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| 14 Sep || History: Darwin & slavery || Chris (unless someone wants to volunteer)  || Desmond and Moore, pp xxi, 1-7, 18-26, 32-44.
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| 14 Sep || History: Darwin & slavery || Chris || Desmond and Moore, pp xxi, 1-7, 18-26, 32-44.
 
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| 21 Sep || History: Mismeasure of Men || Chris (unless someone wants to volunteer) || Gould, pp. 19-72; investigate the controversy
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| 21 Sep || History: Mismeasure of Men || Chris || Gould, pp. 19-72; investigate the controversy
 
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| 28 Sep || History: Ecology || Austin and Kevin || Environmental/Ecological History [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3984909?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents] [https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/environmentalisms-racist-history], Contemporary Racism in Ecology/Environmental Science [https://www.washington.edu/news/2020/08/13/systemic-racism-has-consequences-for-all-life-in-cities/] [https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/369/6510/eaay4497.full.pdf?casa_token=KqIcOZbaPb4AAAAA:LiUMi_H6HjHwx971SB5GE6G7xOJWtaBa9tN2bz-5CY4Z1NDAYtI_Cs-Bhuf0-gKk1MsDKB9uK_M1MQ]
 
| 28 Sep || History: Ecology || Austin and Kevin || Environmental/Ecological History [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3984909?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents] [https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/environmentalisms-racist-history], Contemporary Racism in Ecology/Environmental Science [https://www.washington.edu/news/2020/08/13/systemic-racism-has-consequences-for-all-life-in-cities/] [https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/369/6510/eaay4497.full.pdf?casa_token=KqIcOZbaPb4AAAAA:LiUMi_H6HjHwx971SB5GE6G7xOJWtaBa9tN2bz-5CY4Z1NDAYtI_Cs-Bhuf0-gKk1MsDKB9uK_M1MQ]
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| 12 Oct || Scientific colonialism: in the past and now || Swapna (& Georgia?)||  Science Still Bears the Fingerprints of Colonialism[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/science-bears-fingerprints-colonialism-180968709/]
 
| 12 Oct || Scientific colonialism: in the past and now || Swapna (& Georgia?)||  Science Still Bears the Fingerprints of Colonialism[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/science-bears-fingerprints-colonialism-180968709/]
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Read the paper I emailed out that Georgia kindly translated for us!
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Watch this video AND read the comments! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9SiRNibD14&feature=emb_logo, Science Must Fall]
 
Watch this video AND read the comments! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9SiRNibD14&feature=emb_logo, Science Must Fall]
  
Make sure to read the paper I emailed out that Georgia kindly translated for us!
 
 
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| 19 Oct || Species naming issues || Sam ||  
 
| 19 Oct || Species naming issues || Sam ||  
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Read (1) the statement [https://americanornithology.org/statement-on-mccowns-longspur-naming-issue/ here] (quite short); also look at some of the embedded linked articles including the new 2019 guidelines. <br>
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(2) preprint [https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.09.243238v1 here] <br>
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(3) historical background [https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/04/american-bird-names-colonialism-audubon/?arc404=true here]<br>
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In addition, because all of this is so bird-centric, bring examples from your study taxa.
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| 26 Oct || Field work || Eliza & Jess|| Racism and harassment are common in field research — scientists are speaking up[https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02328-y]
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Demery & Pipkin (2020)[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-01328-5]
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Skim this Saltmarsh Safety SOP[https://www.tidalmarshbirds.org/?page_id=1597], we will be using it as a template to come up with field safety guidance for research in Connecticut
 
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| 26 Oct || Field work || Eliza & Jess|| 
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| 2 Nov || Society, conferences, and codes of conduct || Liz and Val || Required: "Grieving and frustrated: Black scientists call out racism in the wake of police killings" [https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01705-x]
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Homework: look up a society you are a part of (see email)
| 2 Nov || Society, conferences, and codes of conduct || Liz and Val ||
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Optional: (1) "A medical school tradition comes under fire for racism" [https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/05/643298219/a-medical-school-tradition-comes-under-fire-for-racism] (2) Cultivating institutional transformation and sustainable STEM diversity in higher education through integrative faculty development [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10755-013-9277-9]
 
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| 9 Nov || Multi-cultural education: Teaching || ||   
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| 9 Nov || Multi-cultural education: Teaching || Cindy and Kara || Videos: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwM7kYUGUzA (1)] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPutaPc9gB8 (2)] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgtinODaW78 (3)] <br> [https://www.npr.org/2020/09/30/918864226/want-to-dismantle-racism-in-science-start-in-the-classroom Podcast] <br> And pages 19 and 20 of [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1012447230486 this article (Tables 1 and 2)] <br> Optional: [https://www.tolerance.org/professional-development/critical-practices-for-antibias-education-family-and-community-engagement especially the topic "Engagement with Community Issues and Problems"] <br>  
 
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| 16 Nov || Multi-cultural education: Mentoring || Andrew ||  
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| 16 Nov || Multi-cultural education: Mentoring || Andrew || Practical paper on mentorship: [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.5090 Emery et al. 2019] <br> Watch this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwvVLt5ySrQ VIDEO] on mentorship for social change.
 
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| 23 Nov || -- || NO MEETING ||  
 
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| 30 Nov || Wrap-up part 1: what will we do?|| || We've talked a lot, now we need to compile a list of things we can collectively do, assign jobs, and make a timeline. Bring ideas, but also think about what role you plan to take.
 
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| 7 Dec || Wrap-up/next steps/summarize actions|| ||  
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| 7 Dec || Wrap-up part 2: how do we keep momentum going|| ||  
 
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Latest revision as of 01:52, 10 November 2020

During fall 2020 we will discuss racism as it relates to the field of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. Graduate students are encouraged to participate in any way that works for them. Discussions are intended to be informal and are designed to help us all learn about racism in our field's history, about its role today, and - most importantly - to help us identify things we can all do to make our work more accessible and welcoming to all.

Students can sign up for course credit if they would like to, but our discussions are not designed to be something that people will be graded for. If you do sign up for credit, you will receive an S (satisfactory) grade as long as you attend a majority of meetings and lead the discussion at least once.

For more information, or to be added to the group's email list, contact Chris Elphick.


Week of: Topic Discussion lead Readings, etc.
31 Aug All Organization
7 Sep -- NO MEETING
14 Sep History: Darwin & slavery Chris Desmond and Moore, pp xxi, 1-7, 18-26, 32-44.
21 Sep History: Mismeasure of Men Chris Gould, pp. 19-72; investigate the controversy
28 Sep History: Ecology Austin and Kevin Environmental/Ecological History [1] [2], Contemporary Racism in Ecology/Environmental Science [3] [4]
5 Oct History: Conservation Franco History of Racism in Conservation [5] [6], Contemporary Racism in Conservation [7], OPTIONAL: How can we be more inclusive? [8]
12 Oct Scientific colonialism: in the past and now Swapna (& Georgia?) Science Still Bears the Fingerprints of Colonialism[9]

Read the paper I emailed out that Georgia kindly translated for us!

Watch this video AND read the comments! Science Must Fall

19 Oct Species naming issues Sam

Read (1) the statement here (quite short); also look at some of the embedded linked articles including the new 2019 guidelines.
(2) preprint here
(3) historical background here
In addition, because all of this is so bird-centric, bring examples from your study taxa.

26 Oct Field work Eliza & Jess Racism and harassment are common in field research — scientists are speaking up[10]

Demery & Pipkin (2020)[11]

Skim this Saltmarsh Safety SOP[12], we will be using it as a template to come up with field safety guidance for research in Connecticut

2 Nov Society, conferences, and codes of conduct Liz and Val Required: "Grieving and frustrated: Black scientists call out racism in the wake of police killings" [13]

Homework: look up a society you are a part of (see email)

Optional: (1) "A medical school tradition comes under fire for racism" [14] (2) Cultivating institutional transformation and sustainable STEM diversity in higher education through integrative faculty development [15]

9 Nov Multi-cultural education: Teaching Cindy and Kara Videos: (1) (2) (3)
Podcast
And pages 19 and 20 of this article (Tables 1 and 2)
Optional: especially the topic "Engagement with Community Issues and Problems"
16 Nov Multi-cultural education: Mentoring Andrew Practical paper on mentorship: Emery et al. 2019
Watch this VIDEO on mentorship for social change.
23 Nov -- NO MEETING
30 Nov Wrap-up part 1: what will we do? We've talked a lot, now we need to compile a list of things we can collectively do, assign jobs, and make a timeline. Bring ideas, but also think about what role you plan to take.
7 Dec Wrap-up part 2: how do we keep momentum going

Resources:

Project biodiversify (teaching tools to promote diversity and inclusivity)
DiversifyEEB (illustrating diversity among those who study EEB)
UConn's chapter of Ecological Society of America's SEEDS (Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability) program
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans (SACNAS)
GEM consortium
Biomedical Conference for Minority Students(ABRCMS)