This is a list of resources to anti-racist work in academia so you can help amplify and support Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) academics (It will be continually updated):
An important webinar organized for Black in Entomology in February 2021. Let’s rethink the way entomology is done today to be more equitable and respectful to everyone in the world. I highly recommend you watch this webinar if you are an entomologist in the field, or a field biologist.
Some links to check:
Papers to help rethink research in an anti-racist perspective:
- Chaudhary, V. Bala, and Asmeret Asefaw Berhe. “Ten simple rules for building an antiracist lab.” (2020): e1008210.
- Demery, Amelia-Juliette Claire, and Monique Avery Pipkin. “Safe fieldwork strategies for at-risk individuals, their supervisors and institutions.” Nature Ecology & Evolution 5.1 (2021): 5-9.
- Tseng, Michelle, et al. “Strategies and support for Black, Indigenous, and people of colour in ecology and evolutionary biology.” Nature Ecology & Evolution 4.10 (2020): 1288-1290.
- Rodrigues, Michelle A., Ruby Mendenhall, and Kathryn BH Clancy. ” THERE’S REALIZING, AND THEN THERE’S REALIZING”: HOW SOCIAL SUPPORT CAN COUNTER GASLIGHTING OF WOMEN OF COLOR SCIENTISTS.” Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 27.2 (2021).
Being an Asian French woman in academia
I wrote an article about my experience as an Asian French woman in academia and how it led me to developing imposter syndrome. The article is in French but you can Google Translate easily.
Isabelle M. Vea 