From vsloan at ucar.edu Wed Jun 7 15:48:04 2023 From: vsloan at ucar.edu (Valerie Sloan) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2023 15:48:04 -0600 Subject: [Grad-postdoc-assn] Thurs. Jun. 15th: "Creating an Empowered and Accountable Support Network" Message-ID: Good afternoon, Please join us for a dynamic talk by Cheryl Manning on: *Creating an Empowered and Accountable Support Network* Cheryl Manning, Doctoral candidate at the University of Northern Illinois 2022 AAAS Fellow, 2018-19 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow, NSF-GEO *Hybrid Event:* Thurs., June 15th, 9:30 - 10:45 am MT In person location: FL1 EOL Atrium Video Link / QR code below , [image: Slide1.jpeg] This is part of the NCAR Postdoctoral Professional Development Workshop Series. All are welcome. Hope you can come! Val -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Dr. Morris' biography, the lecture abstract, and Zoom registration are available on the Jearld?Lecture?website . The lecture abstract is also pasted below. Here are a flyer (PDF and PNG) that can be shared. The Ambrose Jearld, Jr. Lecture is given every summer in Woods Hole by invited scholars, scientists, authors and others who can challenge the status quo to bring perspective, knowledge and expertise to the subject of building a more diverse and inclusive community. Lecture Abstract by Dr. Vernon Morris The Geoscience community is a microcosm of the larger STEM community as well as that of US society. Calls to eradicate systemic racism in U.S. institutions have both amplified and received greater attention over the past few decades. Systemic racism is a multidimensional challenge that often frames the day-to-day experiences of both racialized scientists and their ?seemingly? unracialized counterparts. The scientific community ? especially academic institutions and federal science mission agencies ? have been challenged (most recently by the Biden administration) to self-reflect on systemic racism in their policies, procedures, and practices. But self-reflection is not a substitute for action. Inaction reinforces many of the persistent disparities that we observe across all dimensions of the STEM experience from admissions practices (opportunity gate-keeping), exclusionary cultures and professional networks (access to information and belonging), to funding (access to resources), to citation and award practices (access to recognition). These systems of erasure can commute what were previously de jure barriers into de facto and nonphysical impediments to equity. In this talk, I will discuss six forms of erasure that undergird racial discrimination in science and how they manifest. I will then highlight a number of programs and countermeasures to the numerous systemic factors entrenching racism in STEM. Design thinking that removes the hyperfocus on and the conflation of metrics (e.g. diversity) with aspirational goals (e.g. justice) and outcomes (e.g. equity, sense of belonging) is a necessary first step. Similarly, if access is created without a concomitant focus on success it will detract from the effectiveness of any strategy for change. Specific reference will be made to several programs that I have led including the NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology (NCAS-M) activities that spanned public outreach (K-through-gray) learners, the National Science Foundation-sponsored FLAGSHIP program, and the ASU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellows program. 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URL: From vsloan at ucar.edu Wed Jun 21 15:20:14 2023 From: vsloan at ucar.edu (Valerie Sloan) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 21:20:14 -0000 Subject: [Grad-postdoc-assn] SmartSkills: Recipe for Success: How to Mentor -- and be Mentored References: <01000188ddaccb06-e404432c-b930-4622-9de0-31fdfaed4875-000000@email.amazonses.com> Message-ID: <1F3FBB50-C6E5-4D37-B159-72B25C1EA47F@ucar.edu> Good afternoon. Here is a session next week that might be of interest to you. Mentoring is for everybody, not just postdocs! :) - Val NPA SmartSkills Recipe for Success: How to Mentor -- and be Mentored Tuesday, June 27 3 p.m. ET Everyone finds themselves in the role of being mentored and of being considered a mentor, critical components of success at work and in life. This is explicitly true of postdoctoral fellows ? they serve as mentors to undergrads, graduate students and postdocs, while also seeking guidance from their peers and faculty mentors. However, few of us have been formally trained to be a mentor. This session will cover best practices in both identifying mentors and being a successful mentor. At the completion of the session, participants will leave with an understanding of the properties of the outstanding (and not so outstanding!) mentors in their life. Register now Speaker: Bill Mahoney, Ph.D., associate dean, graduate student and postdoctoral affairs, UW Graduate School; associate professor, laboratory medicine & pathology, UW School of Medicine; director, Molecular Medicine & Mechanisms of Disease (M3D) PhD Program 15800 Crabbs Branch Way, Suite 300 | Rockville, MD 20855 (301) 984-4800 https://www.nationalpostdoc.org If you would like to unsubscribe: http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/members/EmailOptPreferences.aspx?id=44113799&e=vsloan at ucar.edu&h=1645024d2f44fb8610aef9db3270d10e70df6f58 ________________ Valerie Sloan, Ph.D. NCAR Early Career Professional Development Lead & Director of the GEO REU Network NCAR Education, Engagement and Early-Career Development P.O. Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307-3000 Email: vsloan at ucar.edu I recognize that Boulder, Colorado, sits on the ancestral homelands and unceded territory of Indigenous People, including people of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: