PUBLICATIONS ON DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY IN STEM
A number of articles and editorials have been published in recent years that cover the subjects of equality, inclusion and diversity in chemistry and STEM. The following list is intended as a resource for those who want to learn more about these topics.
Recognition of academia’s ‘invisible labour’ is long overdue
THE Campus, 6th June 2021
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/recognition-academias-invisible-labour-long-overdue
Why are there still so few black scientists in the UK?
Aarathi Prasad
The Observer, Sat 10 Apr 2021 16.00 BST.
A longer shortlist increases the consideration of female candidates in male-dominant domains
Brian J. Lucas, Zachariah Berry, Laura M. Giurge and Dolly Chugh
Uncertainty plagues junior researchers from underprivileged backgrounds amid pandemic
Carrie Arnold and Chris Woolston
Postdocs under pressure: 'Can I even do this anymore?'
Chris Woolston
Organic Chemistry: A Retrosynthetic Approachto a Diverse Field
Laura K. G. Ackerman-Biegasiewicz, Daniela M. Arias-Rotondo, Kyle F. Biegasiewicz, Elizabeth Elacqua, Matthew R. Golder, Laure V. Kayser, Jessica R. Lamb, Christine M. Le, Nathan A. Romero, Sidney M. Wilkerson-Hill, and Dwight A. Williams
To See a Face Like Mine
Esther A. Odekunle
Cell 2020, 183, 564-567.
Ten simple rules for women principle investigators during a pandemic
Pamela K. Kreeger et al.
PLoS Comput. Biol. 2020, 16, e1008370.
White men still dominate in UK academic science
Chris Woolston
Female Faculty: Why So Few and Why Care?
Shina Caroline Lynn Kamerlin and Pernilla Wittung‐Stafshede
UK chemistry pipeline loses almost all of its BAME students after undergraduate studies
Katrina Krämer
Chemistry World, 2020 (link).
Racism in academia, and why the ‘little things’ matter
Kevin N. Laland
Nature 2020, 584, 653–654.
A Diverse View of Science to Catalyse Change
César A. Urbina‐Blanco et al.
The race to the bottom and the route to the top
David K. Smith
Nature Chemistry 2020, 12, 101–103.
Black scientists matter
Malegapuru William Makgoba
Science 2020, 369, 884.
Equity and Inclusion in the Chemical Sciences Requires Actions not Just Words
Melanie S. Sandford
Excellence versus Diversity? Not an Either/Or Choice
Silvia Bordiga et al.
Confronting Racism in Chemistry Journals
Cynthia J. Burrows et al.
Are women publishing less during the pandemic? Here’s what the data say
Giuliana Viglione
Pandemic lockdown holding back female academics, data show
Times Higher Education Supplement 2020.
Link (subscription only).
The changing career trajectories of new parents in STEM
Erin A. Cech and Mary Blair-Loy
PNAS 2019, 116, 4182-4187.
Younger scientists need better support
Editorial
Nature 2019, 572, 563.
Increasing gender diversity in the STEM research workforce
Carol W. Greider et al.
Science 2019, 366, 692–695.
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz0649
The Chemistry Women Mentorship Network (ChemWMN): A Tool for Creating Critical Mass in Academic Chemistry
Brandi M. Cossairt, Jillian L. Dempsey and Elizabeth R. Young