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#BLACKandSTEM:�A Community of Being

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Today’s journey...

#BLACKandSTEM Provenance

Social Media Predecessors

Community Inspirations

Redefining STEM Identity

Coming together: STEM, Equity, and Social Media

#BLACKandSTEM: A Community of Being

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#BLACKandSTEM Provenance

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Social Media Predecessors

Dr. Ticora V. Jones

aka

Micella Phoenix DeWhyse

Dr. Clifford V. Johnson

aka

Asymptotia

Dr. Danielle N. Lee

aka

The Urban Scientist

Bloggers

special credit for history of Black STEM pros creating space on social media - Dr. Danielle N. Lee

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Social Media Predecessors

Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Dr. Raychelle Burks

Dr. Caleph Wilson

special credit for history of Black STEM pros creating space on social media - Dr. Danielle N. Lee

Dr. Ticora V. Jones

aka:

Mycella Phoenix DeWhyse

Dr. Clifford V. Johnson

aka:

Asymptotia

Dr. Danielle N. Lee

aka:

The Urban Scientist

Bloggers

Twitter

Microbloggers

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Social Media Predecessors

Black-centered

affinity

groups

Twitter

microbloggers

Black ”nerd”, “geek”, and SciFi communities

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Community Inspirations

Experiencing support in STEM higher education

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Redefining�STEM Identity

Gatekeepers of STEM enterprises do not determine being

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#BLACKandSTEM�A Community of Being

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Living, working, and learning in racist and misogynist spaces

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BEING BLACK

& BEING STEM

VALIDATE EXPERIENCES

OF INEQUITY

VALUE

BLACKNESS

RECOGNIZE

COMMONALITIES

RECOGNIZE OUR

VARIABILITY

ENJOY OUR

CULTURAL EXPANSIVENESS

HOLD

SPACE

FILL GAPS

REDEFINE

STEM

IDENTITY

LOVING

WHAT WE DO

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Chats:

Talkin’ bout all the things

code-switching

increasing Black/STEM presence in media and film

STEM enrichment opportunities

K12 teachers who made a difference

Black folk and clinical trials

social/love life

gender and experiences in STEM*

ebola with @NSTNSorg

music

mental health

STEM writing

STEM policy

using our STEM for change

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  • Curated hashtag
  • Discipline-based Twitter lists
  • Blog
  • Small group virtual hangouts
  • Coordinated networking
  • Conference workshops & talks
  • Policy & advocacy

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Scholarship

  • R. Burks, S. Page, K. Deards, J. Barnes. “Chemists Atwitter”, in Communicating Chemistry through Social Media. 2017. ACS Books.
  • B. Montgomery, Building and Sustaining Diverse Functioning Networks Using Social Media and Digital Platforms to Improve Diversity and Inclusivity. 2018. Frontiers in Digital Humanities
  • B. Montgomery and S. Page, Mentoring beyond Hierarchies: Multi-Mentor Systems and Models. 2019. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
  • K. Canfield and S. Menezes. The State of Inclusive Science Communication: A Landscape Study. 2020. Metcalf Institute, University of Rhode Island.
  • J. Isler, N. Berryman, A. Harriot, C. Vilfranc, L. Carrington, D. Lee, Defining the Flow—Using an Intersectional Scientific Methodology to Construct a VanguardSTEM Hyperspace. 2021. Geneology

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