Danielle N. Lee: Working twice as hard
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4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2013
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
As a woman of color working in science, Danielle N. Lee has always encountered challenges. But she doesn't expect the email she receives one morning, or the events it sets in motion. Dr. Danielle N. Lee is a biologist and outreach scientist. Her research areas include animal behavior, behavioral ecology, and mammalogy; She is currently examining individual behavioral differences and natural history of African Giant Pouched Rats, Cricetomys ansorgei. DNLee (as she is known online) specializes in informal science outreach to urban youth audiences and the use of social media technology to engage broad audiences in the understanding of science. She focuses on relevant, accessible, and experiential-based lessons -- formal and informal -- to engage diverse audiences in science. Her blog, The Urban Scientist, discusses urban ecology, environmental science, and STEM opportunities (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) as well as diversity in the sciences. Help keep us going! If you love the podcast, please donate here: www.patreon.com/thestorycollider
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| 0:00.0 | Twas the night before Christmas when all through our home, friends were waiting for drinks at the party we'd thrown. |
| 0:07.2 | With an espresso martini mixer from Fever Tree, all you need to add is the vodka, you see. |
| 0:14.2 | Five espresso martinis ready in a second. A Christmas miracle, everybody reckoned. |
| 0:23.9 | So this holiday season mix with the best, |
| 0:29.7 | with fever tree cocktails for you and your guests. Please enjoy responsibly. |
| 0:33.5 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:36.7 | Is NYU scientist the... I felt... I was so... |
| 0:38.3 | And I just thought, well... |
| 0:39.3 | It was that golden moment. |
| 0:42.3 | Because science was on my side. |
| 0:45.3 | Hi, everyone. Hi everyone, I'm Ben Lilly, and welcome to the Story Collider, where we bring you true stories |
| 1:02.0 | of how science has affected people's lives. A quick reminder, we're in the middle of a fundraising drive. |
| 1:07.4 | Head to storycollider.org slash donate to help out. We also have a show coming up in Boston, |
| 1:12.9 | December 12th. This week's story is from Danielle Ann Lee, a biologist and blogger at Scientific American. |
| 1:19.9 | The story was recorded in December 2013 at Littlefield in Brooklyn. The theme of the evening was |
| 1:25.8 | The Dark Side. Early in in Brooklyn. The theme of the evening was the dark side. |
| 1:35.8 | Early in high school, as I was getting ready to go to college, I knew I was ambitious, |
| 1:40.5 | and I went to a college prep school, and I can't remember who said it exactly, |
| 1:47.3 | but I remember being told, be ready to do twice as much work, work twice as hard to get half the credit. If you're a fan of scandal, you may have remembered Papa Pope |
| 1:53.4 | telling Olivia that when she was in the midst of a pity party. And the truth is, for women |
| 1:59.1 | who look like Olivia Pope and me, that is truth. |
| 2:03.6 | It's a real hard truth, especially if you're ambitious, and it's very true in my game |
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