African Americans are pioneers in STEM. Black scientists have been in the forefront of development for the treatment of cancer, leprosy and syphilis, just to name a few. Below please find some important statistics on African American involvement in STEM fields.
NOTE--This informational blog is compiled by (with the exception of the introduction and photograph) and reprinted with permission from Abdul Alkalimat, PhD
Science
Library of Congress: Selected Internet Resources https://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/selected-internet/africanamericans.html
African Americans in Scientific Fields of Study https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiW3vCWkLH9AhUFjIkEHTBYDQYQFnoECBAQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fhumanrights.iowa.gov%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fmedia%2FThe_Faces_of_Science_-_African_Americans_in_Science.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0AVlTljHpykUQirCcoKuMT
NSF: Black Doctorates by Field of Study https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf23300/assets/data-tables/tables/nsf23300-tab003-004.pdf
Black Studies and STEM
University of California at San Diego https://today.ucsd.edu/story/new-faculty-bridge-black-studies-and-stem https://www.diverseeducation.com/faculty-staff/article/15290271/ucsd-hires-new-faculty-bridging-black-studies-and-stem https://www.blackenterprise.com/university-of-california-san-diego-hires-new-faculty-to-bridge-backl-studies-and-stem/
Queens University on Black in STEM https://guides.library.queensu.ca/STEMblack-history
University of California at Santa Barbara https://cbsr.ucsb.edu/seeds
Dalhousie University in Canada https://www.dal.ca/news/2022/07/27/first-symposium-supporting-black-canadian-stem-education-underwa.html
MIT https://shass.mit.edu/news/news-2021-meet-bilinguals-brian-williams-22-bioengineering-and-black-studies https://misti.mit.edu/mit-africa https://chemistry.mit.edu/diversity/shut-down-chem-2022/