Diversity of perspectives is critically important for innovation and problem solving. The purpose of this resources page is to provide those interested in the climate sciences and climate adaptation with an overview of diversity in STEM, a better understanding of why diversity matters for academia and the climate sciences, and how we, as early career professionals, can benefit from increased awareness and advocacy of inclusion. Please feel free to share additional resources, articles, guides, and organizations with us at earlycareerclimate@gmail.com.
General
- How diversity makes us smarter | Katherine W. Phillips, Scientific American
- Diversity: Promoting new perspectives | Chris Tachibana, Science
- Does diversity pay?: Race, gender, and the business case for diversity | Cedric Herring, American Sociological Review
- The increasing dominance of teams in production of knowledge | Wuchty, Jones & Uzzi, Science Express
- Diversity makes better science | Douglas L. Medin and Carol D. Lee, APS Observer
Gender and STEM
- Women without tenure, Part 1 | Cathy Ann Trower, Science
- Women without tenure, Part 2: The gender sieve | Cathy Ann Trower, Science
- Women without tenure, Part 3: Why they leave | Cathy Ann Trower, Science
- Women without tenure, Part 4: Why it matters; What to do | Cathy Ann Trower, Science
- Keeping women in the science pipeline | Mason et al.
- Keeping women in science on a tenure track | Steven Greenhouse, New York Times
- Quality of evidence revealing subtle gender biases in science is in the eye of the beholder |Handley et al., PNAS
- Bridging the gender gap: The demographics of scientists in the USDA Forest Service and academia | Kern et al., Professional Biologist
- The leaky pipeline | Dr. Rhiannon Thompson, Au Science Magazine
- Who are scientists? | Special report, Au Science Magazine
- Where are the women in ecology? | Dr. Laura Jane Martin, The Ecological Society of America
- Thanks to the glass ceiling breakers | Yarrow Axford, Science
- How sexual harrassment and bias undermine women’s access to scientific careers | Podcast, ScienceFriday
- How can reducing unconscious bias increase women’s success in IT | National CEnter for Women and Information Technology
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