ADVANCEGeo Partnership

EGU celebrates the diversity of people needed to create truly outstanding science The Union restates our support for a geoscience community that is diverse as an essential feature of conducting cutting edge, innovative science research. In order to support this, we share a list of ...

A very nice statement from EGU outlining the union's commitment to diversity and the actions and initiatives they've taken in support of equality, diversity and inclusion. It's a nice long list when you write it all out!
www.egu.eu/news/1259/eg...

As DOE is ending PIER plan requirements for Promoting Inclusive & Equitable Research, it is a good day to share resources in the hope that our scientific community keeps working towards a more inclusive & equitable research environment:
@advancegeo.bsky.social
serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/i...

Thank you for sharing.

NSTC: Guidelines for Federal Research Agencies to Reduce Sex-Based and Sexual Harassment Involving Award Personnel | OSTP | The White House NSTC: Guidelines for Federal Research Agencies to Reduce Sex-Based and Sexual Harassment Involving Award Personnel can be found here.

Our team was able to inform a new National Science and Technology Council report Guidelines for Federal Research Agencies to Reduce Sex-Based and Sexual Harassment Involving Award Personnel (released 1/6/25) via serving on a panel and through our published research www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-up...

Who’s quitting academia? Data reveal gender gaps in surprising fields Even in scientific areas in which women are well represented, they are up to 40% more likely than men to leave research within 20 years.

“‘It’s very easy to assume that science is going to change organically towards equality — and what this study shows is that that’s not happening…It is an ‘important reminder for us that we need to stay vigilant in working towards equality in science’” @crsugimoto.bsky.social 🧪
#AcademicSky 👩🏽‍🔬

Looking forward to your future work!

More on our ADVANCEing FieldSafety collaboration! #AGU24

Excited to share our most recent collaboration ADVANCEing FieldSafety on an accessible online training course on field safety with the FieldSafe team #AGU24

Learn about our train-the-trainers model for engaging leaders in the geosciences and other STEM fields advance interventions to transform workplace climate #AGU24

Join us for important conversations at #AGU24

Supporting student success beyond academics Success in the community college – for students, staff and faculty – requires “college fluency,” or knowledge of the non-curricular support services and resources offered on campus. Earlier this year,...

Racial differences in community college faculty and staff capacity to foster a sense of belonging for diverse student populations and provide cultural adjustment support for intl and immigrant students reveal need for diversity in faculty, staff and leadership www.ccdaily.com/2024/11/supp...

There are many layers here, but I want to comment on one aspect of these findings for now--the editorial board representation. Some will see this and immediately think: we need to get more POC on our boards! I understand that impulse, but encourage you to think a few steps down the game tree 1/n.

Queer Black voices in conservation Click on the article title to read more.

Recognizing and uplifting the diverse voices of those who have contributed to conservation yet have been excluded from public recognition against a backdrop of legacies of imperialism and settler colonialism conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The burden of service for faculty of color to achieve diversity and inclusion: the minority tax The exclusion of Blacks/African-Americans, Latinx/Hispanics, and Indigenous people from science has resulted in their underrepresentation in the biomedical workforce, especially in academia. Faculty d...

This approach has a well-known consequence: it's called the minority tax that faculty of color often face as we're called upon to address inequities in the larger system. I just want to make sure we don't keep adding to that tax. 4/4.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Hello everyone! We wanted to take a moment to introduce you to some some of the programs we offer to support our members! Check it out!

#BlackSky #BlackSTEM #WomeninSTEM #BlackWomen

#GeoLatinas

Black Women in Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Science BWEEMS is a global network of Black Women driving innovation in ecology, evolution, and marine science despite being historically overlooked and isolated in the field.

Hi Bluesky! We are BWEEMS, Black Women in Ecology, Evolution and Marine Science. A non-profit dedicated to amplifying and supporting Black women in EEMS spaces! It's nice to be here! 🐟 🪴 🐊

www.bweems.org

Tools of the Trade by GeoLatinas In this collection, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment features a series of Tools of the Trade articles (short articles on a method, instrument, or approach ...

Short articles by Early Career GeoLatinas in NREE

#GeoLatinas #WomenInEarthSciences #LatinasInSTEM

Who will be at #AGU24 ? Raise your hand! Levanta la manito 🙋🏽‍♀️

I'm working on the GeoLatinas presentation with Danita, @caroll03.bsky.social , @luud.bsky.social , Dariana, @malenaoa.bsky.social , Gaby, & adding a slide about our connection space (Pods), come see us!

#GeoLatinasAroundTheWorld

We will be there! Can't wait to see you!! 🥳 #AGU24

Queer Black voices in conservation Click on the article title to read more.

"Queer Black people have been integral to this field [conservation]"

Beautiful piece on the past, present, and future contributions of queer Black conservationist

Well done to my good friend Alex Moore and colleagues

conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Perspectives on inclusion, safety, and belonging from members of the North American LGBTQIA+ conservation community Conservation scientists work in diverse settings, sometimes requiring them to exist in spaces where they do not feel safe, included, or accepted. This is often the case for the LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay...

Perspectives on inclusion, safety, and belonging from members of the North American LGBTQIA+ conservation community conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Behind the graduate mental health crisis in science - Nature Biotechnology Survey results identify how scientific research and teaching contribute to the graduate student mental health crisis.

Conversely, receiving emotional support and making progress in research alleviated symptoms of depression and anxiety in study of graduate student mental health. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Behind the graduate mental health crisis in science - Nature Biotechnology Survey results identify how scientific research and teaching contribute to the graduate student mental health crisis.

New study on graduate student mental health: "receiving overly harsh criticism or being scolded by a research mentor, and being held to unreasonable expectations were two of the most detrimental aspects of research affecting student mental health." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Students: Looking for an excellent field course in planetary geology and volcanology? Need field course credits in an accessible format? If yes to either or both, join us this summer for GeoSPACE, lead by myself and some fantastic colleagues!

Only 1 percent of neuroscience faculty is Black. Kaela Singleton hopes to change that. Whatever you do, don’t call the Black in Neuro founder “resilient.”

"Things like objectivity, making things impersonal, and encouraging people to be devoid of their personhood at work all strip us of our creativity, our empathy, and our humanity."

www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Only 1 percent of neuroscience faculty is Black. Kaela Singleton hopes to change that. Whatever you do, don’t call the Black in Neuro founder “resilient.”

"I think my least favorite thing in life is to be called “resilient,” because it means that people only see me through the lens of difficulty. They love the idea that I am resilient, but they don’t actually care about any of the things that made me resilient."

www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Meet the 2025 SCIP Fellows Meet the 2024 class of SciComm Identities Project fellows!

Congratulations to ADVANCEGeo team member @malenaoa.bsky.social and others selected for the 2025 SciComm Identities Project Fellowship on the intersection of climate change and food-related issues, including food insecurity, agriculture, and aquaculture. scicommidentities.org/2024/11/18/m...

Racial bias can taint the academic tenure process—at one particular point Black and Hispanic professors fare worse when voters include colleagues who are less familiar with their work, new study finds

The authors speculate that the effect of racial bias at the college or university committee level may be due to less proximity with the candidate's disciplinary expertise, hence greater potential for reliance on stereotypes. www.science.org/content/arti...

Racial bias can taint the academic tenure process—at one particular point Black and Hispanic professors fare worse when voters include colleagues who are less familiar with their work, new study finds

Racial bias did not appear to influence the typical first step of the review process, the departmental review- but began to emerge when the case proceeded to the next step, a vote by the college. www.science.org/content/arti...