Friday Lecture Series
(open to the Rockefeller and Tri-Institutional communities)
Friday, October 17, 2025
Robert Fernandez, Ph.D.
Co-founder and Executive Director, Científico Latino
Building Pathways Towards Equitable Graduate School Admissions and STEM Careers
The Annual Marie M. Daly Lecture
Recommended Readings:
Tornini, Valerie A., et al. “DEI infrastructures required for the best science and medicine.” The Lancet 403.10442 (2024): 2375.
Cadena, Melissa Andrea, et al. “Insights and strategies for improving equity in graduate school admissions.” Cell 186.17 (2023): 3529-3547.
Santoro, Helen. “US to end race-based university admissions: what now for diversity in science?.” (2023): 229-230.
Hofstra, Bas, et al. “The diversity–innovation paradox in science.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117.17 (2020): 9284-9291.
Hernandez, Paul R., et al. “Sustaining optimal motivation: A longitudinal analysis of interventions to broaden participation of underrepresented students in STEM.” Journal of educational psychology 105.1 (2013): 89.
Gardner, Susan K., and Karri A. Holley. ““Those invisible barriers are real”: The progression of first-generation students through doctoral education.” Equity & Excellence in Education 44.1 (2011): 77-92.
