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Scientific societies fostering inclusivity through speaker diversity in annual meeting programming: a call to action

Scientific societies aiming to foster inclusion of scientists from underrepresented (UR) backgrounds among their membership often delegate primary responsibility for this goal to a diversity-focused committee. The National Science Foundation has funded the creation of the Alliance to Catalyze Change...

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Autores principales: Segarra, Verónica A., Primus, Clara, Unguez, Graciela A., Edwards, Ashanti, Etson, Candice, Flores, Sonia C., Fry, Catherine, Guillory, Ashley N., Ingram, Susan L., Lawson, Mark, McGee, Richard, Paxson, Stephanie, Phelan, Laura, Suggs, Kirsta, Vega, Leticia R., Vuong, Elizabeth, Havran, J. Christopher, Leon, Alfredo, Burton, Michael D., Lujan, J. Luis, Ramirez-Alvarado, Marina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society for Cell Biology 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7851875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33119460
http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E20-06-0381
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Sumario:Scientific societies aiming to foster inclusion of scientists from underrepresented (UR) backgrounds among their membership often delegate primary responsibility for this goal to a diversity-focused committee. The National Science Foundation has funded the creation of the Alliance to Catalyze Change for Equity in STEM Success (ACCESS), a meta-organization bringing together representatives from several such STEM society committees to serve as a hub for a growing community of practice. Our goal is to coordinate efforts to advance inclusive practices by sharing experiences and making synergistic discoveries about what works. ACCESS has analyzed the approaches by which member societies have sought to ensure inclusivity through selection of annual meeting speakers. Here we discuss how inclusive speaker selection fosters better scientific environments for all and identify challenges and promising practices for societies striving to maximize inclusivity of speakers in their scientific programming.