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IGEN News Summer 2021

Our IGEN Project Quarterly Newsletter highlights the work being done by our alliance members and partners.

 

Featured in this issue:

  • Introducing Monica Plisch, Interim Director of IGEN
  • National Meeting Highlights
  • Meet Miranda Gallagher, IGEN's new Project Manager 
  • Opportunities to Learn: Equity in Graduate Education Workshops and Virtual Journal Clubs
  • IGEN Partner News

Equitable Exchange: A Framework for Diversity and Inclusion in the Geosciences

This study expands on prior work to outline an ethical framework to guide research cocreated with local communities. We propose appreciation for the differing perspectives geoscientists and local community members bring to problem-solving and to creating knowledge around questions and issues pertinent to geoscience. A respectful and “Equitable Exchange” between individuals working together in these contexts can foster greater scientific creativity and societal relevance, and may ultimately broaden and diversify participation in the geosciences.

AGU’s Ethics Annual Report 2020

In 2020, we witnessed unprecedented societal challenges and calls to action impacting the entire Earth and Space Sciences (ESS) community. The global COVID-19 pandemic, which disproportionately impacted racial and ethnic minorities, coincided with an additional clarion call to address systemic racism, initiating a global movement to reexamine past and current diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices across all major institutions.

Supporting mental health and well-being of STEMM graduate students

Highlights from the National Academies’ report

April 7, 2021 | Duration: 1 hr. 2 mins.

 

Student well-being is foundational to academic success. One recent survey of postsecondary educators found that nearly 80% believed emotional well-being is a "very" or "extremely" important factor in student success. While dealing with stress is a normal part of life, for some students, stress can adversely affect their physical, emotional and psychological health, particularly given that adolescence and early adulthood are when most mental illnesses first manifest.