Table Of ContentDiversity in the Scientific Community
Volume 1: Quantifying Diversity and
Formulating Success
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Diversity in the Scientific Community
Volume 1: Quantifying Diversity and
Formulating Success
Donna J. Nelson, Editor
University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
H. N. Cheng, Editor
U.S. Department of Agriculture
New Orleans, Louisiana
AmericanChemicalSociety,Washington,DC
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Contents
Preface.............................................................................................................................. ix
1. DiversityinScience:AnOverview......................................................................... 1
DonnaJ.NelsonandH.N.Cheng
Using Data To Quantify the Problem, Formulate Solutions and
Measure Success
2. DiversityofScienceandEngineeringFacultyatResearchUniversities........... 15
DonnaJ.Nelson
3. SmashingtheGlassCeilinginChemistryRemainsaLong-RangeGoal ......... 87
ValerieJ.Kuck
4. TheGenderandURMFacultyDemographicsDataCollectedbyOXIDE .... 101
RigobertoHernandez,DontarieStallings,andSrikantIyer
WorkplaceEnvironmentandWorkStylesforWomen
5. CareerSuccessofWomenintheChemicalIndustry,Part1: FindingaWay
throughtheLabyrinth ......................................................................................... 115
PenelopeA.Asay, JillD.Paquin, JulieR.Arseneau, VanessaDowning,
MelissaS.Roffman,KellyD.Kettlewell,TraceyBerman,HeatherM.Walton,and
RuthE.Fassinger
6. CareerSuccessofWomenintheChemicalIndustry,Part2: Navigating
WorkplaceChallenges ......................................................................................... 145
JulieR.Arseneau,PenelopeA.Asay,JillD.Paquin,HeatherM.Walton,
VanessaDowning,MelissaS.Roffman,andRuthE.Fassinger
7. CareerSuccessofWomenintheChemicalIndustry,Part3: Gettingonthe
SamePage ............................................................................................................. 173
JillD.Paquin, JulieR.Arseneau, PenelopeA.Asay, VanessaDowning,
MelissaS.Roffman,HeatherM.Walton,andRuthE.Fassinger
8. GenderandThoughtDiversityinChemistry.................................................... 205
GaryJ.SaltonandShannonNelson
Editors’Biographies .................................................................................................... 219
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Indexes
AuthorIndex ................................................................................................................ 223
SubjectIndex................................................................................................................ 225
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Preface
The two volumes of this book are partially based on three symposia held at
theACSSpringNationalMeetinginSanDiego,March2016.
• Diversity-Quantification-Success?
• HowtoFosterDiversityintheChemicalSciences: LessonsLearned&
TaughtfromtheStoriesofRecipientsoftheStanleyC.IsraelAward
• MyExperiencewith&AdviceforImprovingDiversityinChemistry
These symposia were part of the 2016 ACS activities relating to Diversity,
which represented one of 2016 ACS President Donna Nelson’s presidential
themes. The symposium speakers included scientists reporting original
research on various aspects of diversity in science, ACS leaders, accomplished
professionals,andpastwinnersoftheStanleyIsraeldiversityawards. Datawere
presented which pertained to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM),withaparticularemphasisonchemistry. Thesymposiawereverywell
attendedandthecommentsfromtheaudienceverypositive.
Many symposium participants felt that it would be exceedingly useful to
compilethediversity-relateddataandcasestoriespresentedinthesymposiumin
one book so that scholars and students interested in diversity can conveniently
drawonthebookforfurtherresearch,self-study,classinstructions,andreference.
Thus, soon after the symposia, we invited the speakers to contribute chapters to
thisbook. Inaddition,severaldiversityresearchersandopinionleaderswerealso
invitedtoparticipate. Contributorstothisbookincludedmanyrepresentativesof
ACScommitteesanddivisionsrelatedtodiversity, e.g., CommitteeonMinority
Affairs (CMA), Senior Chemists Committee (SCC), Chemists with Disabilities
Committee (CWD), International Activities Committee (IAC), and Division of
ProfessionalRelations(PROF).
Thisbookisaimed: 1)toassessthecurrentstatusofdiversityinthescientific
community, 2) to gather ideas on how to improve diversity in science, 3) to
document personal stories and perspectives relating to diversity, and 4) to make
the information available to the public and to a broad spectrum of scientists,
includingchemistsandchemicalengineers. Agoalistoincreaseawarenessofthe
importance of diversity, the immediate need for change, and the changes which
arepossibleandmostpracticaltoachievethedesiredresults.
A total of 28 chapters are included in this book with contributions from
mostspeakersinthethreeACSsymposia. Forconvenience,thisbookisdivided
into two volumes. This volume (Volume 1) has eight chapters divided into two
sections:
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