As a historically excluded and under-represented (UR) person and as a woman in a STEM field, I (Dr. Kat) feel that it is important to highlight the work of UR people and women. UR people are also referred to as People of Color (POC), Black and Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC), Women of Color (WOC), minorities, and Under-Represented Minorities (URM) if you are looking for other resources.

Websites/Blogs:

#ScholarStrike Youtube channel: Collection of Youtube videos on systemic racism that Black and Indigenous and People of Color face daily. Each video is less than 15 minutes and is by a professor who specializes in various research areas.

Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (follow her on Twitter @IBJIYONGI) has a list of readings on decolonizing science that she keeps updated. This is an incredible resource.

VanguardSTEM highlights women of color in STEM

500 Women Scientists is a group advocating for equality in STEM.

Diverse Sources is a self-nominated database of people of color and women in STEM

Ciencia Puerto Rico is a resource for people who want to pursue STEM careers in Puerto Rico

500 Women Scientists has a database for diverse scientists that can be accessed here.

Blog called A Guide For Minorities in STEM: Increasing Workplace Diversity has links to resources for underrepresented people who want to pursue a career in STEM.

Websites focused on Blacks, Indigenous, and other historically excluded people:

A collection of protests, petitions, and educational resources about the challenges Blacks and other people of color face in the United States and elsewhere.

Find out whose land you are on or working on using this Native Land website. This is an especially good starting resource for doing a land and peoples acknowledgement at the beginning of talks, conferences, or for papers.

Papers/blogs about minorities in STEM and academia:

White Academia: Do better

Women in Evolution paper

Florence Nightingale legacy reexamined

Paper from 1973 highlighting women in Microbiology

ASM has a webpage focused on the achievements of women in microbiology

Nature highlights women in microbiology in this web series.

Twitter resources:

NOTE: Dr. Kat no longer uses Twitter because it no longer serves the purpose it once did. However, if you are looking for resources and have a Twitter account, these resources *may* still be of use. Dr. Kat can now be found on Bluesky or other social media sites with the handle @napaaqtuk on most sites.

Indigenous STEM tweeps

Some of Dr. Kat’s favorite hashtags on Twitter celebrating URM scientist: #Marginscience #IndigenousSTEM #NativeandSTEM #NativeScience #WomenInSTEM #lgbtSTEM #blackandSTEM #BlackInTheIvoryTower

Dr. Kat’s rant for need to include women in STEM in textbooks on Twitter, with great contributions from tweeps about their favorite women in STEM.

#UniqueScientists and @AlsoaScientist highlight a wide variety of people in STEM research.

Podcasts:

These are all podcasts that Dr. Kat listens to on the regular to keep up to date with issues related to women in STEM, Indigenous studies, and Underrepresented people. They are presented in no particular order.

Code Switch: “We’re a multi-racial, multi-generational team of journalists fascinated by the overlapping themes of race, ethnicity and culture, how they play out in our lives and communities, and how all of this is shifting.”

Coffee and Quaq podcast is “a podcast show for Indigenous people, by Indigenous people to help provide an accurate representation of Alaska Native life in urban and rural settings.” Hosted by an Alaska Native woman, discussions range from art to history to research involving and led by Alaska Natives.

All My Relations podcast: “Each episode invites guests to delve into a different topic facing Native peoples today as we keep it real, play games, laugh a lot, and even cry sometimes.”

Indigenous Research Center podcast: Round table discussions about research related to and led by Indigenous scholars.

PdDivas podcast: “A podcast about academia, culture, and social justice across the STEM/humanities divide. Co-hosted by Dr. Liz Wayne & Dr. Christine “Xine” Yao.”

Science for the People (no longer creating new episodes) “is a long-format interview podcast that explores the connections between science, popular culture, history, and public policy, to help listeners understand the evidence and arguments behind what’s in the news and on the shelves. Every week, our hosts sit down with science researchers, writers, authors, journalists, and experts to discuss science from the past, the science that affects our lives today, and how science might change our future.”

List of Twitter accounts for women who lead podcasts or podcasts that highlight women or Underrepresented people in STEM can be found via the link above or by finding the lists for @napaaqtuk on Twitter.

Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls

Savannah’s Act (US legislation to direct the Department of Justice how to work on MMIWG issues)

Database for MMIWG2: https://www.sovereign-bodies.org/mmiw-database