Let's talk about race: changing the conversations around race in academia

Jasmine M Miller-Kleinhenz; Alexandra B Kuzmishin Nagy; Ania A Majewska; Adeola O Adebayo Michael; Saman M Najmi; Karena H Nguyen; Robert E Van Sciver; Ida T Fonkoue

doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02409-2

Let's talk about race: changing the conversations around race in academia

Commun Biol. 2021 Aug 5;4(1):902. doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-02409-2.

Authors

Jasmine M Miller-Kleinhenz¹, Alexandra B Kuzmishin Nagy², Ania A Majewska³, Adeola O Adebayo Michael⁴, Saman M Najmi², Karena H Nguyen³, Robert E Van Sciver⁵, Ida T Fonkoue^{6

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. [email protected].
² Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
³ Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁵ Department of Human Genetics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁶ Renal Division, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁷ Research Service Line, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Health Care System (VAHCS), Decatur, GA, USA.

Abstract

Jasmine Miller-Kleinhenz et al. highlight the risk of science and academia’s general neutrality to discussions around race and social justice. Their collectively-developed course represents a framework to begin these important discussions and improve conversations on race in academia.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Humans
Racial Groups / psychology*
Racism / psychology*
Science / statistics & numerical data*
Social Justice / education*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding