Education/Resources on Systematic Discrimination in Academia
- Darko Odic
- Denitza Dramkin
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Please share any and all links that you have found useful, educational, challenging, etc. here. The goal of this page is to accumulate the resources to help guide us towards taking concrete steps to make academia and psychology significantly more representative of non-white, non-male voices. Don’t worry too much about sharing resources that might overlap with other ones - everything is valuable, even if it repeats something else.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ic6bil2AvrQmPFUcUyxcw_FumofKkUo3VLsU7qG0cTk
An extremely thorough and excellent (and evolving) resource for concrete steps faculty, students, and administrators can take.
The Department of Psychology’s Equity Committee has also compiled and updating a list. There are lots of repeats between what they are suggesting and some of what we have here, but also lots of unique things that we shared on this page that they did not. But consider looking through their list and finding if something jumps out at you, as well.
https://www.cns.nyu.edu/events/growingupinscience/
As part of the #shutdownstem movement, there was an online workshop on June 10th 2020 that allowed various members of academia to talk about the various micro- and macro-aggressions they experience, and concrete steps that academics can take to combat discrimination in academia. About a 60 minute video + large google doc.
An cognitive science specific organization whose goal is to create mentorship and networking opportunities for psychologists of color.
They provide job postings, have a database of scholars, and mentorship opportunities. They are also attempting to organize conferences.
https://www.academics4blacklives.com/
A group of black feminist counselling psychologists whose goal is to both educate on systematic racism experienced by black Americans and also to develop concrete plans for addressing inequity in academia broadly construed.
They have a link of educational resources that is very thorough: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PakgQkLLZ5kk6EuUw6F7PKkbGXiEZxyt8Q_Bm1zFZzQ/edit#gid=0
They also provide a list of concrete actions, including petitions, that you can sign: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kb43Y7Zs4KXi7LbMjG-yN6SxoFryd4EgKd3emsGzNWM/edit#gid=0
A initiative that is closely aligned with BLM that aims to demonstrate how academia and STEM help sustain racist systems of oppression, including through disruptive shutdown days (last one on June 10th, 2020).
They provide a list of resources at different entry points: https://www.shutdownstem.com/resources
They have an especially broad set of resources for racism within academia: https://www.shutdownstem.com/racism-in-academia
They also provide concrete action steps for academics at various stages of their career: https://www.shutdownstem.com/for-researchers
They provide suggestions for designing a concrete, actionable steps in short and long-term to address systematic discrimination in academia: https://www.shutdownstem.com/your-plan
An article primarily geared towards PIs, but that has some very useful statistics and suggestions, as well, about supporting black students and faculty.
An online network for supporting women of color, girls of color and non-binary people of color within STEM.
They provide volunteer, networking, and conference opportunities.
You can donate to the organization: https://www.paypal.me/TheSeRCHFoundation/25
http://pair.ubc.ca/student-demographics/
Various statistics on student enrolment demographics at UBC at various levels (useful for getting a sense of how UBC is doing).
Lots of info by gender and aboriginal status, but not (as far as I can see) by other ethnicities.
Some students have recommended taking PSYC320: Psychology of Sex Differences, and have found it useful
Rachel Cargle hosts a wonderful lecture series and has a collection of resources to educate on topics of racism and feminism.
Her website includes links to that lecture series along with other links to initiatives geared towards education and outreach.
https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1qpo8x1jFOgH3Mbrk4BSlGk3PiPlJHD1pS6053SXK3P8/mobilebasic
Masterlist of resources for BLM - donations, non-monetary actions, social media practices, protesting
What are you saying when you say the N-word?
Racism in the Canadian University : Demanding Social Justice, Inclusion, and Equity
Book is free from the UBC library (through the link provided)
Discusses aspects about racism in academia, how to identify and confront these issues, and the use of anti-racism policies.
How to talk about racial inequality with family, friends, etc.
How to deal with white guilt and the racism you CAN’T experience, but benefit from, as a non-BIPOC, including resources.
Example of a privilege list (From Bosson et al., 2018):
Bosson, J. K., Vandello, J. A., & Buckner, C. E. (2018). The Psychology of Sex and Gender. SAGE Publications.
An article on how our research (cognitive development) is affected by many factors but could be improved: Increasing Diversity in Cognitive Developmental Research: Issues and Solutions
Stephanie J. Rowley & Tissyana C. Camacho
Vancouver-based black businesses we can support:
Article: White Academia: Do Better
https://medium.com/the-faculty/white-academia-do-better-fa96cede1fc5
Provides a list of actions you can do as a White academic (or anyone wanting to make change)
Razack, Sherene (2015). Dying from improvement: inquests and inquiries into Indigenous deaths in custody.
Sherene Razack writes about the colonial terror that is very real for indigenous groups up until today--including cases of indigenous men and women who have died under police custody in Canada
UBC has an online copy of the book
Free online course “Indigenous Canada”
Article: The Psychology of American Racism; Roberts & Rizzo
Article: 'Model Minority' Myth Again Used As A Racial Wedge Between Asians And Blacks
Satzewich, V., & Liodakis, N. (2013). " Race" and ethnicity in Canada: A critical introduction. Oxford University Press.
Fleras, A. (2017). Unequal relations: A critical introduction to race, ethnic, and aboriginal dynamics in Canada. Pearson Canada Incorporated.
Two fantastic articles discussing the idea that we should begin by acknowledging that we are all racist, and fight from there
https://twitter.com/DrJulietteM/status/1270123073006645248 - Dr. Juliette McClendon’s threat about racism in the history of Psychology and Psychiatry. Check out her general page too!
https://www.dismantlingracism.org/uploads/4/3/5/7/43579015/okun_-_white_sup_culture.pdf - white supremacy culture by Tema Okun