By age 26, Dr. Angeline Dukes, a daughter of immigrants and a first-generation college graduate from a low-income background, had earned a doctorate in neuroscience and become an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota. While putting in long hours of bench research as a graduate student, Dr. Dukes founded Black In Neuro, a non-profit organization that supports Black scholars in neuroscience-related fields. The formation, leadership, and activities of this organization have been featured prominently in STAT News, USA Today, Forbes, Journal of Neuroscience, and Science.

In the seminar, Dr. Dukes spoke to UNO faculty and students about the tools every research scholar should know to support their success in academia in the 21st century and the lessons she learned while building one of the most prominent advocacy organizations for Black scientists today.