Asian Americans in STEM are not a monolith

Zer Vue; Chia Vang; Neng Vue; Vijayvardhan Kamalumpundi; Taylor Barongan; Bryanna Shao; Sunny Huang; Larry Vang; Mein Vue; Nancy Vang; Jianqiang Shao; CoohleenAnn Coombes; Prasanna Katti; Kaihua Liu; Kailee Yoshimura; Michelle Biete; Dao-Fu Dai; Mark A Phillips; Richard R Behringer

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2023.06.017

Asian Americans in STEM are not a monolith

Cell. 2023 Jul 20;186(15):3138-3142. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.06.017.

Authors

Zer Vue¹, Chia Vang², Neng Vue³, Vijayvardhan Kamalumpundi⁴, Taylor Barongan⁵, Bryanna Shao³, Sunny Huang⁶, Larry Vang³, Mein Vue³, Nancy Vang³, Jianqiang Shao⁷, CoohleenAnn Coombes⁸, Prasanna Katti⁹, Kaihua Liu¹⁰, Kailee Yoshimura¹¹, Michelle Biete¹¹, Dao-Fu Dai¹², Mark A Phillips¹³, Richard R Behringer¹⁴

Affiliations

¹ Vanderbilt University, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address: zer.vue@vanderbilt.edu.
² Vanderbilt University, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Nashville, TN, USA; Counseling and Guidance, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM 87701, USA.
³ Vanderbilt University, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Nashville, TN, USA.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA; Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
⁵ Vanderbilt University, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Biology, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI 96720, USA.
⁶ Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA; Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA; Geminii, Inc., Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
⁷ Central Microscopy Research Facility, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
⁸ Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98795, USA.
⁹ National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
¹¹ Department of Biology, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI 96720, USA.
¹² Department of Pathology, The John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
¹³ Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Genetics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: rrb@mdanderson.edu.

PMID: 37478817
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.06.017

Abstract

Despite tremendous diversity, Asian Americans in STEM are grouped and viewed as a homogeneous monolith, facing stereotypes and disparities. We propose solutions that include disaggregating the Asian American grouping and recognizing the diverse individual ethnic subgroups that comprise Americans of Asian ancestry to implement change within the STEM field.

MeSH terms

Asian*
Humans
United States

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