Cultivating Equity and Inclusion @DukeChemistry
par Katherine Franz, Ph.D.
1. diversity & representation
1.1. DivInC: Diversity, Inclusion & Community department committee of faculty, staff, grad students)
1.2. Dir. of DivInC part of Dept Leadership Team
1.3. Best Practices for faculty searches (bias training for cmte members; eval rubric; DEI as criterion score, etc)
1.4. Active in Sloan University Center for Excellence in Mentoring (UCEM) program
1.5. Early Start for incoming URM students
1.6. dept funding to attend conferences, PUI's to promote Duke Chem as a destination for a diverse group of students
1.7. seminar series - attention to representation of invitees
2. community
2.1. Free / virtual coffee hours
2.2. Recruitment weekend
2.3. GCC student involvement
2.4. Graduate research symposium
2.5. spring fling
2.6. welcome popsicles
2.7. holiday party
3. Assessment
3.1. climate survey (July 2020)
3.1.1. town hall discussion, Spring 2021
4. awareness & education
4.1. ChemConnects Lecture series
4.1.1. A named lectureship in Chemistry that provides honorarium for invited speaker to give a science talk + a talk on DEI issues that connect beyond science.
4.2. Trainings and workshops
4.2.1. Mentor Up, Mentor Down workshop by Theater Delta, 2018
4.2.2. Picture a Scientist screening & discussion, 2020
4.2.3. Unconscious Bias, 2016
4.3. Future workshops/trainings
4.3.1. mental health awareness
4.3.2. microagressions
4.3.3. bystander training
5. Resources & Communication
5.1. ChemConnects: weekly dept bulletin
5.2. transparency in opportunities and expectations: website update 2020
5.3. Open lunches/Office hours with leadership: Chair, DGS, DUS, DivInC
5.4. Interactive Guide for Graduate School Students for reporting concerns
5.5. Inclusive TA training
6. Mental health and wellness
6.1. Recurring "Connected Chemistry" section of ChemConnects to focus on MH/wellness issues
6.2. Blue Devil Cares (CAPS): Blue Devils Care | Student Affairs
6.3. CAPS counselor to faculty meeting to raise awareness of MH issues amongst grad and ugrad Duke students (2018)
7. lowering barriers / unclogging the pipeline
7.1. holistic admissions criteria posted to website
7.2. remove GRE from admissions criteria
7.3. CHEM 701 & rotation system for grad students
7.4. increase role of non-PI committee members for grad students, including meeting with student w/o advisor present at every milestone meeting.
7.5. mentoring team for assistant professors;
7.6. Tenure and promotion committees discuss the role of bias in promotion metrics, as recommended in the Duke Tenure Standards Committee Report (May 2018)
8. antiracism
8.1. addressing systemic issues of exclusion: along with other areas (lowering barriers, equitable hiring / admission practices, funding, etc)
8.2. Antiracism book/film clubs
8.2.1. sponsored by several individual labs in Chemistry
8.2.2. antiracism book shipped to all faculty: How to be an Antiracist. 2020