Inclusion — Left Brain — Mareena Robinson Snowden

One size does not fit all: Why diversity and inclusion efforts fail in the nuclear community, and what can be done about it

If there is to be any hope of interrupting the failing trend of diversity & inclusion efforts in the nuclear community, a radical shift toward proactivity and specificity is required.

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.

PanelMareena RobinsonDecember 11, 2020Academia, DEI, STEM, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, MIT, Panel, Webinar, Advocacy

EP. 88: FREE GAME WITH MAREENA ROBINSON SNOWDEN, PH.D.

On this week's episode she talks about her life and career after that level of notoriety, especially when the ink had barely dried on her doctoral degree and she was entering the workforce. Mareena shares how she is charting her career path by gaining experience while exploring her interests, which she calls her 'unconventional post-doc'. She puts us on game (hence the episode name), sharing sage advice and insight on life post-grad.