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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering: Proceedings of a Workshop - in Brief
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering: Proceedings of a Workshop - in Brief
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The workshop videos and presentations are available online.1 KEYNOTE: EXPANDING PARTICIPATION OF UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES IN THE CHEMICAL SCIENCES: MOVING THE NEEDLE Freeman Hrabowski, President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and Co-Founder of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program, opened the workshop with a keynote speech sharing his perspective on how to increase the number of underrepresented minority (URM)
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Part I: Building a Climate Conducive to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Part I of session I served to examine established programs that work to increase DEI by enhancing institutional climates. Rebecca Ruck, Executive Director of Process Research and Development and Enabling Technologies Lead at Merck, began by articulating her motivation for helping to lead the charge to increase DEI at Merck.
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York proposed using distinct messaging for different groups, for example, white students and faculty may respond to economic arguments, Black and Latino individuals may respond to the argument that it is ethical to increase DEI, and STEM researchers in general could respond to the FIGURE 2 Four frames model for creating inclusive organizations. SOURCE: Women in Engineering ProActive Network (adapted from https://www.simmons.edu/sites/default/ files/2019-03/Insights%2001.pdf)
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Part II: Enhancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Talent Pool Part II of session I served to examine established programs to increase DEI by focusing on the talent pool at those institutions. Lourdes Echegoyen, Director of the Campus Office of Undergraduate Research Initiatives and Research Associate Professor of chemistry at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
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SESSION III: EMERGING PROGRAMS AND NEEDS Session III served to highlight emerging programs that work to increase DEI and discuss examples of the needs to advance DEI in the chemical sciences. Judy Kim, Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate Division at the University of California, San Diego, spoke about the ACS Bridge Project.
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He defined diversity framing as quantitative and resulting in programs that focus on students, and defined equity framing as qualitative and focused on culture change. Asai then presented information on the Gilliam Graduate Fellowship Initiative created in 2005.
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Burgstahler listed a variety of ways to increase accessibility, including providing multiple ways for participants to learn and engage, using text-based material, providing descriptive text for hyperlinks and images, and making instructions and expectations clear. She concluded by emphasizing that universal design is about continuous progress, and it is simply a process that can benefit everyone.
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It is important to integrate these discussions into all aspects of scientific research, said Hernandez, so that we can strive for and achieve inclusive excellence. Hernandez also shared his views on the benefit of creating a learning community in which individuals actively seek answers and information together to guide and advance their understanding of how to foster a diverse and inclusive environment.
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We thank staff member Jennifer Cohen for reading and providing helpful comments on this manuscript. Planning committee members were Carlos Gonzalez, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Ian Henry, Procter & Gamble; Rigoberto Hernandez, Johns Hopkins University; Malika Jeffries-El, Boston University; Mary Kirchhoff, American Chemical Society; Cheryl Leggon, Georgia Institute of Technology; and Leyte Winfield, Spelman College.
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