Anti-racist interventions to transform ecology, evolution and conservation biology departments

Anti-racist interventions to transform ecology, evolution and conservation biology departments

Racial and ethnic discrimination persist in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, including ecology, evolution and conservation biology (EECB) and related disciplines. Marginalization and oppression as a result of institutional and structural racism continue to create barriers to...

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Published in:Nature ecology & evolution Vol. 5; no. 9; pp. 1213 - 1223
Main Authors: Cronin, Melissa R., Alonzo, Suzanne H., Adamczak, Stephanie K., Baker, D. Nevé, Beltran, Roxanne S., Borker, Abraham L., Favilla, Arina B., Gatins, Remy, Goetz, Laura C., Hack, Nicole, Harenčár, Julia G., Howard, Elizabeth A., Kustra, Matthew C., Maguiña, Rossana, Martinez-Estevez, Lourdes, Mehta, Rita S., Parker, Ingrid M., Reid, Kyle, Roberts, May B., Shirazi, Sabrina B., Tatom-Naecker, Theresa-Anne M., Voss, Kelley M., Willis-Norton, Ellen, Vadakan, Bee, Valenzuela-Toro, Ana M., Zavaleta, Erika S.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01-09-2021
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Biological and Physical Anthropology
Biology
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Black or African American
Black people
Classrooms
Conservation
Conservation biology
Departments
Ecology
Engineering
Evolution
Evolutionary Biology
Evolutionary conservation
Humans
Indigenous peoples
Laboratories
Life Sciences
Paleontology
Perspective
Plague
Policies
Population Groups
Pseudoscience
Racism
Toolkits
Zoology
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Summary:Racial and ethnic discrimination persist in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, including ecology, evolution and conservation biology (EECB) and related disciplines. Marginalization and oppression as a result of institutional and structural racism continue to create barriers to inclusion for Black people, Indigenous people and people of colour (BIPOC), and remnants of historic racist policies and pseudoscientific theories continue to plague these fields. Many academic EECB departments seek concrete ways to improve the climate and implement anti-racist policies in their teaching, training and research activities. We present a toolkit of evidence-based interventions for academic EECB departments to foster anti-racism in three areas: in the classroom; within research laboratories; and department wide. To spark restorative discussion and action in these areas, we summarize EECB’s racist and ethnocentric histories, as well as current systemic problems that marginalize non-white groups. Finally, we present ways that EECB departments can collectively address shortcomings in equity and inclusion by implementing anti-racism, and provide a positive model for other departments and disciplines. This Perspective presents a toolkit of evidence-based interventions to foster anti-racism in ecology, evolution and conservation biology in the classroom, within research laboratories and department wide.
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ISSN:2397-334X
2397-334X
DOI:10.1038/s41559-021-01522-z