Underrepresented faculty play a disproportionate role in advancing diversity and inclusion
Underrepresented faculty play a disproportionate role in advancing diversity and inclusion
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DOI：
10.1038/s41559-019-0911-5
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发表时间：
2019-07-01
影响因子：
16.8
通讯作者：
Pejchar, Liba
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作者：
Jimenez, Miguel F.;Laverty, Theresa M.;Pejchar, Liba
一个多元化和包容性的科学界更有生产力，创新性和影响力，但生态学和进化生物学继续由白色男性教师主导。我们量化教师对与多样性和包容性相关的活动的参与度，并确定促进或阻碍参与的因素。通过一项全国性的调查，我们发现，教师与代表性不足的身份谨慎地从事多样性和包容性的活动，但这种参与并不被认为是重要的任期。教师认为时间和资金的主要限制，这表明机构应重新分配资源，并重新考虑如何评估教师，以促进在推进多样性和包容性的共同责任。
A diverse and inclusive scientific community is more productive, innovative and impactful, yet ecology and evolutionary biology continues to be dominated by white male faculty. We quantify faculty engagement in activities related to diversity and inclusion and identify factors that either facilitate or hinder participation. Through a nationwide survey, we show that faculty with underrepresented identities disproportionally engage in diversity and inclusion activities, yet such engagement was not considered important for tenure. Faculty perceived time and funding as major limitations, which suggests that institutions should reallocate resources and reconsider how faculty are evaluated to promote shared responsibility in advancing diversity and inclusion.