Lab commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

The Septer Lab is committed to fostering a diverse and positive lab climate. To this end, we aim to 1) provide a safe, equitable, and inclusive environment through deliberate actions, 2) to celebrate our differences and use them to better our science, 3) respect individual needs, learning styles, and career goals and mentor accordingly, 4) take action to broaden representation in STEM to correct historical opportunity imbalances and improve science.

(modeled after Evans lab at Michigan State)

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Resources

Talking about racism in the workplace

https://thewell.unc.edu/2020/07/14/talking-about-race-in-the-workplace/

 

Safe zone training offered by the LGBT Center at UNC

https://lgbtq.unc.edu/safe-zone-trainee-hub/


 

Green Zone training offered by the Carolina Veterans Resource Center

https://odos.unc.edu/student-veterans/green-zone-training

 

Race: The Power of an Illusion Documentary

https://www.racepowerofanillusion.org/

 

Effective Mentoring training at UNC

https://gradprofdev.unc.edu/event/effective-mentoring/all/

 

REI (Racial Equity Institute, LLC)

https://www.racialequityinstitute.com/our-process

 

Curated anti-racism resources compiled by UNC SPIRE fellows

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kPjVKZyhVdY-gFbX7yIb9rnNNdEz6zxahLhQLfG3WCw/edit?usp=sharing

 

Participation in current events:

National Summer Undergraduate Research Project: https://nsurp.org/

Anti-racism curriculum development (collaboration of SPIRE fellows)

Departmental subcommittees to address diversity, equity, and inclusion issues

 

Participation in past events:

Increasing Diversity and Enhancing Academia (IDEA) summer internships (2017-2019)

Implicit bias training (2019)

Entering mentoring Training (2019)

Green Zone Training (2018)

Racial Equity Institute Training (2017)

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