This catalog of external and internal resources has been collected by the LNO staff and committees and continues to grow each month. Here you’ll find toolkits, references, reports, and videos. It can be filtered by topic, format, and primary audience.
ASTC developed this toolkit–with the help of several contributors–to provide concrete guidance on how to ensure that digital programs and experiences are accessible to a wide range of individuals, including those with disabilities. Although it’s oriented toward museum and science center interpreters, it’s got lots of valuable information for science communicators of all stripes.
Creators: The Association of Science and Technology Centers
This study found that LGBTQ STEM professionals were more likely to experience career limitations, harassment, and professional devaluation than their non-LGBTQ peers. They also reported more frequent health difficulties and were more likely to intend to leave STEM.
Creators: E. A. Cech, J.J. Waidzunas
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Researchers from Native American and Indigenous communities explain how colleagues and institutions can help them to battle marginalization.
Creators: Virginia Gewin
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Created in partnership with Native allies and organizations, this guide offers context about the practice of acknowledgment, gives step-by-step instructions for how to begin wherever you are, and provides tips for moving beyond acknowledgment into action.
Creators: The US Department of Arts and Culture
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
There is increasing recognition of the significance of traditional knowledges (TKs) in relation to climate change. And yet there are potential risks to indigenous peoples in sharing TKs in federal and other non-indigenous climate change initiatives. These guidelines are intended to examine the significance of TKs in relation to climate change and the potential risks to indigenous peoples in the U.S. for sharing TKs in federal and other non-indigenous climate change initiatives.
Creators: Climate and Traditional Knowledges Workgroup (CTKW)
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Full listing of all HBCUs in the United States
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Audience(s): academic institution, educator, event organizer, manager, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, event organizer, manager, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
This article shares the author’s experience as a Black, first generation Canadian in graduate school and gives advice on how to navigate academia for other Black graduate students.
Creators: Anita Jack-Davies
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
The WELLS Healing Center is a non-profit organization that provides workshops and training using counseling psychology and Black feminist principles. The WELLS Healing Center also provides mentorship and training for mental health and wellness healers (e.g., counselors, coaches, etc.) that incorporates scholarship and activism.
Creators: program personnel
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, event organizer, manager, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, event organizer, manager, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
As scientists are increasingly acknowledging the lack of racial and ethnic diversity in science, there is a need for clear direction on how to take anti-racist action. This paper presents 10 rules to help labs develop anti-racists policies and action in an effort to promote racial and ethnic diversity, equity, and inclusion in science.
Creators: Bala Chaudhary|Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
The Equity in Graduate Education Resource Center are building a learning community of scholars and practitioners advancing equity and systemic change in graduate education. Through research-practice partnerships, they generate, translate, and apply research into evidence-based, equitable practices.
Creators: program personnel
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, event organizer, manager, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, event organizer, manager, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
A large part of creating and promoting inclusive climates in your department or field site comes from one’s understanding of social inequities that are present in our scientific and work communities and in our society as a whole. Addressing issues related to power dynamics, intersectionality, and privilege is critical for promoting positive, productive relationships with our colleagues and students, creating a safe and respectful learning and working environments. This resource gives helpful definitions, examples, and suggestions for improving workplace climate.
Creators: ADVANCE Geo Partnership
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, event organizer, manager, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, event organizer, manager, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
This paper acknowledges that geographical fieldwork and fieldtrips can be deeply stressful, anxiety-inducing, troubling, miserable, hard and exclusionary for many colleagues, students and pupils. This paper draws on on qualitative data from research with UK university-based Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES) academics who self-identify as having mental health conditions which substantially affect their daily lives. These data prompt reflection on the nature and experience of fieldwork in two ways. First, they require acknowledgment of fieldwork as not just ‘muddy’, widening disciplinary imaginaries of fieldwork accessibility to encompass marginalities in/of Human Geography fieldwork practice. Second, contrary to pervasive disciplinary idealizations, these data demand recognition that fieldwork and fieldtrips are not necessarily gleeful but can be sites of intense latent anxiety and intersectional marginality.
Creators: Faith Tucker, Catherine Waite, John Horton
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Successful fieldwork and fruitful academic careers hinge on acknowledging and managing our mental health. This paper discusses peer-support networks, secondary trauma, coping skills, therapy, and researchers’ mental health options before, during, and after fieldwork.
Creators: Calla Hummel, Dana El Kurd
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Fieldwork is central to the identity, culture and history of academic Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES). However, in this paper we recognize that, for many academic staff, field trips can be a profoundly challenging “ordeal,” ill-conducive to wellness or effective pedagogic practice. Drawing on research with 39 UK university-based GEES academics who self-identify as having a mental health condition, this paper explores how mental health intersects with spaces and expectations of fieldwork in Higher Education.
Creators: Faith Tucker, John Horton
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, program facilitator
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, manager, mentor, program facilitator
This document is intended to educate staff and students about toilet stops and menstruation in the field. This document also contains a set of recommendations for field work and field trips with the aim of minimizing stress and anxiety for all parties.
Creators: Sarah Greene, Kate Ashley, Emma Dunne, Kirsty Edgar, Sam Giles, Emma Hanson
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, event organizer, manager, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
Audience(s): academic institution, educator, event organizer, manager, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student