Get ready for #ImmunoDiversity! Let us know anything you learned from this event! We're so excited and ready to build up this thread! #BIIW21 1/
Do we think #Immunology/#STEM stacks up as a welcoming and inclusive field? The general consensus is that #DEI in society is the same in #STEM, but at least we are having conversations around it even if action is slow 2/
Higher ed seems to be a competition instead of exploratory. Hopefully, we can change that environment as well. -Jasmine Collins 4/
There is a shift from blaming the individual to understanding the systems are what causing issues for students. -D'Anne Duncan. 5/
What is the greatest challenge to achieving inclusion in scientific research and other STEM careers? This is a multifactorial issue that doesn't have one solution and requires a lot of buy-in from the entire scientific ecosystem -Dr. Shisler 6/
We have to make changes in clear and apparent ways. -Dr. Rivers #ImmunoDiversity 7/
Don't work on this issue alone, but bring in other people for their expertise from different fields to work towards these efforts. -Dr. Duncan #ImmunoDiversity 8/
We must encourage others to understand that #STEM is in everything and #failure is part of the process of discovery! -Dr. Collins #ImmunoDiversity 10/
How can you reach out to undergrads/grads to improve their awareness about DEI issues? It's not really on the students but on the leadership to empower the people they are leading. -Dr. Collins #ImmunoDiversity 11/
We need to put the conversations of #DEI on the people in power like faculty, admin, and staff so that the students feel welcome and confident. -Dr. Collins #ImmunoDiversity 12/
What recent initiatives have been successful and effective at reducing inequities? The @NSF has been making more grant funding for people that are at-risk in their careers (mid-career) to help keep people in research. -Dr. Shisler #ImmunoDiversity 13/
Let the @NIH and NSF know how they can increase #equity and #diversity within #STEM. We can know better and do better in #STEM by collaboration and idea sharing. -Dr. Rivers #ImmunoDiversity 14/
The NSF judges on the science and broader impact to broaden education from PIs: K-Careers to get more exposure and bring people in to do research and understand science. We won't have missing millions this way. -Dr. Shisler #ImmunoDiversity 15/
#DEI curricula are important like #AntiBlackness in science and #Racism in science for incoming Ph.D. students has made a difference for students and including another course after #QualifyingExams -Dr. Duncan #ImmunoDiversity 16/
Can you speak to the idea of solely increasing diversity with hiring practices vs fostering inclusion to retain faculty? You need both. Not only when you hire people but evolving the department to support other #intersections. -Dr. Shisler #ImmunoDiversity 17/
Dr. Duncan says yes and! While Dr. Collins says it's more than just #diversity for an end goal but getting to #equity and #justice. Cluster hires are worth it to give people the #community they want and need. #ImmunoDiversity 18/
How can institutions and academics take part in meaningful vs solely performative work? #ImmunoDiversity This is a hard question, but transparency is necessary, and acknowledge where you fall short. -Dr. Collins 19/
Apologies without clear acknowledgment of the harm are worse than silence. We must also have paths to restoration. -Dr. Rivers #ImmunoWisdom #ImmunoDiversity 20/
We must acknowledge the key and critical roles that #DEI offices do on campus and how they serve students because that message permeates from faculty down to students. #ActionsOfAccountability #ImmunoDiversity - Dr. Duncan 21/
We can't keep doing #DEI work with only one person for the entire campus, and they can't advance their own life. Get them #support and #resources to change these environments and implement their #iniatives. -Dr. Collins #ImmunoDiversity 22/
What is the definition of excellence in STEM? Is that definition what makes the system not inclusive? We have to break the nepotism system of #academia and hiring from the same labs and spaces. -Dr. Rivers #ImmunoDiversity 23/
Cluster hires? Yea or nay? In theory, they are a great strategy, but there isn't any data yet to let us know if this is actually a good initiative to follow for #DEI work. We need more evidence! -Dr. Collins #ImmunoDiversity 23/
Are sanctioning practices being implemented consistently and sustainably? No they are not, but there are different practices and unsure what is being used for PIs because the burden is on jr faculty and students/post-docs -Dr. Duncan #ImmunoDiversity 24/
How do you keep your moment as a student? Work within your sphere of influence and work with others that are in the same line as you, you can build consensus and then rise with numbers from the #community -Dr. Duncan #ImmunoDiversity 25/
There is lots of joy in #DEI work and we should try to focus away from the struggle and more on the happiness. They can be heavy discussions but similarly, there is a lot of rewards. Make your initiatives fun! -Drs. Duncan and Collins #ImmunoDiversity 26/
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