black academics.

On December 3, 2020, Dr. Davis joined Dr. Mareena Robinson Snowden, a nuclear engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, and Dr. James Mickens, a computer scientist at Harvard University, to examine academia's role in perpetuating institutional racism and efforts to change those systems. Tanya Ballard Brown, an editor at National Public Radio (NPR), moderated.

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PanelMareena RobinsonAcademia, DEI, STEM, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, MIT, Panel, Webinar, Advocacy
AWIS Announces Nobel Laureate Dr. Carol Greider as Pinnacle Award Recipient and Dr. Mareena Robinson Snowden as Next Generation Award Recipient
AWIS Announces Nobel Laureate Dr. Carol Greider as Pinnacle Award Recipient and Dr. Mareena Robinson Snowden as Next Generation Award Recipient

“We are presenting our Next Generation Award to Dr. Mareena Robinson Snowden who, in 2017, became the first African American woman to earn a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from MIT and whose inspirational story has been featured on national television and radio, and in print media. She is currently the Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Both are wonderful examples of the contributions that women in STEM fields have made and will continue to make to the greater good.”

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AwardMareena RobinsonSTEM, Award, DEI, Advocacy
Responsible Disruption
Responsible Disruption

How can we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration and responsible disruption in the nuclear security field? By ensuring that all feel empowered to contribute. In my mind, the first barrier to that empowerment is whether or not you see yourself and your ideas as legitimate. Given that legitimacy is in many ways a product of public opinion, part of the mission is to influence the way the public considers who is a legitimate voice on nuclear issues and what ideas are both credible and justified.

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PublicationMareena RobinsonNuclear, Op-Ed, Publication, NSquare, DEI, Advocacy