Lab committment to diversity, equity, and inclusion The Evans Lab is committed to fostering a diverse and positive lab climate. To this end, we aim to 1) provide a safe, equitable, and inclusive environment through deliberate actions, 2) to celebrate our differences and use them better our science and 3) respect individual needs, styles, and career goals and mentor accordingly 4) find areas to go above and beyond status quo to broaden representation in STEM, correcting historical opportunity imbalances and improving science.
From this committment, we generate accountable ACTIONS, which we will update annually, as a lab:
Tips on writing an email to potential advisors. A lot of graduate programs require you to have an advisor to be admitted, which makes initial contact to a potential PI very important, but this is not always taught. We need to keep unveiling #hiddencurriculum
See Evans Lab Policies on Expectations and Authorship. Transparency and communication of clear expectations is a great way to create a safe, inclusive culture where many can thrive.
MSU Misconduct Hotline (for reporting ethical transgressions/microagressions not comfortable discussing with supervisors)
Broader reading on DEI:
The LTER Network website has an excellent list of resources and reading on diversity and inclusion, organized by topic. I have submitted all readings I think are great to this list!