Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Community voices: Achieving real diversity in STEM requires the ability to transform institutions

  • Jory C. Lerback,
  • Monique M. Holt,
  • Gabriela A. Enriquez St. Pierre,
  • Annie Putman,
  • Crystal L. Tulley-Cordova,
  • William A. Smith,
  • Liliana Caughman,
  • Stephanie Alvarez

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27376-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 3

Abstract

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Resilience is often invoked to address systemic marginalization (e.g. racism) in academia but inadvertently maintains harmful systems. We argue that the ability to transform systems, as opposed to persevering within them, must be prioritized to make real, lasting change.