The Diversity–Innovation Paradox in Science

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By analyzing data from nearly all US PhD recipients and their dissertations across three decades, this paper finds demographically underrepresented students innovate at higher rates than majority students, but their novel contributions are discounted and less likely to earn them academic positions. The discounting of minorities’ innovations may partly explain their underrepresentation in influential positions of academia.

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Gender-Heterogeneous Working Groups Produce Higher Quality Science

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The first empirical evidence to support the hypothesis that a gender-heterogeneous problem-solving team generally produced journal articles perceived to be higher quality by peers than a team comprised of highly-performing individuals of the same gender.

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Groups of diverse problem solvers can outperform groups of high-ability problem solvers

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Introduces a general framework for modeling functionally diverse problem-solving agents.

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Research team performance

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A blog post about how we can improve the creativity and performance of research teams

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Examining intersectionality and inclusivity in geosciences education research: A synthesis of the literature 2008–2018

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Interesting insights in this review from ADVANCEGeo leaders about how changes have been implemented and measured versus what is known about what is likely to be effective. It suggests some ways to move forward (both in education and measuring the changes/outcomes).

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Broadening Participation Committee

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This LTER page includes a description of the Broadening Participation Committee’s function, activities, and membership.

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What is Bias

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This page defines bias (explicit and implicit) microaggressions, and then aggregates resources on bias in sciences general and geosciences specifically. The page also shares resources on how implicit bias affects self-perception.

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The Irony of Inclusion and Accessibility Statements

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Article from Inside Higher Education, which calls for faculty to rethink their inclusion and accessibility statements in their syllabi which points to several elements beyond the content to focus on.

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The misuse of colour in science communication

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This publication details how commonly used color maps distort perception for all readers and how they may make visualizations unreadable or misleading for those with color vision deficiencies. The artilce includes recommendations for improved color mappings.

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