title: Surviving as an underrepresented minority scientist in a majority environment.
abstract: I believe the evidence will show that the science we conduct and discoveries we make are influenced by our cultural experience, whether they be positive, negative, or neutral. I grew up as a person of color in the United States of America, faced with challenges that many had as members of an underrepresented minority group. I write here about some of the lessons I have learned that have allowed me to survive as an underrepresented minority -scientist in a majority environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 jarvis@neuro.duke.edu.
authors.forename: Erich D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Jarvis
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D063505:Racism; D012106:Research; D012586:Science; D014481:United States