The Inclusive STEM Teaching Project

The Inclusive STEM Teaching Project is a 6 week course designed to advance the awareness, self-efficacy, and the ability of faculty, postdocs, and doctoral students to cultivate inclusive STEM learning environments for all their students and to develop themselves as reflective, inclusive practitioners. This is a free, online course (run Read more…

Inclusive Conferences Working Group Update

The ROOT & SHOOT RCN Inclusive Conference Working Group was created to generate an RCN-wide system that develops and implements practices and policies that promote a safe and inclusive conference environment. Acknowledging a history of inequitable practices at such gatherings, the Working Group’s effort intentionally focuses on increasing the representation Read more…

Q&A with Dr. Joanna Friesner

                Joanna Friesner with the ISP Cohort at ICAR 2022-Belfast Web: www.arabidopsiscommunity.org [Picture ID: Fifteen smiling people standing on a staircase outside a building] In this Q&A, Dr. Joanna Friesner shares her experience in academia as a researcher and her transition to different Read more…

NAASC Capstone – Diversify & Expand Governance & Community Support

Diversify & Expand Governance & Community Support NAASC Contact: Joanna Friesner, Executive Director, arabidopsisconference@gmail.com Contributors: Anna Stepanova, Dior Kelley, Gloria Muday, Joanna Friesner The North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee (NAASC) is a small grassroots non-profit organization with one Executive Director (part-time, compensated) and 10 community-elected volunteer steering committee members. The Read more…

BSA Capstone – BSA Election Processes, Outcomes, and Recommendations for Reform

BSA Election Processes, Outcomes, and Recommendations for Reform Catrina Adams, Min Ya, Imeña Valdes, and Brenda Molano-Flores The Botanical Society of America’s capstone project is focused on improving our leadership election process.  Although as a society we have election-related bylaws, policies, and instructions that are codified and publicly available, the Read more…

MGC Capstone – Culturally Responsive Mentoring

Culturally Responsive Mentoring Laurie Smith, Mark Lubkowitz, John Fowler, Tessa Durham Brooks, Sylvia M. de Sousa, Marna Yandeau-Nelson The Maize Genetics Cooperation capstone project focused on the topic of “culturally responsive mentoring”. We chose this topic with the goal of promoting continued involvement of marginalized scientists in maize genetics via Read more…