Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources
"Inclusion represents deliberate efforts to create an environment in which differences are welcomed, different perspectives are respectfully heard, and where every individual feels a sense of belonging." UNCW Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
EOS Comment Box and Official Reporting
EOS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee: Please leave us an anonymous comment on issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences (EOS) via the anonymous comment box here: https://uncw.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0v7RiD2yFLTtMyO. Comments will be sent to members of the EOS DEI Committee and the Department Chair. Please do not include any identifying information. Please use the official university channels (Office of Title IX and Office of the Dean of Students) to report harassment or gender-based/sexual misconduct as described below.
Office of Title IX: All University employees who receive a report of gender-based/sexual misconduct by students, faculty, or staff on or off-campus, must notify the Director of Title IX and Clery Compliance: https://uncw.edu/titleix/ix/reporting-requirements.html
Office of the Dean of Students: If you are a student and have experienced harassment or you are a UNCW faculty/staff member who has been harassed by a student, you can submit a report to the Office of the Dean of Students by using this link: https://uncw.edu/odos/harassment.html
UNCW-Specific Resources
UNCW’s Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion:
Guiding principles (with helpful definitions): https://uncw.edu/diversity/news/final_oidi_guidingprinciples1.pdf and 2020–21 year-end report: https://uncw.edu/diversity/news/oidi_endofyear_report_8.5x11_online-1.pdf
UNCW Inclusion-Focused Centers and Communities:
Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion: https://uncw.edu/diversity/
Upperman African American Cultural Center: https://uncw.edu/upperman/
Centro Hispano: https://uncw.edu/centrohispano/
Mohin-Scholz LGBTQIA Resource Office: https://uncw.edu/lgbtqia/
The Racial Justice Learning Community at UNCW: https://uncw.edu/cte/antiracismresources/
Interdisciplinary Minority Student Research Group: https://uncw.edu/chhs/imsrg/index.html
Faculty/Staff: Employee Engagement and Inclusion 2016 Survey Feedback:
https://uncw.edu/diversity/council/2016%20e%20and%20i%20survey%20results.pdf
URGE: Unlearning Racism in Geoscience
Full curriculum (readings and deliverables) here: https://urgeoscience.org/curriculum/ and UNCW’s pod’s work here: https://urgeoscience.org/pods/uncw-earth-and-marine-sciences/
UNCW Land Acknowledgement Statement
https://uncw.edu/diversity/land-acknowledgement.html#mission
Additional Reading and Other Media
Teaching/Pedagogy/Mentoring/Fieldwork/Labwork Resources:
Ali et al. (2021). An actionable anti-racism plan for geoscience organizations. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-23936-w.
International Association for Geoscience Diversity: https://theiagd.org/
Report of the Workshop to Promote Safety in Field Sciences: https://oceanleadership.org/field-science-safety-workshop/, presented by NSF, Desert Field Studies Center, and Consortium for Ocean Leadership
Giles et al. (2020). Barriers to fieldwork in undergraduate geoscience degrees. https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-020-0022-5.
Carter et al. (2021). Highlighting altruism in geoscience careers aligns with diverse US student ideals better than emphasizing working outdoors. https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00287-4.
Cite Black Women Podcast: https://www.citeblackwomencollective.org/our-podcast.html
Dzombak (2020). It’s time to change the geosciences’ outdated, exclusionary, and ableist field requirements. https://sisterstem.org/2020/07/22/its-time-to-change-the-geosciences-field-requirements/.
Carabajal & Atchison (2020). An investigation of accessible and inclusive instructional field practices in US geoscience departments. https://adgeo.copernicus.org/articles/53/53/2020/.
Gosztyla et al. (2021). Responses to 10 common criticisms of anti-racism action in STEMM. https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009141.
How students and faculty can cultivate diversity in the classroom: https://www.educationdegree.com/resources/promote-diversity-multiculturalism
UCLA Guide to improving classroom diversity: https://equity.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/CreatingaPositiveClassroomClimateWeb-2.pdf
Are Your Diversity Strategies Missing the Mark? Nine Ways to Get it Right: https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/diversity-strategies/
National Center for Institutional Diversity Current Articles: https://www.ncidcurrents.org/
Racial Equity: Create and sustain positive change with GIS: https://www.esri.com/en-us/racial-equity/overview
Wilmington Racial History: Wilmington on Fire On Demand
The Diversity Gap: https://www.thediversitygap.com/
Who’s Responsible for Diversity and Inclusion: https://emeraldworks.com/resources/podcast/109-whos-responsible-for-diversity-and-inclusion
DEI Podcasts and Readings: https://uncw.edu/hr/diversity/resources.html
Equity and Diversity in Higher Education: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg5JUvQS9rg&feature=youtu.be
Harvard University's Project Implicit: What are your biases? (Select *Take A Test*): https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatest.html%20
Building Cultural Competence: Intercultural Development Inventory
Implicit Bias Module Training Series: https://kirwaninstitute.osu.edu/implicit-bias-training
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack Peggy McIntosh: https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/mcintosh.pdf
List of Multimedia on Anti-Racism: bit.ly/ANTIRACISMRESOURCES
Look Different: Real stories from young people today: https://www.mtvact.com/features/Look-Different
Shifting Perspectives in Education: Questioning ideas on how to define success and what skills are needed: https://www.racialequitytools.org/module/shifting-perspectives-in-education
Power Analysis: Explore the meaning of power and how to dismantle power to make changes that support equity for everyone: https://www.racialequitytools.org/module/power-analysis
34 Types of Diversity that you need to know: https://builtin.com/diversity-inclusion/types-of-diversity-in-the-workplace
Lower Cape Fear YWCA 21 Day Racial Equity and Social Justice Challenge: https://www.ywca-lowercapefear.org/what-were-doing/racial-justice/21-day-challenge-2020/
Other Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion–focused Organizations
National Association for Black Geoscientists: https://www.americangeosciences.org/society/national-association-black-geoscientists
Association for Women Geoscientists: https://www.awg.org
* The links provided on these pages are intended to acquaint the users of this site with information, services, and organizations at UNCW, online, and in the local community. UNCW is not responsible for the content or maintenance of linked sites and cannot vouch for the accuracy of information or material contained thereon. We wish to thank the Department of Biology & Marine Biology’s SAND (Science Access, iNclusion, and Diversity) Committee (https://uncw.edu/bio/sand_home.html) for their efforts in collating many of these resources. We note that this list is far from comprehensive and that there may be more up-to-date or older/original references for similar work. We encourage submissions of relevant articles, training opportunities, and other helpful resources, via the Comment Box in the hyperlink above.
