Despite these role models,
black female scientists are still a rarity.
As
a black female scientist, my agenda is different.
Not exact matches
The film, which premieres tonight at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, will be accompanied by a touring photo exhibit showing
black - and - white shots of some 40
female scientists donning beards, by photographer Kelsey Vance.
Beyond Braff at the helm, Going in Style is scripted by Theodore Melfi, the recently Oscar - nominated writer / director behind Hidden Figures, which similarly followed a trio of undervalued people — in that case, three brilliant - but - overlooked
black female NASA
scientists — and found a way to make its dramatic hamminess (mostly) work to its own advantage.
The 2016 film was based on the book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly, who told the true story of the
black female mathematicians and
scientists who were unsung heroes in launching the early - day of the American space program.
A participant quickly matches pairs of pictures or words — for example, the words «
scientist» and «nurse» with male and
female names, or «high - achieving» with
black and white faces.
The family includes ace mechanics, aspiring comic book artists, amateur
scientists (because no one will hire a
black female astronomer, no matter how brilliant), and writers, including Uncle George, editor and publisher of The Safe Negro Travel Guide, based on the real Negro Motorist Green Book.
Many recent, well - conducted studies have shown that university students,
scientists, and managers penalize job applicants or professors who are thought to be
female or
black.
TEACHING / PRESENTATION HISTORY Graduate Assistant — Texas Woman's University 2010 to Present Theories of the Family, Family Public Policy, Family Sexuality, Family Change and Diversity Guest Lecturer — Mountainview College Spring 2010 Guest Lecturer,
Black Family Course Instructor — Axia College (Online) Fall / Winter 2007 Psychology Instructor — North Central Texas College Fall 2007 Graduate / Research Assistant — Texas Southern University Spring 2005 Presentations: 2010 Ohio Early Care and Education Conference, Columbus, OH April 2010 Pretend Play & African American Families: Learning While Bonding (requested workshop) Educational First Steps Annual Conference, Dallas, TX Feb. 2010 Learning While Bonding (requested workshop) National
Black Child Development Institute, Atlanta, GA April 2009 Strengthening
Black Families Through Play (workshop) Collin College Educators Symposium, Plano, TX April 2009 Share My World: Play and African American Children (workshop) Texas Woman's University Student Research Symposium, Denton, TX April 2009 The Impact of Adolescence on African American Parent - Daughter Relations (poster presentation) Collegium for African American Research, Bremen, Germany (paper presentation) March 2009 The 20th Century Social
Scientist and the African in America: Implications for 21st Century Research Pearls and Ivy Annual Healthy Relationship Forum, Plano, TX (workshop) April 2009 Beyond, Me, Myself, and I: Impact of Early Adolescence on
Females» Interpersonal Relationships Pearls and Ivy Annual Healthy Relationship Forum, Plano, TX Jan. 2008 Maintaining Healthy Relationships and Recognizing Unhealthy Relationships (workshop) The Health Group, Houston, TX Feb. 2005 Recognizing Depression in Yourself and Others (workshop)