Eugenics in the Sciences Guide
Dissects how the history of fields like molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, and evolution are deeply entangled with the history of eugenics and scientific racism. Provides an accessible explanation of how different scientific discoveries, theories, and experiments contributed to and legitimized the eugenics movement. Teaches these histories with the goal of challenging scientists, medical professionals, students, and others in various STEM fields to think critically about the assumptions and implications underlying their work and the logic that underpins their research questions. Provides introductory biology professors with specific resources and lessons they can incorporate into their curricula.
Kelly Long (she/they) is a senior majoring in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry and completing a certificate in Global Health Studies at the Jackson School of International Affairs.
Emme Magliato (she/her/hers) is a double major in the History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Poughkeepsie, NY. She is a member of the Class of 2023 and is interested in the local history of eugenics at Yale and in New Haven.
Gemma Yoo is a senior in Jonathan Edwards College majoring in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Her interest in anti-eugenics thinking began with a passionate biology teacher in high school, and she hopes to be able to pass that critical framework on to other biology students in the future.