2022
DOI: 10.3389/fsoc.2021.784399
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The Inclusive Professional Framework for Societies: Changing Mental Models to Promote Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive STEM Systems Change

Abstract: Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professional societies (ProSs) are uniquely positioned to foster national-level diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) reform. ProSs serve broad memberships, define disciplinary norms and culture, and inform accrediting bodies and thus provide critical levers for systems change. STEM ProSs could be instrumental in achieving the DEI system reform necessary to optimize engagement of all STEM talent, leveraging disciplinary excellence resulting from diverse… Show more

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“…Eleven of the 56 ABLS presidents spanning 120 years (20%) have been women, but only two of those women are lichenologists and the other nine are bryologists. Beyond recruiting and supporting diverse leaders, Leibnitz et al (2022) describes a framework they developed for professional societies to incorporate more inclusive practices.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Eleven of the 56 ABLS presidents spanning 120 years (20%) have been women, but only two of those women are lichenologists and the other nine are bryologists. Beyond recruiting and supporting diverse leaders, Leibnitz et al (2022) describes a framework they developed for professional societies to incorporate more inclusive practices.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The ACCESS+ leaders have identified, adapted and are refining a needed Society DEI self-assessment tool to support Society DEI change leaders. The EEST, paired with the Inclusive Professional Framework for Societies (Leibnitz et al, 2022 ), and supported by a Society cohort-based Community of Practice provide valuable scaffolding for Society transformation. Evaluation results from preliminary work with the first ACCESS+ cohort of five biological Societies indicate that DEI change leaders value the EEST for structured conversations, as well as for raising awareness of the breadth, and depth, of what can be done.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Building on the work of ACCESS, the recently funded National Science Foundation ADVANCE funded Amplifying ACCESS (ACCESS+) partnership project proposed strategies and tools to help cohorts of STEM Society DEI experts, and “first generation equity practitioners” (Bensimon and Gray, 2020 ), affect desired DEI change. While ACCESS+ uses multiple tools and strategies [e.g., The Inclusive Professional Framework for Professional Societies (Leibnitz et al, 2022 ), a monthly Community of Practice, and an annual convening], this paper specifically explores the development of the Equity Environmental Scanning Tool (EEST) to help Society DEI change leaders gain a clearer picture of the ways in which the Society may differentially serve majority and minoritized members.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recently, there has been renewed interest in leveraging STEM ProSs for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) change. For example, there has been a surge in peer-reviewed publications and editorials focusing on the DEI efforts of ProSs ( 2 , 11 19 , 20 , 21 ). Also, federal funds have been mobilized to increase the impact of ProSs’ efforts, both through longstanding funding mechanisms seeking to broaden participation in STEM, such as Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions (ADVANCE) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Innovative Programs to Enhance Research Training (IPERT) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and more targeted solicitations, such as the NIH’s Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) Institutionally Focused Research Education Award and the NSF’s LEAding cultural change through Professional Societies (LEAPS) of Biology solicitation.…”
Section: Perspectivementioning
confidence: 99%