Ascent in Academia as a Person of Color: The Impostor Syndrome is a Lie

Dr. De'Broski Herbert will reveal his inspirational journey from his small southern hometown to academia at a prestigious university in a large, urban northern city. His path to success was littered with overt and subtle racism, external hyper-scrutiny, and feelings of isolation. Yet, he defied racial stereotypes by achieving tenured faculty status in the basic sciences, a field often deemed "too rigorous and difficult for Blacks to master." Ultimately, Dr. Herbert will relay the joys and rewards of achieving the pinnacle of success in a career he finds exhilarating and worthwhile.

De'Broski Herbert, B.S., Ph.D. is currently a tenured Professor of Pathobiology and Director and principal investigator of his own eponymous laboratory, The Herbert Lab, at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in Philadelphia. He is also Presidential Professor of Immunology at the University of Pennsylvania, a rare honor awarded to exceptional scholars. Dr. Herbert is nationally and…