Happy 2023! A new year means new beginnings, and we’re looking forward to engaging with our community members as we connect people and develop relationships. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn at @ARCEquityInSTEM. We always want to hear from our members and from the #EquityInSTEM community!
Ashley, Marketing and Communications Manager
The next Equity in STEM Community Convening will take place June 5-7, 2023.
Co-hosted by WEPAN and the ARC Network, the EiSCC brings together change makers from higher education, professional societies, non-profits, industry, and government in an engaged exchange of knowledge, resources, and support to drive systemic change in STEM. Building on and integrating the NSF ADVANCE PI meeting, the 2019 inaugural EiSCC, and WEPAN's annual meeting, the EiSCC continues to include emphasis on advancing intersectional gender equity in the STEM academy and to serve as the NSF ADVANCE PI meeting. What happens when we convene the experience, expertise, and partners from 30 years of WEPAN with 20 years of NSF ADVANCE in one place? To start, nearly 200 speakers and over 70 sessions centered on advancing faculty equity in STEM joined us last year, anchoring the EiSCC as THE national convening of STEM equity professionals and change agents.
The ADVANCE Journal has an open call for submissions for a special issue to honor and center the narratives of those who have experienced academic trauma and betrayal in higher education. The deadline for submissions has been extended to January 15. Dr. Stephani Page, ARC Network Community Manager and Director of Strategic Initiatives for WEPAN, is a guest editor.
Read more and submit at: https://www.advancejournal.org/for-authors
The ADVANCE Journal invites submissions that speak to structural and institutional transformation, addressing the intersections of gender and higher education with other forms of social difference.
Manuscripts focused on the representation and advancement of marginalized peoples in the academy; the development of innovative and sustainable ways to promote gender and racial equity in the academic workforce; experiences of QTBIPOC in STEM are welcome.
To submit your manuscripts, please visit https://www.advancejournal.org/for-authors, or email questions to Sharadha Kalyanam, Managing Editor at kumaraks@oregonstate.edu.
The U.S. National Science Foundation is piloting the Analytics for Equity Initiative to support social, economic and behavioral sciences research that leverages federal data and scientific advances in researching equity-related topics for greater public benefit.
Led by NSF and in partnership with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the White House Office of Management and Budget and other federal agencies, the initiative links interested researchers directly with federal agencies seeking to answer research questions captured in their learning agendas in equity-related research themes.
Proposed budgets may not exceed $75,000 and NSF plans to invest up to $1 million in contracts, subject to the availability of funding.
Read more at: https://beta.nsf.gov/od/oia/eac/analytics-equity-initiative
The inaugural Science for All Summit (April 5-6), produced by Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, will address access issues and strategies for STEM engagement from early education to career by bringing together leading experts and thought leaders to discuss the latest in advocacy, policy, practice, and research. ARC Network Community Engagement Manager and WEPAN Director of Strategic Initiatives Dr. Stephani Page is serving on the Steering Committee.
There are many ways to get involved in this important conference; join as a speaker, sponsor, or participant. Session proposal submissions are being accepted until Friday, January 20, 2023.
To learn more and submit your session proposal, please visit the Science for All Summit website at https://moreheadplanetarium.org/programs/science-for-all-summit/
ReclaimingSTEM Institute (RSI) is recruiting applicants to join their Board of Directors, welcoming candidates who want to support a new organization’s growth, mentor early career leaders, and expand RSI’s reach across STEM institutions.
An ideal board candidate must be invested in a reparative, collaborative approach to leadership and consensus processes; has 5 years of experience as nonprofit executive staff or board director; has a STEM or academic background, or tangential experience to working within STEM institutions; and has experience as a supportive mentor for early career leaders. Read more and apply at https://www.reclaimingsteminstitute.org/getinvolved
The Persist series for women in STEM is back with a brand-new season presented through a collaboration between DiscoverE and WEPAN. The series is hosted by Kameelah S. Majied, PMP, an engineer, diversity champion, and Director of Operations at Merck.
On November 9, Dr. Paige Brown, an engineer, educator, author of Conqueror: A Black Woman’s Guide to Conquering Challenges in the Workplace, and currently the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility officer for the US Department of Labor, talked about adversity she faced earlier in her career and how she conquered these challenges. Dr. Brown is also a WEPAN Award winner, recently receiving the 2022 Industry Trailblazer Award and the Leader in Engineering Education Award for enhancing the career success of women in STEM professionals, especially women identifying with underrepresented groups.
Watch the webinar at: https://youtu.be/w4a9ChUcKX8
Collected resources and news regarding our Virtual Visiting Scholars.
"Advocates, Allies, or Bystanders: Applying Intersectional Perspectives to Bystander Intervention Trainings in the Academic Workplace" by Dawn Kiyoe Culpepper, February 23, 2023, 3pm ET
Register at bit.ly/culpepperarc
A selection of equity, diversity, and inclusion-related articles.
"Mounting evidence suggests the peer-review crisis in academic publishing was worsened, in part, by a system that favors male scholars and discourages women. A new study of nearly 50 journals in the British Medical Journals Publishing Group found that women accounted for less than one in three peer reviewers — scholars who are experts in their field and are critical to vetting new research before it’s published in academic journals. The proportion of female peer reviewers grew by only 2.9 percentage points between 2009 and 2020."
Publications, reports, or communications relevant to equity in the academy. All resources listed below are available in the ARC Network online resource library.
“It is no secret that the ‘glass ceiling’ preventing women advancing to leadership positions exists in academia as well. Spain is no exception. Gender relations are usually investigated independently of other power relations like class and ethnicity. In our sample (80 men and women in different academic institutions across Spain) we found that not only women but also men from working class backgrounds have difficulties making successful academic careers. Therefore, we use an intersectional approach to investigate the relationship between gender and class. Comparing two life-histories, we explore what strategies individuals employ to overcome the barriers with which they are confronted.”
“Diversity within civil engineering has been limited by the sector’s failure to recruit and retain minorities. A contributing factor to this disproportionate turnover of out-group members is hostile and discriminatory treatment from peers and managers. When evaluated critically, equality approaches intended to reduce discrimination within organisations have been found to have either no impact, or even a negative impact. It is posited that employee perceptions of organisational fairness influence employee attitudes towards equality approaches and must be considered before undertaking further work in this area.”
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