DEEP Connections

 

DEEP Connections (Developing Engagement through Existing Pipeline Connections) Lecture Series explores the many intersections of diversity and science by highlighting the amazing scientific endeavors of traditionally underrepresented and marginalized scholars who are also advocates, actively engaged in advancing equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the fields of earth, ocean and atmospheric sciences. Join us for an exciting and informative discussion about their work and their EDI-related efforts.

April 2021 Lecture

Panelists:

• Dr. Marshall Shepherd, University of Georgia, Athens
• Dr. Amelia Moore, University of Rhode Island

March 2021 Lecture

 

Resources provided by the panelists

Dr. Asmeret Berhe (UC Merced):

• AdvanceGeo partnership
• “Hostile climates are barriers to diversifying the geosciences" 

Dr. Lisa White (UC Berkeley):

• Faculty search DEI tools from the UCB Faculty Equity and Welfare Office:
  • https://ofew.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/candidate_evaluation_tool_for_faculty_searches.pdf
  • https://ofew.berkeley.edu/recruitment/contributions-diversity/rubric-assessing-candidate-contributions-diversity-equity-and
  • https://ofew.berkeley.edu/equity/support-inclusion
• Vision and Change in the Geosciences AGI publication 

February 2021 Lecture

Resources provided by the panelists:

Dr. Hendratta N. Ali

• https://www.ihollaback.org/
• https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/index.html

Some other resources

• https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/ally-or-accomplice-the-language-of-activism
• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01883-8  
• https://werepstem.com/2020/06/10/when-the-academy-wants-you-black-for-quotas-funding-but-sis-please-dont-be-black-loud-when-it-matters/
• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01920-6
• https://www.chronicle.com/article/We-Can-t-Ignore-This/249001

 

Dr. Aradhna Tripati

Reading List:

• TCF Reading List Presumed Incompetent (both volumes) by Gutiérrez y Muhs et al (2012) and Flores et al. (2020)
• Toxic Ivory Towers: The Consequences of Work Stress on Underrepresented Minority Faculty by Zambrana (2018)
• Whiteness, Power, and Resisting Change in US Higher Education: A Peculiar Institution by Roth and Ritter (2020)
• Advancing inclusive science and systemic change: the convergence of national aims and institutional goals in implementing and assessing biomedical science training by Hurtado et al. (2017)

Initiatives:

• Academics for Black Survival and Wellness - 7-video series with anti-racism training for academics to engage with, and wellness resources for Black academics
• AAAS Sea Change
• RISD - Student Letter, Institutional Response, Cluster Hire
• UCLA Bunche African American Studies Center Cluster Hire

January 2021 Lecture

Resources provided by Panelists:

Dawn Wright, ESRI

• Presentation slides (PDF)
• https://dusk.geo.orst.edu/compass.html

Billy Williams, AGU

• AGU Ethics Policy (PDF)
• AGU D&I Strategic Plan (PDF)
• AGU Strategic Plan (PDF)
• AGU LANDING Program Information

Brandon Jones, NSF

• Book mentioned in presentation: “Toxic Ivory Towers” by Ruth Zambrana