Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

DEI Resources at Northeastern University

• Marine Science Center principles of community

• We Care (student support)

• Title IX office (Office for University Equity and Compliance)

• Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion

• Disability Resource Center

• COS Equity Dashboard

• COS Student Diversity Advisory Council

• Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (GWISE)

• John D. O’Bryant African American Institute

• Latino/a Student Cultural Center

• LGBTQA Center

• Social Justice Resource Center

• University Health & Counseling Services 

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Community Resources

This is not a comprehensive list, it is a place to get started. Special thanks to the ADVANCEGeo Team for compiling many of these resources. other resources were pulled from WHOI's research library (linked below) and from resources posted by the MES DEI Committee.

Anti-Racism Resources​

• Support black-owned businesses in the greater Boston area

• URGE - Unlearning Racism in Geoscience

• NY Times + Ibram X. Kendi's Antiracism reading list

• Anti-racism resources for white people

• 10 simple rules for building an anti-racist lab

• Responses to 10 criticisms of anti-racism designed to maintain the status quo

Resources on sexual harassment in STEM

• National Academy of Sciences - Sexual Harassment in Academia

• AAUW - Closing the STEM gap

• 500 Women Scientists: End Sexual Harassment

• AAU Climate Survey on Sexual Assault

Resources to support LGBTQ people in STEM

• 500 Queer Scientists

• LGBTQ+ STEM

• Diversity: Pride in Science

• Making STEM safe for trans and non-binary people

• You Are Welcome Here

• Systemic inequalities for LGBTQ people in STEM

• Out to Innovate

Resources on field safety

• Birding while Black

• 10 Steps to protect BIPOC Scholars in the field

• Barriers to fieldwork in undergraduate education

• Toilet stops in the field: best practices for field-based teaching

• Managing risks in the field

• ADVANCEGeo

Resources to improve workplace climate

• Lessons from microbes: What can we learn about equity from bacteria?

• Hostile climates are barriers to diversifying geosciences

Compendium of resources put together by others:

• Admissions Office Anti-Racism Curriculum

• Amazing list of resources put together by Amy Burgin