Diverse Voices in STEM
The mission of the MIT Press is to work daily to reimagine what a university press can be and to elevate knowledge, inform, and empower. We recognize that publishing, particularly in STEM fields, historically excluded underrepresented voices and perspectives. We are committed doing better.
This means we strive for diversity in what, how, and who we publish, and we actively dismantle barriers to creating and reading great scholarship.
We hope you enjoy the selection of books and films below. If you would like to learn about some of the steps we've taken to bring forward more POC, female, and LGBTQIA+ voices, please visit the Fund for Diverse Voices.
Watch The Uprising
The Uprising tells the story of the unprecedented behind-the-scenes effort that amassed irrefutable evidence of differential treatment of men and women on the MIT faculty in the 1990s. Featuring biologist Nancy Hopkins, the film chronicles the experiences of marginalization and discouragement that accompanied Hopkins’ research and highlights the steps a group of sixteen women faculty members took to make science more diverse and equitable at MIT.
Funding: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Nancy Blachman, and an anonymous donor
Directors: Ian Cheney and Sharon Shattuck
Producers: Manette Pottle, in collaboration with the MIT Press
Executive producer: Amy Brand, director and publisher, the MIT Press
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Bright Galaxies, Dark Matter, and Beyond
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The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist
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Finding Our Place in the Universe
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Elizabeth Blackburn and the Story of Telomeres
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March 17, 2006