#WeNeedEDI: Striving for equality, diversity, and inclusion throughout academics’ careers

This Digital Event focuses on the experiences of underrepresented academics and potential ways we can increase equality, diversity, and inclusion as we proceed through our careers.

Articles in this Digital Event

  1. #WeNeedEDI digital event introduction
  2. Lack of diversity in academia is driven by social search in academic networks: Some thoughts and what can be done about it
  3. Being LGBTQ+ in towns in gowns
  4. Organizing a faculty cluster hire to promote equity, diversity, and inclusion in psychological sciences
  5. How can faculty search committees be more inclusive and equitable in their approaches? 
  6. Opening your eyes to the burdens of a legally blind professor
  7. The inequitable burden of open science
  8. Perhaps money can buy (some) happiness: Understanding the (hidden) costs of pursuing a PhD
  9. Diversifying leadership through impactful practices

Be sure to check out the earlier Digital Event that ran in 2018 on a related topic, called “#PSDiversityandInclusion: A digital event discussing issues of diversity and inclusion.”

Special thanks to our contributors: 

A new post by a contributor was published each day from August 22 – September 1, 2022. Follow us on Twitter for announcements about the day’s post: @Psychonomic_Soc. To achieve equality, diversity, and inclusion, all hands need to be on deck. 

 

Authors

  • Lisa Fazio’s research focuses on the human memory system and how our brains support and derail efforts to gain new, accurate knowledge. The same processes that support everyday learning can lead us astray when we are exposed to false information. Currently, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University, her research focuses on how to mitigate the effects of reading false information and how to increase classroom learning.

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  • Laura's research is focused on understanding basic and applied aspects of memory, including eyewitness memory. She is currently a Professor at the University of Bristol in the School of Psychological Science and the Psychonomic Society Digital Content Editor.

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