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🇵🇷 | former @UPRRP @BrandeisU @AAAS_STPF @NSF | Now Postdoctoral Affairs & Trainee Diversity Initiatives @MSKEducation | DEI & Career Development | Views=Own
Jun 5, 2020 15 tweets 5 min read
For Faculty/PIs in STEM,

Glad to see you on social media voicing your support for #BIPOC. Good start! Now, time to be held accountable for your contributions to the problem and understand where your VOICE & ACTIONS will have real impact. A thread👇

#AcademicChatter #WithaPhD 1- In department meetings, when you agree with colleagues about 'the best and the brightest' (referring ONLY to trainees from Ivy League Schools), and when you believe that Academia is a meritocracy system (spoiler alert: is not!).