Grassroots initiatives aim to make the discipline more inclusive of researchers from under-represented communities.
). Racism, sexism and ableism continue to be problems in both education and workplace environments. For example, the number of people of colour receiving a PhD in geosciences in the United States has not risen much beyond about 10% in the past 46 years.
I noticed many people starting book clubs to discuss racism and explore actions that they could take after the 2020 murder of George Floyd, a Black man killed by a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Unconvinced that a typical book club would be effective at the scale needed to effect change, I contemplated what would have to be done to assemble the national leadership necessary to make policy-level changes.
What’s become clear is that a three-hour, standalone workshop isn’t going to solve the problem. Departments want more. We can’t prevent every exclusionary behaviour, but we can give people the tools to reduce the harm caused when they do happen. In 2022, I noticed that student volunteers at the centre were from much more diverse backgrounds than in previous years. For example, the university received an NSF supplement for a hearing-impaired student who needed a sign-language interpreter for multiple weeks in the field. It was great to foster this level of accessibility in the field, which is uncommon.
The US Department of Energy is a large funding organization that supports 10 national labs, 28 user facilities and around 300 universities. Our efforts to create a vibrant scientific workforce start by making science more equitable and inclusive.
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