PolicySeptember 9, 2019
The Darker Side of John Wesley Powell
Like other early American geologists, the man who explored the Colorado River did anthropologic research that presupposed the racial inferiority of Native Americans
Stories by Tamara Pico
Tamara Pico finished her PhD at Harvard University in Earth and planetary sciences, with a secondary field in women, gender and sexuality studies in May 2019. Her research interests include ice sheets, landscapes and the origin of social cultures in geoscience. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, she works to document and analyze how social conventions and cultural practices affect women and underrepresented minorities in the geosciences.
PolicyOctober 19, 2016
Does English Have to Be the Dominant Language of Science?
There are big advantages to having scientists communicate in a common tongue, but there are drawbacks as well