Black perspectives in STEM
The resources below have been selected for their content and strategies. They are drawn from different regions and decades and as such may contain language that is out of date or reflect regional differences.
- Abdelrahman, N., Irby, B. J., Ballenger, J., & Polnick, B. (2020). Girls and women of color in STEM: Their journeys in higher education. Information Age Publishing, Inc.
- Collins, K. H. (2018). Confronting Color-Blind STEM Talent Development: Toward a Contextual Model for Black Student STEM Identity. Journal of Advanced Academics, 29(2), 143–168. doi: 10.1177/1932202X18757958
- Gasman, M., & Nguyen, T.-H. (2019). Making Black scientists: A call to action. Harvard University Press.
- Irby, B. J., Abdelrahman, N., Polnick, B., & Ballenger, J. (2021). Women of color in STEM: Navigating the double bind in higher education. Information Age Publishing, Inc.
- Kim, N., Ross, C. C., Fuller, M., & Small, C. (2024). Antiblackness and the stories of authentic allies: Lived experiences in the fight against institutionalized racism. Oxford University Press.
- Thomas, U., & Drake, J. (2016). Critical research on sexism and racism in STEM fields. Information Science Reference.
Chemistry and biochemistry
- Collins, S. N. (2021). African American chemists: Academia, industry, and social entrepreneurship. American Chemical Society.
Mathematics
- Cotton, T. (2024). Towards a socially just mathematics curriculum: A theoretical and practical approach. Routledge.
- Jett, C. C. (2022). Black male success in higher education: How the mathematical brotherhood empowers a collegiate community to thrive. Teachers College Press.
- Walker, E. N. (2014). Beyond Banneker: Black mathematicians and the paths to excellence. SUNY Press.
Physics
- Akyea, T. (2021). Black women in Canadian physics. Physics in Canada, 77(1), 14-15.
- Omonibo, O. S. (2021). Diary of a 21 year old Nigerian physics graduate in Canada's smallest province. Physics in Canada, 77(1), 16.
Biology
- DeSalle, R., & Tattersall, I. (2018). Troublesome science: The misuse of genetics and genomics in understanding race. Columbia University Press.
- Finn, G. M., Danquah, A., & Matthan, J. (2022). Colonization, cadavers, and color: Considering decolonization of anatomy curricula. The Anatomical Record, 305(4), 938–951. doi: 10.1002/ar.24855
Health Sciences
- Corburn, J. (2005). Street science: Community knowledge and environmental health justice. MIT Press.
- LaFave, S. E. et al. (2022). Strategies for Implementing Antiracist Frameworks in Teaching Materials for Health Professions. In K. F. Johnson, N. M. Sparkman-Key, A. Meca, & S. Z. Tarver (Eds.), Developing Anti-Racist Practices in the Helping Professions: Inclusive Theory, Pedagogy, and Application (pp. 251–276). Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-95451-2_13
- Papadopoulos, I., & Shea, S. (2018). Culturally competent compassion: A guide for healthcare students and practitioners. Routledge.
Psychology
- Ade-Serrano, Y., & Nkansa-Dwamena, O. (2025). Reimagining race in psychology: Challenging narratives and widening perspectives in training and practice. Routledge.
- Sodhi, P. K. (2024). Trauma-informed psychotherapy for BIPOC communities: Decolonizing mental health. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
- Barlow, J. N. (2024). Writing Blackgirls’ and women’s health science: Implications for research and praxis. Lexington Books.
- Benjamin, R. (2019). Race after technology: Abolitionist tools for the New Jim Code. Polity.
- Emeagwali, G. T., & Shizha, E. (2016). African Indigenous knowledge and the sciences: Journeys into the past and present. SensePublishers.
- Huylebrouck, D. (2019). Africa and mathematics: From colonial findings back to the Ishango rods. Springer Nature.
- Jamniczky, H., Andrews, D., Anderson, S., & Willetts, L. Anatomy Video and Imagery Diversity Project. University of Calgary.
- Muhammad, C. M., Peppers-Citizen, M., Long, J., & Khalsa, K. K. (2024). Yoga in the Black community: Healing practices and principles. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
- Mukwende, Malone; Tamony, Peter; Turner, Margot (2020). Mind the Gap: A handbook of clinical signs in Black and Brown skin. St George's, University of London. doi: 10.24376/rd.sgul.12769988
- Small, C., & Fuller, M. (2020). Treating Black Women with Eating Disorders: A Clinician’s Guide. Taylor & Francis.
- Cooper, C. (2023). Better living through birding: Notes from a Black man in the natural world. Random House.
- Prescod-Weinstein, C. (2021). The disordered cosmos: A journey into dark matter, spacetime, and dreams deferred. Bold Type Books.
- Sharkey, E. (2023). A darker wilderness: Black nature writing from soil to stars. Milkweed Editions.