By: Eliza Brockwell

January 11th, 2019

VIDEO: What happens when you Google ‘scientist’?

These STEM career stereotypes might be stopping people from seeing themselves in a STEM career.

We break down the 3 most common stereotypes about scientists that you’re likely to find in a Google image search and set them straight!

Author: Eliza Brockwell

Eliza is the Digital Producer for Careers with STEM. Eliza is passionate about creating content that encourages diversity of representation in STEM.

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