Inclusive Excellence

At the Berhe Biogeochemistry Lab at UC Merced, we strive to create a dynamic and inclusive STEM community that represents the public that we (members of public institutions of higher learning) are entrusted to serve.

Below are a few useful resources for pursuit of inclusive excellence, esp. in the academic enterprise.

• Are you an undergraduate student interested in a summer research opportunity in our lab at UC Merced, make sure to check out the resources available through UC Merced’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center (UROC)

If you are interested to join in the Berhe Soil Biogeochemistry lab, please send inquiries to Asmeret at aaberhe(at)ucmerced(dot)edu

• Asmeret is a co-PI of the ADVANCEGeo Partnership, a project aimed at empowering geoscientists to transfrom workplace climate.   The major goals of the ADVANCEGeo Partnnership are to:

1. 1. Develop and test bystander intervention training programs with geoscience-relevant scenarios and that incorporate experiences of scholars from all walks of life.
   2. Develop teaching modules on addressing exclusionary behaviors for geoscience faculty and instructors to use in research ethics training courses.
   3. Disseminate training workshops, webinars, and teaching modules via partnership with professional societies for sustainability.
   4. Develop a sustainable model that can be transferred to other STEM disciplines.

Learn more about the project, and access a rich the database of resources we are curating by visitng the project website located at https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/index.html

By visiting the ADVANCEGeo resource page, among other things, you can find resources for addressing topics such as:

• • Codes of Conduct
  • In the Field (Field Safety)
  • Responding to Hostile Behaviors
  • Creating Inclusive Climates
  • Legal Context
  • Data

• Are you planning to write a letter of reference for a promising mentees, here is a useful guide for how to avoid common traps rooted in unconscious bias (high-resolution PDF file can be downloaded from this link, Avoiding bias in reference writing)

This is a wonderful resource, a compilation of links, advice, questions, and answers on how to navigate academic environments. The authors prepared this document to help demystify the “hidden curriculum” of academia by providing a central location for advice on this topic. Huge thanks to the authors.  Academic Secret Menu link

Helpful Reading lists

• UC Davis STEM Faculty Resource Guide  – For Faculty Starting to Learn about Inclusion and Justice