A newly published study finds that tenure-track faculty in the United States come from homes wealthier than the average population, and are 25 times more likely than the general population to have a parent with a PhD. ScienceCareers
When Jessica Flake started her Ph.D. at the University of Connecticut, she hadn't yet figured out that published papers were the currency of academia. Flake, who describes herself as growing up in poverty and was the first in her family to attend college, let alone pursue a Ph.D., found herself navigating an increasingly foreign landscape as she pursued her academic career.
The study's focus on socioeconomic status"might offer a dangerous suggestion that public policies should focus only on fixing economic issues to address academic inequalities," writes Gustavo Silva, a biologist at Duke University, in an email toCareers."As an Afro-Brazilian man in an elite American institution, the color of my skin and the texture of my hair are what have defined major parts of my lived experience and professional relationships.
Black scientists are more likely to study topics influenced by experiences of discrimination or poverty
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