Stories by Maureen Kearney

Maureen Kearney, Ph.D., is an evolutionary biologist and biodiversity scientist. She is program director in the Division of Environmental Biology at the National Science Foundation.

Four scientists of different sexes and ethnic backgrounds gather around a lab bench.

OpinionAugust 16, 2021

Science Must Be for Everyone

Racism and sexism are obstacles to making the scientific enterprise worthy of its public funding

Maureen Kearney, Gilda Barabino, Joseph Graves, Shirley M. Malcom