EDI in Academia — Literary Resources

General topics of EDI in research including creating institutional change and addressing specific challenges and barriers for underrepresented groups in the research ecosystem.

• The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)

• Test Yourself for Hidden Bias

• Gender disparity in the authorship of biomedical research publications during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• The pandemic is hitting scientist parents hard, and some solutions may backfire.

• Gender inequality in research productivity during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

• Opinion: In the wake of COVID-19, academia needs new solutions to ensure gender equity.

• Unequal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientists.

• Equal but Inequitable: Who Benefits from Gender-Neutral Tenure Clock Stopping Policies?

• Pandemic-related barriers to the success of women in research: a framework for action.

• Institutionalizing Inequalities in Canadian Universities: The Canada Research Chairs Program.

• Igniting Change: Final Report and Recommendations By the Congress Advisory Committee on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization (AC-EDID).

• If you rise, I fall: Equality is prevented by the misperception that it harms advantaged groups.

• Are we failing female and racialized academics? A Canadian national survey examining the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on tenure and tenuretrack faculty.

• Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the productivity of academics who mother.

• Effects of Parenthood and Gender on Well-Being and Work Productivity Among Canadian Academic Research Faculty Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic.

• Language of Appeasement.

• Diversifying your campus : key insights and models for change.

• The Impact of COVID-19 on the Careers of Women in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2021).

• Best Practices for Leading Inclusive Panels.

• Women in Science & Engineering Leadership Institute.

• Achieving Speaker Gender Equity at the American Society for Microbiology General Meeting.

• Achieving Speaker Gender Equity at the American Society for Microbiology General Meeting.

• Achieving gender equity at conferences.

• Game-changing’ gender quotas introduced by Australian research agency.

• The Diversity Crisis of Software Engineering for Artificial Intelligence.

• Frances Henry, et al., The Equity Myth: Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities (UBC Press, 2017)

• “Nepotism and Sexism in Peer-Review,” Nature (1997)

• “Topic Choice Contributes to the Lower Rate of NIH Awards to African-American/Black Scientists,” Science Advances (2019)

• “The Diversity-Innovation Paradox in Science,” PNAS (2020)

• “What Happens Before? A Field Experiment Exploring How Pay and Representation Differentially Shape Bias on the Pathway Into Organizations,” Journal of Applied Psychology (2015)

• “Bias in Biotech Funding Has Blocked Companies Led by Women,” The Washington Post (2020)

• “Exploring the Color of Glass: Letters of Recommendation for Female and Male Medical Faculty,” Discourse and Society (2003)

• “Raising Doubt in Letters of Recommendation for Academia: Gender Differences and Their Impact,” Journal of Business and Psychology (2019)

• “Five Tips for Boosting Diversity on Campus,” Nature (2020)

• “The Science and Value of Diversity: Closing the Gaps in Our Understanding of Inclusion and Diversity,” Journal of Infectious Diseases (2019)

• University of Arizona Commission on the Status of Women – Avoiding Gender Bias in Reference Writing

• AdvanceRIT — Examples of Bias in Letters of Recommendation

• Engendering Success in STEM – Resources

• Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships – Reducing Unconscious Bias in the Review Process