Abstract
1990s A teacher inspires a future in chemistry Growing up in Pittsburgh, Jeanita Pritchett loved science. “I was the kid, when I was younger, always asking for the microscope,” she says. Her parents, both nuclear engineers, did a good job of making sure that Pritchett and her siblings were exposed to science. “But it was really my high school chemistry teacher that I credit for why I became a chemist,” she says. He was a boisterous and exciting teacher who believed in her ability to succeed before she’d proved it to herself. But her high school wasn’t very diverse. So like her parents, Pritchett chose to attend a historically Black college, Tennessee State University, so that she could be surrounded with students like herself. 2000s Great mentors foster scholarship In college, Pritchett started out studying chemistry education but later switched to chemistry. “I didn’t want to limit myself to just
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