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.


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:

David Kroll (aka Abel Pharmboy):

Danielle Lee:

ChemistryBlog by Mitch André Garcia (2006 - present):

The AstroDyke (2006 - present)

A Blog Around The Clock by Bora Zivkovic (2006 - present):

Thus Spake Zuska by Suzanne Franks (2006 - present):

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein:

Not Exactly Rocket Science by Ed Yong:

Rick MacPherson:

Jeremy Yoder:

Indigenous Science by Salish Silver,
member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (2007 - present)

What’s new by Terence Tao (2007 - present)

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

But You’re A Girl by Adria Richards (2008 - present)

Girlpostdoc:

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):

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:

Kathryn Clancy: Context and Variation

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):

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)

PhD for Life… by Andrea Stith (2011 - present)

Larval Metamorphosis by Elisa Maldonado (2011 - present)

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

Making women visible online

Women Scienceblogs

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.

#12 Jan 30, 2012: Broadening Participation in Science Online and on the Ground, a #scio12 #diversity Summary

#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:

Tentative 2012 calendar prefixed by submission deadlines (& host):

Future themes with submission/publication schedule to be announced:

* 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