MISSION STATEMENT AND PROCESS
The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) department's Committee on Climate for All strives to promote and sustain diversity, inclusion, and transparency across the department. The committee includes diverse representatives, including undergraduate, and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, staff, and faculty. Together, we collect information, discuss emerging concerns, and design initiatives to improve the climate for all scholars and employees within the EEB.
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SAMPLE INITIATIVES
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- EEB Scholars program: an annual career development and recruitment event for graduate school.
- Women in Science Partnership (WiSP): the goal of this organization is to provide a safe environment to engage with issues surrounding gender inclusivity and equality in science through WiSP member meetings and departmental events and discussions. WiSP strives to provide not only a forum for discussion but also a sense of community for our members within the EEB department. WiSP is open to all students, post-docs, faculty, and staff interested in these issues.
Contact info: Ciara Nutter and Audrey Miller - EEB Voices Initiative: includes pre-reads and grad-first questions in Colloquium to encourage all voices to be heard
- Initiatives for postdocs: includes structured mentoring conversations with faculty, formal onboarding & community building
- Inclusion of graduate student representatives in faculty meetings and on search committees
- A series of panels and discussion groups to promote inclusion (e.g., for international collaborations, women in science, and inclusive fieldwork)
- Reforms to weekly events to maximize interdisciplinary interactions
- Biennial climate surveys: an effort to inform our work on new initiatives
- Field Safety Working Group: A group of graduate students and staff collaborating to provide safety workshops for fellow students traveling to field sites. This includes safety training, first-aid kit-making sessions, and much more. To inquire, please reach out to Stavi Tennenbaum and Madison Lichak.
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COMMITTEE MEMBERS
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- Holly Burrows, Graduate Student
- Yoon Chang, Graduate Student
- David Chang van Oordt, Postdoc
- Kristina Fialko, Postdoc
- Bryan Grenfell, Faculty
- Emily Howerton, Postdoc
- Joanna Kovac, Graduate/Undergraduate Program Administrator
- Lindy McBride, Faculty and Committee Chair
- Mary McLaughlin, Undergraduate Teaching Lab
- Nusrat Molla, Distinguished Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Martha Murdough, Business Manager
- Katherine Sullivan, Director of the Undergraduate Teaching Lab
- Justin Terry, Technical Support Specialist
- Elisa Yang, Graduate Student
