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Removing inequities and diversifying pathways for younger chemists

Date
March 18, 2024
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The Open Chemistry Collaborative in Diversity Equity (OXIDE) is aimed at institutional reform so as to lower inequitable systemic barriers hindering the success of future and present faculty from diverse groups. We implement the "top-down" hypothesis by asserting that academic middle managers---namely, department heads and chairs---held accountable for diversity and inclusion will make sustained and significant improvements in the representation and climate of their departments. The collaborative itself is a partnership with department heads of research-active chemistry departments, social scientists and other key stakeholders. The lowering of these barriers increases the likelihood that individuals already in the tenure pipeline will have equitable chances of success and thereby leads to changes in faculty demographics closer to those of the broader U.S. population. The creation of a more equitable climate is also expected to promote pathways for younger chemists from historically-disadvantaged groups to enter academic careers in the chemical sciences. We will report on OXIDE's approaches to increase awareness of effective policies and practices that decrease inequitable barriers and improve the diversity climate in research-active chemistry departments. We will discuss how these findings can inform the intentional management of inclusive excellence in academia and industry, and why the lens of discipline-based diversity (DBDR) research is useful to do so.

Presenter

Speaker Image for Rigoberto Hernandez
Gompf Family Professor, Johns Hopkins University

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