Diversity Bloggers
The ScienceOnline 2011 conference and the 25th anniversary of MLK Day inspired us to compile this list of diversity bloggers (*). These are authored by STEM Ph.D. students/professionals who are (1) members of underrepresented groups and/or (2) allies writing about underrepresented groups such as women, people of color, LGBTQ, disability, etc. We also include some non-STEM writers who have a rich perspective on academic life. This roster is a work in progress and therefore not comprehensive.
The blogs below are in chronological order to showcase the early adopters. Authors are only identified by their pseudonyms, unless their names are published in their blog bio. We notice that some bloggers are switching to Twitter for their primary communication channel so we will update this page in the future with those usernames. Please submit comments about this page to . We would especially appreciate suggestions of missing blogs to include.
Below we highlight notable posts that we find interesting for their newsworthiness.
- Bloggers
- Women-focused
- Diversity in Science Blog Carnival
(accepting Black History Month submissions) - Science Blogging Conferences (pending)
Mother Earth Journal by Terri Hansen, member of the Winnebago Tribe
(1993 - present; where many posts are article clips from this environmental news reporter)
A Blog About Making Culture by Anil Dash (1999 - present)
Science Careers: Educated Woman by Micella DeWhyse
(2002 - 2006: 55 posts as a PhD student; 2007 - 2008: 17 posts as a postdoc)
The Mad Professah Lectures by Ron Buckmire (2003 - present) 
Son of Timatollah by Tim Wilson (2005 - present) 
Clifford V. Johnson:
- Discover Blogs: Cosmic Variance (2005 - 2006)
- WIRED Science: Correlations (2007 - 2008)
- Asymptotia (2006 - present)
David Kroll (aka Abel Pharmboy):
- Terra Sigillata (2005-2010):
Category “Race”
Category “Underrepresented groups”
Category “Women” - CENtral Science: Terra Sigillata (2007 - present):
Category “Underrepresented groups” - PLoS Blogs: Take As Directed (2007 - present):
Category “Underrepresented groups”
Category “Women”
Danielle Lee:
- Urban Science Adventures! (2006 - present)
- SouthernPlayalisticEvolutionMusic (2010 - present)
- The Urban Scientist (2011 - present)
- Highlight: 8-3-2011 National Association of Black Journalists host national convention, but where are the Black Science Journalists?
- Highlight: 11-11-2011 ABRCMS cultivates Minority Science Researchers for Today and Tomorrow
- @DNLee5
ChemistryBlog by Mitch André Garcia (2006 - present):
- Highlight: 2-9-2007 Race in Chemistry and Academia
- Highlight: 5-23-2011 Racial Epithet from the Clifford Kubiak Group
The AstroDyke (2006 - present) 
A Blog Around The Clock by Bora Zivkovic (2006 - present):
- Following posts have excellent sections on science blogging diversity.
- Science Blogging Networks: What, Why and How
- Links ‘n’ Thoughts on emerging science blogging networks
Thus Spake Zuska by Suzanne Franks (2006 - present):
- CosmicVariance guest post (2006)
- BackReaction guest post (2007)
- isgreaterthan guest posts (2008 - 2010)
- Disordered Cosmos (2007 - 2010)
- @thedailycosmos
Not Exactly Rocket Science by Ed Yong:
- Category “Science & Society” (2006 - 2008)
- Discover Blogs (2008 - present):
Category “Race”
Category “Gender issues”
Posts tagged “Discrimination”
Rick MacPherson: 
- Malaria, Bedbugs, Sea Lice, and Sunsets (2006 - 2010)
- LGBT in Ocean Science/Engineering Survey (2010)
- Deep-Sea News (2010 - present)
Jeremy Yoder: 
- Denim and Tweed (2006 - present)
- Highlight: 10-11-2010 Why I’m out online
- Highlight: 6-2-2011 Show off your pride and your science!
- Highlight: 6-22-2011 The intelligent homosexual’s guide to natural selection and evolution, with a key to many complicating factors
- @JBYoder
Indigenous Science by Salish Silver,
member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (2007 - present)
What’s new by Terence Tao (2007 - present)
- Category “Career advice”
- Category “Opinion”
- Highlight: 2-13-2008 Discussion of the “Stolen Generation” of indigenous Australians
Reconciliation Ecology by Madhusudan Katti (2007 - present)
Kevin Zelnio of Deep-Sea News (2007 - present):
Minorities in Marine Biology: The Dearth of Black Professors
Racism Review by Joe R. Feagin and Jessie Daniels (2007 - present):
ScienceToLife (2007 - 2008)
Isis the Scientist: On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess
- Blogspot (2008 - 2009)
- ScienceBlogs (2008 - present)
- (self-published) (2011 - present)
- Highlight: 1-12-2011 Shameful Gender Discrimination at UC Davis Veterinary School
- Highlight: 5-10-2011 Dr. Feldman to Relinquish Chair As a Result of Incident at UC Davis
- Highlight: 11-17-2011 What Womanspace Really Looks Like (And Why Nature Can Suck It)
But You’re A Girl by Adria Richards (2008 - present)
Girlpostdoc:
- Canadian GirlPostdoc in America (2008 - present)
- LabSpaces guest post So do you feel like you belong? (2011)
- LabSpaces (2011 - present)
Minus Two Fish by Cesar A. Rodriguez-Rosario (2008 - present)
49 percent by Samia (2008 - present)
The Urban Birder by David Lindo (2008 - present)
DrugMonkey (2008 - present):
- Category “Diversity in Science”
- Category “Underrepresented groups”
- Highlight: 10-13-2008 On racial discomfort and blogger diversity
- Highlight: 8-6-2010 Diversity on Scientopia: Ok, let’s have at it.
Minority Scientist (2008 - 2010)
Thesis - with Children (2008 - 2009)
Science with Moxie by Princess Ojiaku (2009 - present)
boingboing: Maggie Koerth-Baker (2009 - present) 
Anthropology in Practice by Krystal D’Costa (2009 - present)
Bio-MINDS students blog project of the University of Puerto Rico (2009 - present)
ChemistryBlog: Out and about by Boyie (2009) 
On Life and Science by Hector Hernandez (2009 - present)
LGBT Latest Science by Geekgirl ally (2009 - 2011) 
Cynthia-Lou Coleman, member of the Osage Tribe (2010 - present)
Steve Silberman: 
- NeuroTribes: mind, science, culture (2010 - present)
- @stevesilberman
Kathryn Clancy: Context and Variation
- Blogspot by (2010 - 2011)
- Scientific American Blogs (2011 - present)
- Highlight: 11-17-2011 What Does it Mean to Do the Right Thing? Time to #OccupyNPG (reaction to “Womanspace” article)
LatinaScientist (2010 - present)
Psychology Today: Are We Born Racist? by Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton (2010 - present)
Kitsap Sun: Humanity is like a Patchwork Quilt by Marcie (2010 - present) 
Diverse Blog: STEM Watch by Lorelle L. Espinosa (2010 - present)
InsideHigherEd: Kerry Ann Rockquemore (2010 - present):
- Surviving the Tenure Track
- Support for Summer Writers
- Winning Tenure Without Losing Your Soul
A Day in the Life of Cassandra by Cassandra Brooks,
member of the Missisquoi Abenaki Tribe (2011 - present)
Eagles RISE students blog of North Carolina Central University (2011 - present)
SoScience by Marcelo Vinces (2011 - present) 
- Highlight: 6-29-2011 Gay pride, genes and brains
PhD for Life… by Andrea Stith (2011 - present)
Larval Metamorphosis by Elisa Maldonado (2011 - present)
- Highlight: 11-1-2011 I heart SACNAS
UW SACNAS by University of Washington SACNAS chapter (2011 - present)
Newly found blogs to be added above:
http://scientistmother.blogspot.com
http://sciedsociety.blogspot.com
http://physicsforgirls.blogspot.com
http://scienceblogs.com.br/brazillion/?utm_source=blogindex&utm_medium=link
http://scienceblogs.com/thescian/
http://tucsoncitizen.com/three-sonorans/
http://earthlodge.net/blog/
http://renettatull.wordpress.com
http://doyouspeakmath.blogspot.com
http://terrenceblackman.blogspot.com
http://jbashir.wordpress.com
http://scientopia.org/blogs/thehermitage/
http://sgrp.typepad.com/sgrp/academic-race-theory/
http://orthogonalprojections.typepad.com/orthogonal_projections/race/
Women-focused Blog Collections and Discussions [top]
This list is not comprehensive so we only highlight certain posts/collections.
Wilma: Women Science Bloggers Database by Elaine Westwick with
currently 232 women bloggers
Martin Robbins: Women in Science Blogging
Kathryn Clancy: The women scienceblogging revolution
Ed Yong: Celebrating female science bloggers
through the looking glass by Alice Bell: Category “gender”
Diversity in Science Blog Carnival [top]
A carnival is one blog post organized by a rotating editor who collects writings, links, photos, etc. submitted on a central theme. Danielle Lee initiated the Diversity in Science (DiS) carnival in 2009.
2012 calendar of carnival themes is below. Peruse the past carnival editions below for submission ideas. There is also a suggested topic list of submissions for each theme. Note to established bloggers, your submission can be an old posting; but, please do not submit a post that has been used in previous carnivals. An online signup sheet will be available in the future for hosting future carnivals.
Announcement:
The February carnival theme is “Black History Month: Celebrating Blacks in Science, Promoting Diversity in STEM” hosted by Andrea Stith, Ph.D. at PhD for Life…. Deadline is February 25 to submit articles, links, photos, etc by email to:
or you can use this submission form.
#11 Nov 28, 2011: Diversity in Science Carnival – Native American Heritage Month
#10 Jun 30, 2011: Diversity in Science Carnival: Pride Month 2011 
#9 Apr 29, 2010: All Shades of Green is Up
#8 Mar 28, 2010: In Honor of Women’s History Month
#7 Feb 27, 2010: Black History Month - Broadening STEM Participation at Every Level
#6 Jan 27, 2010: Perspectives on STEM Diversity and Outreach from ScienceOnline 2010
#5 Dec 28, 2009: Programs to Promote STEM Diversity Among K-12 Students & General Audiences
#4 Nov 20, 2009: Increasing Diversity Among the College Ranks
#3 Oct 16, 2009: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and follow-up
#2 Mar 26, 2009: Women Achievers in STEM - Past and Present
#1 Feb 24, 2009: Black History Month Celebration
Diversity in Science Blog Carnival logo by Daniel DeWitt Brown
Coming Out in the Sciences: Part II: Your stories, today (Technically not part of the DiS series; but, the content is similar to this blog carnival’s theme.) 
Suggested topics for a particular ethnic/gender/etc subpopulation community:
- Inspiring personal/career stories of scientists/leaders
- History of the science, scientists, & subpopulation politics
- Reflections of one’s own identity and its impact on your career/science
- Coming to terms with being a minority in a majority environment
- Relevant subpopulation identity issues in science, medicine, health, etc
- Career & professional resources: websites, articles, books, events, funding, etc
- Outreach & mentoring activities to give back to the community
- Advocacy/leadership stories and opportunities
- Stories of safe space work environments in academia, industry, government, etc.
- Being a minority within a minority, e.g. women scientists of color
- Educating and building relations with allies
- Specific topics unique to the subpopulation, e.g. gender identity in the LGBT community
Tentative 2012 calendar prefixed by submission deadlines (& host):
- Jan 28: #scio12 Broadening Participation (#diversity) and related sessions (#BSWF #developingnations #studentblogging) Summary
- Feb 25: Black History Month
- Mar 25: Women’s History Month (DoubleX Science)
- Apr 25: Earth day, Arbor day, Environmental awareness
- May 25: Asian, Pacific, & South Asian Heritage Month
- Jun 25: LGBT Pride Month
- Jul 25: To be determined (TBD)
- Aug 25: TBD
- Sep 25: TBD
- Oct 25: Hispanic Heritage Month
- Nov 25: Native American Heritage Month
Future themes with submission/publication schedule to be announced:
- Ally Champions of Underserved Communities
- Blog Writing for Broadening Participation in the Sciences
- Disability Awareness, Disabled Community (Code For Life)
- Mentoring
- Shattering Stereotypes in STEM
- Understanding Interventions that Broaden Participation in Research Careers
- Women Science Writers
- your suggestions…
* We use a loose definition of “bloggers” to mean an individual who writes regularly online using either a “traditional” publisher or on their own using a modern blogging service. If an institutional blog has only one posting on diversity, then we will place that link on our Articles page.
(Credit: Black History Month image source, 1-10-2010)
Last updated 15-Feb-2012,
Originally published 18-Jan-2011







