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Diversity Resources for the Sciences @ Pitt
This guide points to resources that may assist instructors in the sciences who want to add content related to diversity issues to their courses. It may also be useful to students working on assignments or projects involving diversity issues.
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Literature Resources
Journals
Books
Selected Articles
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Specialized Topics
Accessibility and Disability
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Ada's Algorithm
by
James Essinger
Publication Date: 2014
African American Women Chemists
by
Jeannette Brown
Publication Date: 2012
Available online
Black Apollo of Science: The Life of Ernest Everett Just
by
Kenneth R. Manning
Publication Date: 1985
Available online
Concussion
by
Jeanne Marie Laskas
Publication Date: 2015
Bennet Omalu
Available online
Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century
by
Katherine A. Morin; James H. Kessler; J. S. Kidd; Renee A. Kidd
Publication Date: 1996
Edward Bouchet: The First African-American Doctorate
by
Ronald E. Mickens (Editor)
Publication Date: 2002
Available online
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by
Rebecca Skloot
Publication Date: 2010
Also available online. Check PittCat.
The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer
by
David Leavitt
Publication Date: 2005
My Work Is That of Conservation: An Environmental Biography of George Washington Carver
by
Mark D. Hersey
Publication Date: 2011
Available online
Nobel Prize Women in Science
by
Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
Publication Date: 2001
Available online
Profiles of 100 Chinese Academicians
Publication Date: 2008
"In China, the word 'academician' refers to members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering"-- Pref.
Unbowed
by
Wangari Maathai
Publication Date: 2006
Astronomy Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Astronomy
by
Helaine Selin (Editor)
Publication Date: 2000
Granting the Seasons: The Chinese Astronomical Reform of 1280, with a Study of its Many Dimensions and a Translation of Its Records
by
Nathan Sivin
Publication Date: 2008
Available online
The Lost Constellations: A History of Obsolete, Extinct, or Forgotten Star Lore
by
John Barentine
Publication Date: 2016
Available online
Making Computers Accessible: Disability Rights and Digital Technology
by
Elizabeth R. Petrick
Publication Date: 2015
Mathematics Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Mathematics
by
Helaine Selin (Editor); Ubiratan D'Ambrosio (Other Adaptation by)
Publication Date: 2000
Nature Across Cultures: Views of Nature and the Environment in Non-Western Cultures
by
Helaine Selin (Editor)
Publication Date: 2003
Russian Contributions to Analytical Chemistry
by
Yury A. Zolotov
Publication Date: 2018
Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry
by
Fukagawa Hidetoshi; Tony Rothman; Freeman Dyson (Foreword by)
Publication Date: 2008
Sherlock Holmes in Babylon and Other Tales of Mathematical History
by
Marlow Anderson (Editor); Victor Katz (Editor); Robin Wilson (Editor)
Publication Date: 2004
Available online
Who Gave You the Epsilon?
by
Marlow Anderson (Editor); Robin Wilson (Editor); Victor Katz (Editor)
Publication Date: 2009
Sequel to "Sherlock Holmes in Babylon".
Available online
Addressing Gender Bias in Science & Technology
by
Samina Azad
Publication Date: 2020
Available online
Beyond Stock Stories and Folktales: African Americans' Paths to STEM Fields
by
Henry T. Frierson (Editor, Series edited by); William F. Tate (Editor)
Publication Date: 2011
Available online
Breaking into the Lab: Engineering Progress for Women in Science
by
Sue V. Rosser
Publication Date: 2012
Available online
Broadening Participation in STEM
by
Zayika Wilson-Kennedy (Editor); Goldie S. Byrd (Editor); Eugene Kennedy (Editor); Henry T. Frierson (Editor)
Publication Date: 2019
Available online
Changing the Face of Engineering: The African American Experience
by
John Brooks Slaughter (Editor); Yu Tao (Editor); Willie Pearson (Editor)
Publication Date: 2015
Available online
Diversity in the Scientific Community, Vol.2: Perspectives and Exemplary Programs
by
Donna J. Nelson (Editor); H. N. Cheng (Editor)
Publication Date: 2018
ACS Symposium Series, Vol.1256
Available online
Girls and Women in STEM: A Never Ending Story
by
Janice Koch; Barbara Polnick; Beverly Irby
Publication Date: 2014
Available online
Growing Diverse STEM Communities: Methodology, Impact, and Evidence
by
Leyte L. Winfield (Editor); Gloria Thomas (Editor); Linette M. Watkins (Editor); Zakiya S. Wilson-Kennedy (Editor)
Publication Date: 2020
ACS Symposium Series, Vol.1328
Available online
Removing Barriers: Women in Academic Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
by
Jill M. Bystydzienski (Editor); Sharon R. Bird (Editor)
Publication Date: 2006
Available online
Women of Color in STEM: Navigating the Workforce
by
Julia Ballenger; Barbara Polnick; Beverly J. Irby
Publication Date: 2017
Available online
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