Cargando…

Junior scientists spotlight social bonds in seminars for diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM

Disparities for women and minorities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers have continued even amidst mounting evidence for the superior performance of diverse workforces. In response, we launched the Diversity and Science Lecture series, a cross-institutional platform where j...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Boyle, Evan A., Goldberg, Gabriela, Schmok, Jonathan C., Burgado, Jillybeth, Izidro Layng, Fabiana, Grunwald, Hannah A., Balotin, Kylie M., Cuoco, Michael S., Chang, Keng-Chi, Ecklu-Mensah, Gertrude, Arakaki, Aleena K. S., Ahmed, Noorsher, Garcia Arceo, Ximena, Jagannatha, Pratibha, Pekar, Jonathan, Iyer, Mallika, Yeo, Gene W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10621980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37917746
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293322
_version_ 1785130470646743040
author Boyle, Evan A.
Goldberg, Gabriela
Schmok, Jonathan C.
Burgado, Jillybeth
Izidro Layng, Fabiana
Grunwald, Hannah A.
Balotin, Kylie M.
Cuoco, Michael S.
Chang, Keng-Chi
Ecklu-Mensah, Gertrude
Arakaki, Aleena K. S.
Ahmed, Noorsher
Garcia Arceo, Ximena
Jagannatha, Pratibha
Pekar, Jonathan
Iyer, Mallika
Yeo, Gene W.
author_facet Boyle, Evan A.
Goldberg, Gabriela
Schmok, Jonathan C.
Burgado, Jillybeth
Izidro Layng, Fabiana
Grunwald, Hannah A.
Balotin, Kylie M.
Cuoco, Michael S.
Chang, Keng-Chi
Ecklu-Mensah, Gertrude
Arakaki, Aleena K. S.
Ahmed, Noorsher
Garcia Arceo, Ximena
Jagannatha, Pratibha
Pekar, Jonathan
Iyer, Mallika
Yeo, Gene W.
author_sort Boyle, Evan A.
collection PubMed
description Disparities for women and minorities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers have continued even amidst mounting evidence for the superior performance of diverse workforces. In response, we launched the Diversity and Science Lecture series, a cross-institutional platform where junior life scientists present their research and comment on diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM. We characterize speaker representation from 79 profiles and investigate topic noteworthiness via quantitative content analysis of talk transcripts. Nearly every speaker discussed interpersonal support, and three-fifths of speakers commented on race or ethnicity. Other topics, such as sexual and gender minority identity, were less frequently addressed but highly salient to the speakers who mentioned them. We found that significantly co-occurring topics reflected not only conceptual similarity, such as terms for racial identities, but also intersectional significance, such as identifying as a Latina/Hispanic woman or Asian immigrant, and interactions between concerns and identities, including the heightened value of friendship to the LGBTQ community, which we reproduce using transcripts from an independent seminar series. Our approach to scholar profiles and talk transcripts serves as an example for transmuting hundreds of hours of scholarly discourse into rich datasets that can power computational audits of speaker diversity and illuminate speakers’ personal and professional priorities.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-10621980
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher Public Library of Science
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-106219802023-11-03 Junior scientists spotlight social bonds in seminars for diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM Boyle, Evan A. Goldberg, Gabriela Schmok, Jonathan C. Burgado, Jillybeth Izidro Layng, Fabiana Grunwald, Hannah A. Balotin, Kylie M. Cuoco, Michael S. Chang, Keng-Chi Ecklu-Mensah, Gertrude Arakaki, Aleena K. S. Ahmed, Noorsher Garcia Arceo, Ximena Jagannatha, Pratibha Pekar, Jonathan Iyer, Mallika Yeo, Gene W. PLoS One Research Article Disparities for women and minorities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers have continued even amidst mounting evidence for the superior performance of diverse workforces. In response, we launched the Diversity and Science Lecture series, a cross-institutional platform where junior life scientists present their research and comment on diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM. We characterize speaker representation from 79 profiles and investigate topic noteworthiness via quantitative content analysis of talk transcripts. Nearly every speaker discussed interpersonal support, and three-fifths of speakers commented on race or ethnicity. Other topics, such as sexual and gender minority identity, were less frequently addressed but highly salient to the speakers who mentioned them. We found that significantly co-occurring topics reflected not only conceptual similarity, such as terms for racial identities, but also intersectional significance, such as identifying as a Latina/Hispanic woman or Asian immigrant, and interactions between concerns and identities, including the heightened value of friendship to the LGBTQ community, which we reproduce using transcripts from an independent seminar series. Our approach to scholar profiles and talk transcripts serves as an example for transmuting hundreds of hours of scholarly discourse into rich datasets that can power computational audits of speaker diversity and illuminate speakers’ personal and professional priorities. Public Library of Science 2023-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10621980/ /pubmed/37917746 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293322 Text en © 2023 Boyle et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Boyle, Evan A.
Goldberg, Gabriela
Schmok, Jonathan C.
Burgado, Jillybeth
Izidro Layng, Fabiana
Grunwald, Hannah A.
Balotin, Kylie M.
Cuoco, Michael S.
Chang, Keng-Chi
Ecklu-Mensah, Gertrude
Arakaki, Aleena K. S.
Ahmed, Noorsher
Garcia Arceo, Ximena
Jagannatha, Pratibha
Pekar, Jonathan
Iyer, Mallika
Yeo, Gene W.
Junior scientists spotlight social bonds in seminars for diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM
title Junior scientists spotlight social bonds in seminars for diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM
title_full Junior scientists spotlight social bonds in seminars for diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM
title_fullStr Junior scientists spotlight social bonds in seminars for diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM
title_full_unstemmed Junior scientists spotlight social bonds in seminars for diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM
title_short Junior scientists spotlight social bonds in seminars for diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM
title_sort junior scientists spotlight social bonds in seminars for diversity, equity, and inclusion in stem
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10621980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37917746
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293322
work_keys_str_mv AT boyleevana juniorscientistsspotlightsocialbondsinseminarsfordiversityequityandinclusioninstem
AT goldberggabriela juniorscientistsspotlightsocialbondsinseminarsfordiversityequityandinclusioninstem
AT schmokjonathanc juniorscientistsspotlightsocialbondsinseminarsfordiversityequityandinclusioninstem
AT burgadojillybeth juniorscientistsspotlightsocialbondsinseminarsfordiversityequityandinclusioninstem
AT izidrolayngfabiana juniorscientistsspotlightsocialbondsinseminarsfordiversityequityandinclusioninstem
AT grunwaldhannaha juniorscientistsspotlightsocialbondsinseminarsfordiversityequityandinclusioninstem
AT balotinkyliem juniorscientistsspotlightsocialbondsinseminarsfordiversityequityandinclusioninstem
AT cuocomichaels juniorscientistsspotlightsocialbondsinseminarsfordiversityequityandinclusioninstem
AT changkengchi juniorscientistsspotlightsocialbondsinseminarsfordiversityequityandinclusioninstem
AT ecklumensahgertrude juniorscientistsspotlightsocialbondsinseminarsfordiversityequityandinclusioninstem
AT arakakialeenaks juniorscientistsspotlightsocialbondsinseminarsfordiversityequityandinclusioninstem
AT ahmednoorsher juniorscientistsspotlightsocialbondsinseminarsfordiversityequityandinclusioninstem
AT garciaarceoximena juniorscientistsspotlightsocialbondsinseminarsfordiversityequityandinclusioninstem
AT jagannathapratibha juniorscientistsspotlightsocialbondsinseminarsfordiversityequityandinclusioninstem
AT pekarjonathan juniorscientistsspotlightsocialbondsinseminarsfordiversityequityandinclusioninstem
AT iyermallika juniorscientistsspotlightsocialbondsinseminarsfordiversityequityandinclusioninstem
AT juniorscientistsspotlightsocialbondsinseminarsfordiversityequityandinclusioninstem
AT yeogenew juniorscientistsspotlightsocialbondsinseminarsfordiversityequityandinclusioninstem