Resources Related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

University of Minnesota Resources

• UMN Office for Equity and Diversity (OED)
  • Disability Resource Center
  • Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
  • Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life
  • Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence
  • Women's Center
• Circle of Indigenous Nations
• American Indian Student Cultural Center
• Aurora Center for Advocacy & Education
• UMN All-Gender Restroom Map
• Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), University of Minnesota Student Chapter
• North Star STEM Alliance
• UMN TRIO McNair Scholars Program
• Council for the Advancement of Underrepresented Scientists and Engineers (CAUSE)
• UMN Graduate School: Diversity Student Organizations

Professional Society Resources and Community Groups

• Geoscience Alliance: Broadening Participation of Native Americans in Geoscience
• American Indians in Science and Engineering Society (AISES)-UMN-TC Chapter
• Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Geosciences (AAPIiG)
• Black in Geoscience
• The National Association of Black Geoscientists (NABG)
• GeoLatinas- Latinas in Earth and Planetary Sciences
• Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG)
• Women in Geothermal (WING)
• Society for Women in Marine Sciences (SWMS)
• Mentoring Physical Oceanography Women to Increase Retention (MPOWIR)
• Earth Science Women’s Network (ESWN)
• National Institute for Faculty Equity (NIFE)
• AGU Scientific Integrity and Professional Ethics
• The International Association for Geoscience Diversity (IAGD)

Scholarships and Funding Opportunities

• Scholarships for Black & African Americans in STEM compiled by Efli.com [link]
• Scholarships for American Indian & Indigenous students from COIN [link]
• Scholarships for Women in STEM resources compiled by Efli.com [link]
• Scholarships and financial planning resources compiled by Annuity.org [link]

General Resources

InTeGrate: Why Focus On Diversity?
ADVANCEgeo Partnership: Community Resources - A collection of information about issues important to workpace climate: bullying and harrassment, training, responding to hostile behaviors, and more.
SAGE 2YC: Broadening Participation through Diversity and Inclusion
InTeGrate: Increase the Diversity of your Graduates
Teach the Earth: Broadening Participation in the Geosciences
Scientific American: Why Don’t the Geosciences Have More Diversity?
Science: On Imposter Syndrome
Bernard, R.E. & Cooperdock, E.H.G. (2018). No progress on diversity in 40 years.  Nature Geoscience, 11, 292–295.
Increasing Diversity in Geosciences, EOS-AGU.
Reducing Workspace Racial Hair Discrimination, consumernotice.org [link] [link] [link].
A guide for Women Interested in Programming Career [link]

Topical Resources

Implicit/Unconscious Bias

Project Implicit: identify your implicit associations with tests for 14 different categories
Science: Consciously Combating Unconscious Bias
SAGE Musings: Addressing Implicit Bias in STEM

Gender and Sexuality

Guide to Preferred Gender Pronouns from LGBT Life Center
How to be a Male Ally to Women in STEM (video)
EOS: Data Illuminate a Mountain of Molehills Facing Women Scientists 
Nature Geoscience: Gender imbalance in US geoscience academia
National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals (NOGLSTP)

Accessibility in Geoscience

EOS: Fostering Accessibility in Geoscience Training Programs
Speaking of Geoscience: Overcoming our ideas about disability in the Geosciences
STEMM Disability Advisory Committee (UK but with good resources)
The International Association for Geoscience Diversity (IAGD)

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