2/15/23: Understanding and preventing discrimination https://equity.ucla.edu/education/ucla-edi-education-series/ Please do the “Understanding and Preventing Discrimination: Best Practices for Creating an Inclusive UCLA” 1hr model before lab meeting. Come to lab meeting with your thoughts, questions, real-world examples (you are not obligated to discuss any personal experiences you are uncomfortable with), ideas for implementation in our lab.
3/8/23: Implicit Bias https://equity.ucla.edu/know/implicit-bias/ Implicit Bias video series. We will watch these together and discuss in lab meeting.
4/12/23: Understanding experiences of others. Before lab meeting, please read at least 4 of the following short articles. Come to lab meeting prepared with thoughts, questions, thoughts about how these experiences are different from your own, other examples (you are not obligated to discuss any personal experiences you are uncomfortable with), ways this can shape our lab.
https://blackinneuro.com/perspectives/my-journey-to-neuro
https://blackinneuro.com/perspectives/bridging-synapses
https://blackinneuro.com/perspectives/hear-me
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01525-9
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04237-8
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41583-020-00421-9
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/04/why-black-and-latinx-women-struggle-more-with-impostor-syndrome.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01741-7
5/31/23: Microaggressions. We will review the below resources on microaggressions together in lab meeting.
chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://sph.umn.edu/site/docs/hewg/microaggressions.pdf
https://hbr.org/2020/07/youve-been-called-out-for-a-microaggression-what-do-you-do You’ve Been Called Out for a Microaggression. What Do You Do?
7/5/23: Antiracism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCxbl5QgFZw The difference between being “not racist” and antiracist | Ibram X. Kendi We will watch together and discuss in lab.
9/20/23: Understanding Gender and Sexual orientation https://equity.ucla.edu/education/ucla-edi-education-series/ Please do the “Understanding Gender and Sexual Orientation: Best Practices for Fostering Inclusion and Preventing Discrimination” 1hr model before lab meeting. Come to lab meeting with your thoughts, questions, real-world examples (you are not obligated to discuss any personal experiences you are uncomfortable with), ideas for implementation in our lab.
10/25/23: Anti-Asian Racism in academia. Will add resources
12/6/23: The experience of Latinx scientists. Will add resources
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(22)00186-9/fulltext
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.876161/full
Additional resources:
self-study resources here: https://equity.ucla.edu/education/.
EDI Toolkits: https://equity.ucla.edu/education/toolkits-resources/
Microaggression in academia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-ffdh1FsT4
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01741-7 Black in the Ivory
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/41/42/8669.full Toward an Anti-Racist Approach to Biomedical and Neuroscience Research
https://hbr.org/2020/09/white-coats-black-scientists White Coats, Black Scientists
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009286742031223X Revising the a Priori Hypothesis: Systemic Racism Has Penetrated Scientific Funding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VGbwNI6Ssk Immaculate perception: Jerry Kang at TEDxSanDiego 2013. We will watch together and discuss in lab meeting.
https://equity.ucla.edu/know/implicit-bias/ We finish the UC Implicit Bias Modules (for UC employees) in lab meeting