Of all the STEM fields, geoscience has the lowest level of racial diversity at nearly every level of higher education. Earth Sciences has a long but hopeful road ahead toward diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The current anti-racism movement offers our field an opportunity to address the disturbing statistics around education and inclusion. From 2019 – 2023, I was an active member of my departments’ DEI committee, whose goal is further DEI initiatives in the department. In the past few years, we helped to recruit under-represented students, held discussions around books about race, and showed the film “Picture a Scientist” and created a Geoscience DEI Library within the department. Since 2021, I served as a college-wide Inclusive Culture Liaison and with Unlearning Racism in the Geosciences to help promote social justice and representation in the organization.

I am especially committed to increasing the participation of traditionally underrepresented groups in the geological and environmental sciences.

Recent DEI formal training and experience

• 2024 DEI certificate: Strategic Communication for Achieving DEI Objectives
• 2023 Advancing DEI in the Workplace workshop
• 2021 University of Michigan Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Summit
• 2020 University of Michigan DEI workshop on Microaggressions
• 2020 University of Michigan DEI Unconscious Bias Training