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I'm a Black Female Scientist. On My First Day of Work, a Colleague Threatened to Call the Cops on Me.
I'm a Black Female Scientist. On My First Day of Work, a Colleague Threatened to Call the Cops on Me.
#BlackintheIvory offers proof that academia needs to do better. Now we just need to do the work.
150 Faculty Members Sign Open Letter to Georgia State University President for More Diversity | The Atlanta Voice
150 Faculty Members Sign Open Letter to Georgia State University President for More Diversity | The Atlanta Voice
Over 150 Georgia State University faculty members signed an open letter to the school's president, Mark Becker, regarding a greater push for diversity and inclusion within its faculty.
Thousands of Scientists Worldwide to Go on Strike for Black Lives
Academics and some scientific organizations will stop research activities on 10 June to reflect and take action on systemic inequalities in science.
Take Action - #ShutDownAcademia #ShutDownSTEM
Wednesday June 10 has been designated a day of action in STEM and in academia in support of Black lives. Non-Black, non-Indigenous people in STEM and academia are invited to dedicate their working hours to formulating a plan of ACTION for how to join the struggle to ensure that Black lives matter.
Black Women Create #BlackInTheIvory and #PublishingPaidMe to Reveal Inequity in Academia and Publishing
Black Women Create #BlackInTheIvory and #PublishingPaidMe to Reveal Inequity in Academia and Publishing
Both hashtags trended on social media over the weekend and speak to pervasive racial inequity.
Silence Is Never Neutral; Neither Is Science
Ignoring science's legacy of racism or a wider culture shaped by white supremacy doesn't make scientists "objective".
Racism in Science: We Need to Act Now
It is easy to make excuses – the legacy of historic racism is so strong that there are not a lot of senior Black scientists to choose from, and those that have survived the gauntlet are in demand and overcommitted, and so on and so forth. But these excuses are lame.
10 Things That the Scholarly Community Can Do to Stand in Solidarity
10 Things That the Scholarly Community Can Do to Stand in Solidarity
Acknowledge the history. Revise your work. Refuse to be complicit.
4 Ways That Scientists And Academics Can Effectively Combat Racism
It's not only about what's happening right now. Things need to change for good.
AAAS CEO Comments on Social Unrest, Racism, and Inequality
The CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science highlights the importance of leadership in the face of the current social unrest.
Ensuring the Pandemic Doesn't Negatively Impact Women in STEM, Especially Those of Color
Ensuring the Pandemic Doesn't Negatively Impact Women in STEM, Especially Those of Color
The pandemic will negatively impact the careers of women in STEM, particularly those of color, and failure to respond could jeopardize years of progress toward faculty equity.
Fostering Bibliodiversity in Scholarly Communications - A Call for Action!
Fostering Bibliodiversity in Scholarly Communications - A Call for Action!
Calling on the community to make concerted efforts to develop strong, community-governed infrastructures that support diversity in scholarly communications (referred to as bibliodiversity).
Underrepresented Faculty Members Share the Real Reasons They Have Left Various Academic Institutions
Underrepresented Faculty Members Share the Real Reasons They Have Left Various Academic Institutions
When Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt asked a large group of underrepresented faculty members why they left their higher education institutions, they told her the real reasons for their departures -- those that climate surveys don't capture.
Women of Color in Academia Often Work Harder for Less Respect | Nadia Owusu
Jess Wade's One-Woman Mission to Diversify Wikipedia's Science Stories
Jess Wade's One-Woman Mission to Diversify Wikipedia's Science Stories
Our largest encyclopedia overwhelmingly recognises the achievements of white men. For physicist Jess Wade, fighting this bias has been an uphill battle to ensure that the scientific contributions made by women and other under-represented communities aren’t lost to posterity.
Physicist Writes 900 Wikipedia Entries to Boost Diversity in Science
A physicist from Imperial College London is on a mission to bust what she calls the "big misconception" about scientists. Dr Jess Wade started to create and edit Wikipedia pages at the beginning of 2018 to "better represent women and people of colour" on the online encyclopedia. She's now amassed a portfolio of more than 900 new pages but says the project is about more than the numbers. Speaking to ITV News on International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Dr Wade said: "Something magical can happen if you stumble across a profile that looks a bit like you. "You realise you could be like that too".
More Indigenous and Latin American Students Are Joining US Graduate Programmes - But Overall Diversity Remains Low
More Indigenous and Latin American Students Are Joining US Graduate Programmes - But Overall Diversity Remains Low
Proportions of female students and those from under-represented ethnic groups are rising, yet parity is a way off.
On Being Accepted: The Views of Four People with Disabilities Working in Scholarly Communications
On Being Accepted: The Views of Four People with Disabilities Working in Scholarly Communications
What's it like to be work in scholarly communications as a person with a disability - physical or mental?
Racial Inequality, at College and in the Workplace
White Americans still disproportionately outnumber their African American and Latino counterparts when it comes to obtaining good jobs, regardless of education they have obtained.
What's Behind The Research Funding Gap For Black Scientists?
Racial disparities in funding may be partly caused by topic choice, study finds.
43 Percent of White Students Harvard Admits Are Legacies, Jocks, or the Kids of Donors and Faculty
Universities Look to Add More Support For First-Generation Graduate Students
Universities Look to Add More Support For First-Generation Graduate Students
"My family didn't understand the internship process or why I wasn’t getting paid yet. That causes some psychological distress."
Equity is Possible: Forging Paths Toward Equity and Anti-Racism in Scholarly Publishing
Equity is Possible: Forging Paths Toward Equity and Anti-Racism in Scholarly Publishing
In this guest post, Gisela Fosado and Cathy Rimer-Surles of Duke UP share highlights and a video from their panel session on equity at the 2019 AUPresses Annual Meeting, plus helpful recommendations to help us achieve equity in scholarly communications.