Recognizing and addressing environmental microaggressions, know-your-place aggression, peer mediocrity, and code-switching in STEMM

Kit Neikirk; Sophielle Silvers; Vijayvardhan Kamalumpundi; Andrea G. Marshall; Estevão Scudese; Estevão Scudese; Melanie McReynolds; Antentor O. Hinton

doi:10.3389/feduc.2023.1270567

Frontiers in Education (Dec 2023)

Recognizing and addressing environmental microaggressions, know-your-place aggression, peer mediocrity, and code-switching in STEMM

Kit Neikirk,
Sophielle Silvers,
Vijayvardhan Kamalumpundi,
Andrea G. Marshall,
Estevão Scudese,
Estevão Scudese,
Melanie McReynolds,
Antentor O. Hinton

Affiliations

Kit Neikirk: Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States
Sophielle Silvers: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Eberly College of Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
Vijayvardhan Kamalumpundi: Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United States
Andrea G. Marshall: Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States
Estevão Scudese: Laboratory of Biosciences of Human Motricity (LABIMH) of the Federal University of State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Estevão Scudese: Sport Sciences and Exercise Laboratory (LaCEE), Catholic University of Petrópolis(UCP), Petrópolis, Brazil
Melanie McReynolds: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Eberly College of Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
Antentor O. Hinton: Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1270567
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8

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Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives are critical for fostering growth, innovation, and collaboration in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM). This article focuses on four key topics that have impacted many Black individuals in STEMM: know-your-place aggression, environmental microaggressions, peer mediocrity, and code-switching. We provide a comprehensive background on these issues, discuss current statistics, and provide references that support their existence, as well as offer solutions to recognize and address these problems in the STEMM which can be expanded to all historically underrepresented individuals.

Published in Frontiers in Education

ISSN: 2504-284X (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Education: Education (General)
Website: http://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/education

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