Overview

The Program for the Study of Race & Gender in Science & Medicine (RGSM) is an intellectual center that promotes scholarship, research, policy and public education for understanding how scientific, medical and technological ideas and practices contribute to and construct notions of difference in our multi-racial, multi-ethnic society.

One of the signature projects of this new Program will focus on the persistent under-representation of African Americans and other groups in scientific, technical, and mathematical (STEM) and fields. At this moment when technological innovation is a leading driver of the global economy, the historical and contemporary low participation of people of African descent in these fields in the United States and throughout the world threatens not just our economic future but also the opportunities of individuals from these groups to be full participants in American society and globally.