![]() This will be accomplished by also discussing the confluence between the history of evolutionary biology as a discipline and the social changes that allowed persons of African descent to pursue careers in higher education. Thus in this commentary I intend to provide the reader with a brief description of the cultural experiences of persons of African ancestry in the United States and how these have played a role in maintaining their underrepresentation in evolutionary biology careers. In this sense, evolutionary biologists are not different from the majority of non-African descended persons in this country that have little to no training or familiarity with the scholarly literature associated with the African American experience. ![]() It has been my experience that most non-African descended people in this field are woefully unaware of the dynamics that drive this historical disparity. As the first African American to have earned a PhD in evolutionary biology I have been concerned with this disparity for my entire career (Graves 2012).
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