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.
Opinion: African researchers should stand their ground in global knowledge production
PROF CORLI WITTHUHN
University of the Free State, August 2022
Research matters
The Social Research Association (SRA)
The Social Research Association, June 2022
Decision-making factors of female A-level chemistry students when choosing to study a degree in chemistry
Rachel Crossdale , Fraser J. Scott and Gemma Sweeney
To advance equality for women, use the evidence
Michelle Ryan
Nature, 19th April 2022
CAN U.S. PHYSICS OVERCOME ITS RECORD OF EXCLUSION?
Jeffrey Mervis
Science, Vol 375, Issue 6584, 1st March 2022
How a part-time fellowship enticed a scientist back to academia
Rachel James
Nature, 11th January 2022
Scientists question Max Planck Society’s treatment of women leaders
Alison Abbott
Nature, 22th November 2021
A new equilibrium for supramolecular chemists
Nature, 22th November 2021
Extension request avoidance predicts greater time stress among women
Ashley V. Whillansa, Jaewon Yoona, Aurora Tureka and Grant E. Donnellyb
‘Academics should be rewarded for supporting careers of others’
Sophie Inge
Research Professional News, 7th October 2021
The need to recognize and reward academic service
Starting up in science
By Kerri Smith, Heidi Ledford and Richard Van Noorden
Photography by Chris Maddaloni
Nature, 29th September 2021
https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-021-02563-x/index.html
Teaching Equity in Chemistry
Danny Doucette. Abigail R. Daane, Angela Flynn, Chris Gosling, Dana Hsi, Clausell Mathis, Andrew Morrison, Shinae Park, Moses Rifkin and Johan Tabora
Journal of Chemical Education, 12th August 2021
Anti-Black racism in academia and what you can do about it
Working Class in Academia
University of Bristol, 20th June 2021
https://richpancost.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2021/06/20/working-class-in-academia/
The authorship rows that sour scientific collaborations
Nature, 14th June 2021
Responses to 10 common criticisms of antiracism action in STEMM
Maya L. GosztylaI, Lydia Kwong, Naomi A. Murray, Claire E. Williams, Nicholas Behnke, Porsia Curry6, Kevin D. Corbett, Karen N. SouzaI, Julia Gala de PabloI, Joanina Gicobi, Monica JavidniaI, Navina Lotay, Sidney Madison Prescott, James P. Quinn, Zeena M. G. Rivera, Markia A. Smith, Karen T. Y. Tang, Aarya Venkat, Megan A. Yamoah
PLOS, 15th July 2021
https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009141
Black Scientists Are Not the Door to Diversity
Cellas A. Hayes
ACS Chem. Neurosci., 11th June 2021
Nothing About Us Without Us – Towards Genuine Inclusion of Disabled Scientists and Science Students Post Pandemic
Dr. Julia P. Sarju
Chemistry Europe, 8th June 2021
https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/chem.202100268
Recognition of academia’s ‘invisible labour’ is long overdue
Shari Boodts and Fleur Jongepier
THE Campus, 6th June 2021
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/recognition-academias-invisible-labour-long-overdue
Equality and diversity efforts do not ‘burden’ research — no matter what the UK government says
Editorial
Teaching with and supporting teachers with dyslexia in higher education
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Lived experiences of ableism in academia,
ISBN: 978-1447354130, 25th May 2021
https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/lived-experiences-of-ableism-in-academia
Lived Experiences of Ableism in Academia
Strategies for Inclusion in Higher Education
Nicole Brown
ISBN: 978-1447354130, 25th May 2021
https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/lived-experiences-of-ableism-in-academia
How to blow the whistle on an academic bully
Virginia Gewin
Nature, 11th May 2021
The missing colours of chemistry
Nature, 29th January 2021
Ableism in Academia - Theorising experiences of disabilities and chronic illnesses in higher education
Nicole Brown and Jennifer Leigh
UCL press, 5th October 2020
UK chemistry pipeline loses almost all of its BAME students after undergraduate studies
Katrina Krämer
Quantifying professionalism in peer review
Gender gap in chemistry journals hasn’t improved in 15 years
Chemistry & Engineering News, 23th August 2020
Exploring perceptions of and supporting dyslexia in teachers in higher education in STEM
Jennifer Hiscock and Jennifer Leigh
Innovations in Education and Teaching International , 14th May 2020
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14703297.2020.1764377
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
Racism in academia, and why the ‘little things’ matter
Kevin N. Laland
Nature 2020, 584, 653–654.
Organic Chemistry: A Call to Action for Diversity and Inclusion
Sarah E. Reisman, Richmond Sarpong, Matthew S. Sigman and Tehshik P. Yoon
Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 6223–6228
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c02559
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).
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
Ableism in academia: where are the disabled and ill academics?
Jennifer Leigh, Nicole Brown
Disability & Society 2018,