Ebony O. McGee

Dr. Ebony McGee, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Innovation and Inclusion in the STEM Ecosystem, is a 13-time NSF investigator awardee, is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Innovation and Inclusion in the STEM Ecosystem at Johns Hopkins University. An electrical engineer by training, she is renowned for her work addressing race and structural racism within the STEM ecosystem, and their impact on the mental and physical health of Black and other minoritized students and professionals.

Dr. McGee has spearheaded multiple initiatives, such as R-RIGHTS, EDEFI, and ICQCM, to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM and has received grants to unlock the entrepreneurial potential of underrepresented groups in STEM. Her research incorporates Afrofuturism to reimagine a STEM future where Black individuals thrive and has resulted in her highly acclaimed book, "Black, Brown, Bruised: How Racialized STEM Education Stifles Innovation." She founded Racial Revolutionary and Inclusive Guidance for Health Throughout STEM (R-RIGHTS) and co-founded the Explorations in Diversifying Engineering Faculty Initiative (EDEFI), as well as the Institute in Critical Quantitative, Computational & Mixed Methodologies (ICQCM) receiving support from the National Science Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, and the WT Grant Foundation.