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women of color on science faculties  

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  • Science and technology permeate every aspect of lives and drive economies worldwide. African American, Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and Native American/Alaskan Native/Native Hawaiians are underrepresented on college and university faculties in the sciences, defined as biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and computer science; for the purposes of this analysis, the sciences do not include medicine, dentistry, or veterinary science. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society; Science Faculties, Women of Color on]

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