This symposium will demonstrate how faculty, postdocs, and graduate students are working together to promote inclusivity and diversity in the chemical sciences across the United States. The speakers will adress how they are actively increasing the participation of historically underrepresented students in their own laboratories and/or departments. New organizations such as oSTEM and ADSE will be showcased to demonstrate their early successes. An interactive Q & A panel will follow the presentations to facilitate discussion between the audience and speakers based on the topics presented during the symposium. It will take place in Mineral Hall F at the Hyatt Regency Denver convention center on Monday March 23, 2015 8:00am–11:45am.
Alliance for Diversity in Science and Engineering: A graduate-student centered approach to diversify STEM Charles Frazier, University of California,Santa Barbara
The Chancellor’s Science Scholars Program: Adapting the Meyerhoff Model to UNC-Chapel Hill Joseph L. Templeton, . UNC Chapel Hill
The Future Faculty Workshop Timothy M. Swager, MIT
Peer-Led Activities in STEM based on Values Affirmation Luis M. Campos, Columbia University
I STEM Posse: Recruiting and Retaining Underrepresented Students in the STEM Disciplines Irving R. Epstein, Brandeis Univ
Building a STEM community for the next generation Eric Patridge
The NSF AGEP California Alliance: A Community of Practice to Increase Diversity in the Physical Sciences and Engineering
Robin L. Garrell, University of California, Los Angeles