Academia is often a family business. That’s a barrier for increasing diversity

Dr. Sherilynn Black and Dr. Gustavo Silva discuss the barriers that exist in academia with Science Magazine. 

It’s the responsibility of academic institutions to use results like these to inform interventions that will help people from every background thrive in academia, says Sherilynn Black, associate vice provost for faculty advancement at Duke University. “It’s really important not to look at this data and say, ‘I didn’t have a parent with an advanced degree—maybe that means academia is not for me,’” says Black, a neuroscientist whose research focuses on race, diversity, and academia.

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