Pathways for Accelerating Change in Social Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in STEM Curricula

 Racial Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Science Education centers around integrating race in science classrooms with interactive, inclusive, and interdisciplinary resources. These resources are available to create inclusive learning opportunities and engage students to develop inclusive mindsets. This project seeks to guide learners and empower educators through the creation of new content that demonstrates how to apply critical thinking skills to identify and transform the structures that sustain racial inequity in healthcare, education, and STEM fields in the US.

Halsey, S.J., L.R. Strickland, M. Scott-Richardson, T. Perrin-Stowe, & L. Massenburg. 2020. Elevate, don’t assimilate, to revolutionize the experience of scientists who are Black, Indigenous and people of color. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4: 1291–1293. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01297-9 

This paper summarizes important issues that influence recruitment and retention and offers strategies that can improve recruitment and retention of faculty of color.

Miriti, M. N. (2020). The elephant in the room: race and STEM diversity. BioScience, 70(3), 237-242.

A Washington Post Article by Michael E. Ruane

This paper presents 10 rules to help labs develop antiracists policies and action in an effort to promote racial and ethnic diversity, equity, and inclusion in science.

Chaudhary, V.B., and A.A. Berhe. 2020. Ten simple rules for building an antiracist lab. PLoS Computational Biology 16: e1008210. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008210 

"One of the origins of scientific racism can be traced to Linnaeus’ work on the classification of man, which had devastating and far-reaching consequences for humanity." Posted by the The Linnean Society website by Dr Isabelle Charmantier, Head of Collections. This article also links to a video and an easy-read version on the subject.