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Diversity in STEM
The Weber Lab is proud to be the home of Project Biodiversify, a webspace that promotes teaching materials and methods to increase diversity and inclusion in biology classrooms. Spearheaded by NSF Postdoctoral Fellow Ash Zemenick, Project Biodiversify aims to make it easier for educators to foster inclusive learning environments.
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The lack of diversity in STEM is an important issue, and one that I feel strongly about helping to confront. As part of that, I feel that it is our responsibility to educate ourselves about diversity issues in STEM, and to learn how best to combat bias and prejudice and to promote social equality as a community. I am always happy to talk about these and related issues.
The lack of diversity in STEM is an important issue, and one that I feel strongly about helping to confront. As part of that, I feel that it is our responsibility to educate ourselves about diversity issues in STEM, and to learn how best to combat bias and prejudice and to promote social equality as a community. I am always happy to talk about these and related issues.
Below is a short sample of resources concerning diversity issues in STEM. Stay tuned for more updates!
"Diversity in STEM - What it is and why it matters?" Scientific American Blog
"Diversity: Pride in science" - Nature - on being LGBTQ in STEM
"Women in Science" Nature - Special Issue
"Equality: Standing out" - Nature, about how a "welcoming lab environments and networking organizations help lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender scientists to excel."
"The remarkably different answers men and women give when asked who's the smartest in the class" The Washington Post
"Science faculty's subtle gender biases favor male students" PNAS
Several popular press pieces on insights from trans scientists on biases in the field can be found here, here and here.
An article on implicit bias in letters of recommendation by Trix & Psenka
UM has a number of resources and policies in support of diversity and inclusion as well. You can find many of them here
"Diversity in STEM - What it is and why it matters?" Scientific American Blog
"Diversity: Pride in science" - Nature - on being LGBTQ in STEM
"Women in Science" Nature - Special Issue
"Equality: Standing out" - Nature, about how a "welcoming lab environments and networking organizations help lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender scientists to excel."
"The remarkably different answers men and women give when asked who's the smartest in the class" The Washington Post
"Science faculty's subtle gender biases favor male students" PNAS
Several popular press pieces on insights from trans scientists on biases in the field can be found here, here and here.
An article on implicit bias in letters of recommendation by Trix & Psenka
UM has a number of resources and policies in support of diversity and inclusion as well. You can find many of them here