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Big Idea: Doing Indigenous Language
As a Kiowa linguist, Dr. Andrew McKenzie studies the scientific and social side of language, and shares what he is doing to help save it in his Big Idea essay.
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Big Idea: Coupling Jim and Jane Crow
Jim Crow impacted African Americans throughout the twentieth century. So did its accomplice Jane Crow. Dr. Ayesha K. Hardison describes how Jane Crow affected Black women's lives and shaped their writing and activism.
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Big Idea: It's Time for More Representation in STEM
Sarah Lamm studies rocks on Mars as a planetary science PhD candidate. She's frustrated when "no one assumes I'm a scientist" because of her age and gender. She's right. Less than 30 percent of scientists are women.
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