LGBTQ+ & Equity in STEM/Fieldwork

Literature

Title Year Link
Reimagining publics and (non) participation: Exploring exclusion from science communication through the experiences of low-income, minority ethnic groups
Inclusive restoration: ten recommendations to support LGBTQ+ researchers in restoration science. Restoration Ecology 2023 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/rec.13743
Centering Transgender And Gender Non-conforming Experience, Access, & Safety in Ecological Fieldwork 2023 https://academic.oup.com/icb/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/icb/icad017/7147574
Navigating gender at sea 2023 https://essopenarchive.org/users/598376/articles/630981-navigating-gender-at-sea
A guide for developing a field research safety manual that explicitly considers risks for marginalized identities in the sciences 2022 https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.13970
Do introductory courses disproportionately drive minoritized students out of STEM pathways? 2022 https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/1/4/pgac167/6706685?login=false
Inclusive LGBTQ+ fieldwork: Advancing spaces of belonging and safety. 2022 https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/area.12828
Making outdoor field experiences more inclusive for the LGBTQ+ community 2022 https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/eap.2771
Best practices for LGBTQ+ inclusion during ecological fieldwork: Considering safety, cis/heteronormativity, and structural barriers. 2022 https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.14339
What’s Gender Got to Do with It? Dismantling the Human Hierarchies in Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Toxicology for Scientific and Social Progress* 2022 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/720131
Discussions of the “Not So Fit”: How Ableism Limits Diverse Thought and Investigative Potential in Evolutionary Biology 2022 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/720003#fn1
“It’s completely erasure”: A Qualitative Exploration of Experiences of Transgender, Nonbinary, Gender Nonconforming, and Questioning Students in Biology Courses 2022 https://www.lifescied.org/doi/full/10.1187/cbe.21-12-0343
Systemic inequalities for LGBTQ professionals in STEM 2021 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7810386/
From equity talk to equity walk: Expanding practitioner knowledge for racial justice in higher education 2020 https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=B5rBDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=mcnair+bensimon+malcom+piquex&ots=ufQsgNN4li&sig=8fD5teMGMUGo2eYB31OgKedhEzU#v=onepage&q=mcnair bensimon malcom piquex&f=false
Breaking barriers? Ethnicity and socioeconomic background impact on early career progression in the fields of ecology and evolution 2020 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.6423
Hidden figures in ecology and evolution 2020 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-1270-y
Coming out in STEM: Factors affecting retention of sexual minority STEM students 2018 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aao6373
Science benefits from diversity 2018 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05326-3
Let's Talk About Sex − Not Gender 2018 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.201800030
Gender diversity leads to better science 2017 https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1700616114
Being queer in the jungle: The unique challenges of LGBTQ scientists working in the field 2017 https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2017/06/28/being-queer-in-the-jungle-the-unique-challenges-of-lgbtq-scientists-working-in-the-field/
Biopossibility: A Queer Feminist Materialist Science Studies Manifesto, with Special Reference to the Question of monogamous behavior 2016 https://www.academia.edu/37066824/Biopossibility_A_Queer_Feminist_Materialist_Science_Studies_Manifesto_with_Special_Reference_to_the_Question_of_Monogamous_Behavior?auto=citations&from=cover_page
Agency amidst formidable structures: How girls perform gender in science class 2015 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/tea.21224
Understanding the science experiences of successful women of color: Science identity as an analytic lens 2015 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/tea.20237

Harassment and Assault in Fieldwork

Title Year Link
Carrying the Moral Burden of Safe Fieldwork 2022
Disturbing hierarchies. Sexual harassment and the politics of intimacy in fieldwork 2022 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14687941221098926
A guide for developing a field research safety manual that explicitly considers risks for marginalized identities in the sciences 2022 https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.13970
Gender and Sexuality at Work: A Multidisciplinary Research and Engagement Conference 2020 https://fieldworkfuture.ucsc.edu/assets/files/Gender-andSexualityatWorkAMultidisciplinaryResearchandEngagementConference.pdf
Sexual harassment in academe is underreported, especially by students in the life and physical sciences 2020 https://fieldworkfuture.ucsc.edu/assets/files/Sexual-harassmentinacademeisunderreportedespeciallybystudentsinthelifeandphysicalsciences.pdf
How to avoid gender-based hostility during fieldwork 2018 https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/sites/bibleinterp.arizona.edu/files/How to Avoid Gender-Based Hostility During Fieldwork - The Chronicle of Higher Education.pdf
Signaling Safety: Characterizing Fieldwork Experiences and Their Implications for Career Trajectories 2017 https://fieldworkfuture.ucsc.edu/assets/files/Signaling-Safety-CharacterizingFieldworkExperiencesandTheirImplicationsforCareerTrajectories.pdf
Report on the 2017 APSA Survey on
Sexual Harassment at Annual Meetings 2017 https://fieldworkfuture.ucsc.edu/assets/files/Report-onthe2017APSASurveyonSexualHarassmentatAnnualMeetings.pdf
Sexual Harassment in Social Work Field Placements: Prevalence and Characteristics 2016 https://fieldworkfuture.ucsc.edu/assets/files/Sexual-HarassmentinSocialWorkFieldPlacements.pdf
Survey of Academic Field Experiences (SAFE): Trainees Report Harassment and Assault. 2014 https://journals.plos.org/PLOSOne/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0102172
Gender and dangers inherent in fieldwork 2013 https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/EJC144855

Prevention policies and practices

Title Year Link
A framework for educating and empowering students by teaching about history and consequences of bias in STEM 2022 https://academic.oup.com/femspd/article/80/1/ftac006/6564730
A Half Century of Student Data Reveals the Professional Impacts of a Biology Field Course 2022 https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/biosci/biac103/6832532?login=false
Championing inclusive terminology in ecology and evolution 2022 https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0169-5347(22)00359-7
How an Early, Inclusive Field Course can Build Persistence in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 2021 https://academic.oup.com/icb/article/61/3/957/6293850
Let's talk teaching: Progressive pedagogy in anthropology courses 2021 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajhb.23706
“Two-Eyed Seeing”: An Indigenous framework to transform fisheries research and management 2020 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/faf.12516
Field courses narrow demographic achievement gaps in ecology and evolutionary biology 2020 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.6300
From equity talk to equity walk: Expanding practitioner knowledge for racial justice in higher education 2020 https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=B5rBDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=mcnair+bensimon+malcom+piquex&ots=ufQsgNN4li&sig=8fD5teMGMUGo2eYB31OgKedhEzU#v=onepage&q=mcnair bensimon malcom piquex&f=false
The Tyranny of Content: “Content Coverage” as a Barrier to Evidence-Based Teaching Approaches and Ways to Overcome It 2020 https://www.lifescied.org/doi/full/10.1187/cbe.19-04-0079
Cultivating inclusive instructional and research environments in ecology and evolutionary science 2020 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.7062
Signaling Inclusivity in Undergraduate Biology Courses through Deliberate Framing of Genetics Topics Relevant to Gender Identity, Disability, and Race 2020 https://www.lifescied.org/doi/full/10.1187/cbe.19-08-0156
Enhancing Diversity in Science: Is Teaching Science Process Skills the Answer? 2017 https://www.lifescied.org/doi/full/10.1187/cbe.05-10-0121

Field Safety Manuals and Training

UC Field Research Safety Center of Excellence: Fieldwork Toolkit Webinar Series

UC Field Operations Safety Manual

UC Berkeley PATH to Care Center Field Safety and Prevention Guide

University of Alaska Fairbanks - Toolik Field Station Sexual Misconduct Policy

National Equity Project Guide to Developing Community Agreements

CSU Desert Studies and Consortium for Ocean Leadership - Workshop to Promote Safety in Field Sciences

Creating Healthy Working Cultures in Marine Science Education: Expectations for marine field research with Field School

Ride-Sharing Sexual Assault Safety Guide