What does a scientist look like?
Take a moment to imagine what a scientist looks like. Did you imagine an older white man, possibly with crazy white hair, wearing a lab coat standing next to flasks of bubbling, green chemicals? If so, you’re not alone—in studies as early as 1957, it was demonstrated that students start forming stereotypical images of scientists at an early age and that these images persist and deepen as they grow older (more info on this here and here). We can see these stereotypes evident i