Scientific societies fostering inclusivity through speaker diversity in annual meeting programming: A call to action

Verónica A. Segarra; Clara Primus; Graciela A. Unguez; Ashanti Edwards; Candice Etson; Sonia C. Flores; Catherine Fry; Ashley N. Guillory; Susan L. Ingram; Mark Lawson; Richard McGee; Stephanie Paxson; Laura Phelan; Kirsta Suggs; Leticia R. Vega; Elizabeth Vuong; J. Christopher Havran; Alfredo Leon; Michael D. Burton; J. Luis Lujan; Marina Ramirez-Alvarado

doi:10.1091/MBC.E20-06-0381

Scientific societies fostering inclusivity through speaker diversity in annual meeting programming: A call to action

Verónica A. Segarra^*, Clara Primus, Graciela A. Unguez, Ashanti Edwards, Candice Etson, Sonia C. Flores, Catherine Fry, Ashley N. Guillory, Susan L. Ingram, Mark Lawson, Richard McGee, Stephanie Paxson, Laura Phelan, Kirsta Suggs, Leticia R. Vega, Elizabeth Vuong, J. Christopher Havran, Alfredo Leon, Michael D. Burton, J. Luis LujanMarina Ramirez-Alvarado^*

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Abstract

Scientific societies aiming to foster inclusion of scientists from underrepresented (UR) backgrounds among their membership often delegate primary responsibility for this goal to a diversity-focused committee. The National Science Foundation has funded the creation of the Alliance to Catalyze Change for Equity in STEM Success (ACCESS), a meta-organization bringing together representatives from several such STEM society committees to serve as a hub for a growing community of practice. Our goal is to coordinate efforts to advance inclusive practices by sharing experiences and making synergistic discoveries about what works. ACCESS has analyzed the approaches by which member societies have sought to ensure inclusivity through selection of annual meeting speakers. Here we discuss how inclusive speaker selection fosters better scientific environments for all and identify challenges and promising practices for societies striving to maximize inclusivity of speakers in their scientific programming.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2495-2501
Number of pages	7
Journal	Molecular biology of the cell
Volume	31
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1091/MBC.E20-06-0381
State	Published - 2020

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We thank the past and current members of ACCESS. We also thank Latanya Hammonds-Odie, Michael Boyce, Erika Shugart, and Greta-lyn Leibnitz for helpful discussions and thoughtful feedback on this manuscript. ACCESS work is supported by the National Science Foundation, Grant no. 1744098 to M.R.-A. and V.A.S. Funding in part by the Partnership for the Advancement of Cancer Research NCI Grants no. U54 CA132383 (New Mexico State University) and no. U54 CA132381 (Fred Hutch; G.A.U.). We thank the past and current members of ACCESS. We also thank Latanya Hammonds-Odie, Michael Boyce, Erika Shugart, and Gretalyn Leibnitz for helpful discussions and thoughtful feedback on this manuscript. ACCESS work is supported by the National Science Foundation, Grant no. 1744098 to M.R.-A. and V.A.S. Funding in part by the Partnership for the Advancement of Cancer Research NCI Grants no. U54 CA132383 (New Mexico State University) and no. U54 CA132381 (Fred Hutch; G.A.U.).

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Segarra, V. A., Primus, C., Unguez, G. A., Edwards, A., Etson, C., Flores, S. C., Fry, C., Guillory, A. N., Ingram, S. L., Lawson, M., McGee, R., Paxson, S., Phelan, L., Suggs, K., Vega, L. R., Vuong, E., Christopher Havran, J., Leon, A., Burton, M. D., ... Ramirez-Alvarado, M. (2020). Scientific societies fostering inclusivity through speaker diversity in annual meeting programming: A call to action. Molecular biology of the cell, 31(23), 2495-2501. https://doi.org/10.1091/MBC.E20-06-0381

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