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The Department of Chemistry promotes a climate that respects the diverse perspectives and backgrounds
of our learning community. Wayne State University values and actively encourages diversity and equity
to enhance excellence in teaching, learning and research.
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External Resources:
- Open Chemistry Collaborative in Diversity Equity:http://www.oxide.gatech.edu/2/
- National Committee on Race and Ethnicity (NCORE) https://www.ncore.ou.edu/
- NSF sponsored National Diversity Equity Workshop 2015: http://oxide.gatech.edu/2/NDEW2015
- Project Implicit - Take a test to discover your implicit biases about race, gender, and sexual orientation. https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit
- NSF Broadening Participation http://www.nsf.gov/od/broadeningparticipation/bp.jsp
- Public Law 111-358: America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010, January 2011 Public Law 111-358: America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010
- MIT's Initiative for Faculty Race and Diversity, January 14, 2010 http://web.mit.edu/provost/raceinitiative/
- State of Higher Education for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender People: Campus Pride 2010 National College Climate Survey, 2010 http://www.campuspride.org/research/
- Margaret Mwenda, "Underrepresented minority students in STEM doctoral programs: the role of financial support and relationships with faculty and peers.", Ph.D. dissertation, University of Iowa, 2010. http://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1745&context=etd
- Tutorials on Gender Schemas and Science Careers and the Gender Equity Project by Virginia Valian http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/gendertutorial/
- National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) https://www.nobcche.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=133&Itemid=439
- Entering Mentoring (from HHMI) http://www.hhmi.org/sites/default/files/Educational%20Materials/Lab%20Management/entering_mentoring.pdf
- University of Michigan Handbook on Faculty Searches and Hiring http://www.advance.rackham.umich.edu/handbook.pdf
- Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) http://sites.gse.harvard.edu/coache
- Women Chemists of Color https://www.facebook.com/ACS.WCoC
- Diversity and Inclusion at the American Chemical Society http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/membership-and-networks/acs/welcoming/diversity.html
Helpful Books and Articles:
- Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald. 2013 Delacorte Press. ISBN 0553804642
- The Rage of a Privileged Class by Ellis Cose. 1994 Harper Perennial. ISBN 0060925949
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. 2011 Broadway Books. ISBN 1400052181
- The Double Bind: The Price of Being a Minority Woman in Science. http://archives.aaas.org/docs/1975-Double%20Bind.pdf
- Articles in Scientific American about Diversity
- Articles in Nature about Diversity
- NIH funded efforts to foster diversity:
Disability Resources:
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