Earth Sciences Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee

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Committee Members

• Aaron Hirsch (postdoctorate)
• Kathryn Hobart (graduate student)
• Morgan Johnstone (undergraduate student)
• Elizabeth Lundstrom (research staff)
• John McDaris (graduate student)
• Jackie Mejia (postdoctorate)
• Crystal Ng (faculty)
• Jennifer Petrie (administrative staff)
• Cara Santelli (chair - faculty)
• Riley Schmitter (undergraduate student)
• Andy Wickert (faculty)

Committee Goals and Activities

Resources Related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- University of Minnesota Resources -

• UMN Office for Equity and Diversity (OED)
  • Disability Resource Center
  • Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
  • Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life
  • Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence
  • Women's Center
• Aurora Center for Advocacy & Education
• UMN All-Gender Restroom Map
• Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), University of Minnesota Student Chapter
• North Star STEM Alliance
• UMN TRIO McNair Scholars Program
• Council for the Advancement of Underrepresented Scientists and Engineers (CAUSE)
• UMN Graduate School: Diversity Student Organizations

 - Professional Society Resources -

• Earth Science Women’s Network (ESWN)
• National Institute for Faculty Equity (NIFE)
• Geoscience Alliance: Broadening Participation of Native Americans in Geoscience
• Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG)
• AGU Scientific Integrity and Professional Ethics
• Women in Geothermal (WING)

- General Resources -

InTeGrate: Why Focus On Diversity?
ADVANCEgeo Partnership: Community Resources - A collection of information about issues important to workpace climate: bullying and harrassment, training, responding to hostile behaviors, and more.
SAGE 2YC: Broadening Participation through Diversity and Inclusion
InTeGrate: Increase the Diversity of your Graduates
Teach the Earth: Broadening Participation in the Geosciences
Scientific American: Why Don’t the Geosciences Have More Diversity?
Science: On Imposter Syndrome
Bernard, R.E. & Cooperdock, E.H.G. (2018). No progress on diversity in 40 years.  Nature Geoscience, 11, 292–295.

- Topical Resources -

Implicit/Unconscious Bias

Project Implicit: identify your implicit associations with tests for 14 different categories
Science: Consciously Combating Unconscious Bias
SAGE Musings: Addressing Implicit Bias in STEM

Gender and Sexuality

Guide to Preferred Gender Pronouns
How to be a Male Ally to Women in STEM (video)
EOS: Data Illuminate a Mountain of Molehills Facing Women Scientists 
Nature Geoscience: Gender imbalance in US geoscience academia
National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals (NOGLSTP)

Persons with Disabilities

EOS: Fostering Accessibility in Geoscience Training Programs
Speaking of Geoscience: Overcoming our ideas about disability in the Geosciences
STEMM Disability Advisory Committee (UK but with good resources)
The International Association for Geoscience Diversity (IAGD)