Practicing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Entomology: What Has Worked, What Hasn’t Worked, and Where Do We Go from Here?

Organizer(s)

• LE

  Lauren Esposito

  California Academy of Sciences
  Oakland, California
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  Dominic Evangelista

  Assistant Professor
  Department of Biology
  Adelphi University
  Brooklyn, New York
• 

  Aaron Goodman

  Invertebrate Biology
  American Museum of Natural History
  New York, New York
• 

  Megan Wilson

  Biological Sciences
  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  Bloomfield, New Jersey
• MS

  Melissa Sanchez Herrera

  Associate Professor
  Universidad del Rosario
  Bogotá, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia
• SB

  Sallqa-Tuwa BondocGawa Mafla

  PhD candidate
  American Museum of Natural History & Rutgers University
  New York, New York

The goals of this symposium are to highlight the best practices for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, with an emphasis on Entomology. The symposium includes a diverse line-up of speakers focusing on four thematic topics: barriers to recruitment, inclusion in teaching practices, communicating with diverse audiences, and entomology impacts on society.

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:05 AM MT

  Introductory remarks
• 8:05 AM – 8:15 AM MT

  Entomologists of color
  

  Presenting Author: Jessica L. Ware – American Museum of Natural History
• 8:15 AM – 8:25 AM MT

  Quantifying the inclusion gap in entomology
  

  Presenting Author: Dominic A. Evangelista – Adelphi University
• 8:25 AM – 8:45 AM MT

  Diversity statements: What, why, and how?
  

  Presenting Author: Margarita M. Lopez-Uribe – Pennsylvania State University
• 8:45 AM – 8:55 AM MT

  Break
• 8:55 AM – 9:11 AM MT

  African Americans in evolutionary (insect) science: Future perspectives
  

  Presenting Author: Joseph L. Graves, Jr. – North Carolina A&T State University
• 9:11 AM – 9:31 AM MT

  Early career outcomes of entomology doctoral graduates and gender effects
  

  Presenting Author: Karen Walker – USDA-ARS (retired)
• 9:31 AM – 9:51 AM MT

  Queering Ento: LGBTQ+ visibility and inclusion in entomology
  

  Presenting Author: Lauren A. Esposito – California Academy of Sciences
• 9:51 AM – 10:09 AM MT

  Early career hurdles: Gender bias in student evaluations of teaching for graduate teaching assistants
  

  Presenting Author: Emily Khazan – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Jessie Borden – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Steven Johnson – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Laura Greenhaw – University of Florida
• 10:09 AM – 10:25 AM MT

  Incorporating practices that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the classroom
  

  Presenting Author: Cesar R. Nufio, Jr. – BioInteractive, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• 10:25 AM – 10:55 AM MT

  Panel discussion
• 10:55 AM – 11:00 AM MT

  Closing remarks