Mastodawn

For Day 21 of @spacetober_challenge #spacetober_challenge prompt star: trailblazing US #astronomer Annie Jump Cannon (1863 – 1941), here with her stellar classification system which sorted stars based on spectral types, revealing their temperature from hot blue to cool red stars: O,B,A, F, G, K & M. Named the Harvard Classification after the university, her tremendous contribution was less visible. 🧵1/

#printmaking #womenInSTEM #histsci #DisabledInSTEM #linocut #mastoArt

DisabledInSTEM Oct 20

It's that time of year again... time for #DisabledInSTEM 2026 Mentorship applications! I'm so excited to be running this program for the sixth year and seeing the growth over the years!

Mentee form: https://forms.gle/um5DvYnBi3tnMMRg6
Mentor form: https://forms.gle/BvaxnQm8uhUR7aLz8

Applications due December 5th!

DisabledInSTEM Sep 24

I’m very grateful to @cenmag for dedicating this year’s Trailblazers issue to disabled scientists.
Representation matters, and so does giving grad students the chance to contribute to these stories.
Honored to be part of this powerful collection.
#DisabledInSTEM #SciComm #RepresentationMatters

https://cen.acs.org/synthesis/medicinal-chemistry/Trailblazers-Shana-V-Stoddard-computational-biochemistry-student-success/103/web/2025/09

Shana V. Stoddard: How to create an environment for all science students to succeed

Grad student <b>Alyssa T. Paparella</b> talks with this computational biochemist about adjusting work styles and leaning on community

Chemical & Engineering News

Evan Spotte-Smith (they/them)Sep 15

#DisabledInSTEM

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:p6fjxepbf4hnzwdift5kv5kl/post/3lyuvnxftth2a

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Evan Spotte-Smith (they/them)Sep 11

At one point, preparing for my qualifying exam (an oral exam/dissertation proposal), I had psychosomatic pains that made me (and several medical professionals!) think I was having a heart attack. It felt like there was no way to slow down and take care of myself. #MentalHealth #DisabledInSTEM (2/4)

Michael Freeman Jul 31

Looks like Asma has a free #iTeachChem course for teachers grade 6 to college: Interpreting Chemistry into ASL 🧪🍎 #DisabledInSTEM signplaying.thinkific.com/courses/inte...

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Michael Freeman Jul 30

Fascinating look into #iTeachChem in ASL 🧪🍎 #DisabledInSTEM

DisabledInSTEM Apr 30

Want to learn more about all of the amazing work that has been part of #DisabledInSTEM?

Check out this recent @NatureEcoEvo interview with Alyssa Paparella to see the insights of starting this platform while being a graduate student!

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02707-6

Advocacy for disability in STEM - Nature Ecology & Evolution

DisabledInSTEM is a platform that offers support, mentorship opportunities and shared resources for persons who are navigating science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields with disabilities. We talked to Alyssa Paparella, a PhD candidate at the Baylor College of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute 2023 Gilliam Fellow, and founder of DisabledInSTEM, about her background and experiences with advocacy in academia.

Nature

David Wakeham Mar 31

Despite declining to lodge an official complaint, here I am, seven years later, still being ghosted (and gaslighted).

#PhD #ActuallyAutistic #DisabledInSTEM #Academia #PowerImbalance #Privilege

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/phd-students-who-complain-about-supervisors-never-hear-outcome

PhD students who complain about supervisors ‘never hear outcome’

‘A poor communicator who ghosts me’: disaffected research students and supervisors have similar grievances about each other, survey reveals

Times Higher Education (THE)

John R Hutchinson Jan 13

I guess I hadn't posted this yet and didn't even know it had come out-- I was interviewed for (and co-wrote w/Daniel Rabosky) a Trends in Ecology & Evolution "TrendsTalk" article on "Disability in ecology and evolution" -- https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/abstract/S0169-5347(24)00283-0 #DisabledInSTEM #academicchatter #academia