Scientific Societies Integrating Gender and Ethnoracial Diversity Efforts: A First Meeting Report from Amplifying the Alliance to Catalyze Change for Equity in STEM Success (ACCESS+)

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Professional STEM societies have been identified as an important lever to address STEM diversity, equity, and inclusion. In this Perspectives article, we chronicle the highlights of the first Amplifying the Alliance to Catalyze Change for Equity in STEM Success (ACCESS+) convening held in September 2021. Here, we introduce the three-part ACCESS+ approach using a model that entails (i) completion of a DEI self-assessment known as the equity environmental scanning tool, (ii) guided action plan development and iteration, and (iii) sustained participation in a community of practice.

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Evolution of Wenger's concept of community of practice

Linda C. Li, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Camilla Nielsen … (2009)

Background In the experience of health professionals, it appears that interacting with peers in the workplace fosters learning and information sharing. Informal groups and networks present good opportunities for information exchange. Communities of practice (CoPs), which have been described by Wenger and others as a type of informal learning organization, have received increasing attention in the health care sector; however, the lack of uniform operating definitions of CoPs has resulted in considerable variation in the structure and function of these groups, making it difficult to evaluate their effectiveness. Objective To critique the evolution of the CoP concept as based on the germinal work by Wenger and colleagues published between 1991 and 2002. Discussion CoP was originally developed to provide a template for examining the learning that happens among practitioners in a social environment, but over the years there have been important divergences in the focus of the concept. Lave and Wenger's earliest publication (1991) centred on the interactions between novices and experts, and the process by which newcomers create a professional identity. In the 1998 book, the focus had shifted to personal growth and the trajectory of individuals' participation within a group (i.e., peripheral versus core participation). The focus then changed again in 2002 when CoP was applied as a managerial tool for improving an organization's competitiveness. Summary The different interpretations of CoP make it challenging to apply the concept or to take full advantage of the benefits that CoP groups may offer. The tension between satisfying individuals' needs for personal growth and empowerment versus an organization's bottom line is perhaps the most contentious of the issues that make CoPs difficult to cultivate. Since CoP is still an evolving concept, we recommend focusing on optimizing specific characteristics of the concept, such as support for members interacting with each other, sharing knowledge, and building a sense of belonging within networks/teams/groups. Interventions that facilitate relationship building among members and that promote knowledge exchange may be useful for optimizing the function of these groups.

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"You Would Not Believe What I Have to Go Through to Prove My Intellectual Value!" Stereotype Management Among Academically Successful Black Mathematics and Engineering Students

E. O. McGee, D B Martin (2011)

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Donald L. Gillian-Daniel

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): J Microbiol Biol Educ

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Microbiol Biol Educ

Journal ID (publisher-id): jmbe

Title: Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education

Publisher: American Society for Microbiology (1752 N St., N.W., Washington, DC )

ISSN (Print): 1935-7877

ISSN (Electronic): 1935-7885

Publication date (Electronic, pub): 21 February 2022

Publication date (Electronic, collection): April 2022

Volume: 23

Issue: 1

Electronic Location Identifier: e00340-21

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[a ] Amplifying the Alliance to Catalyze Change for Equity in STEM Success (ACCESS+), Women in Engineering ProActive Network, Washington, DC, USA

[b ] Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA

[c ] Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

[d ] ADVANCE Resource and Coordination Network (ARC Network), Women in Engineering ProActive Network, Washington, DC, USA

[e ] School of Engineering and Innovation, Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

[f ] Department of Psychology, High Point University, High Point, North Carolina, USA

[g ] Department of Biology, High Point University, High Point, North Carolina, USA

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Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo and Andrea Lucy Putwen contributed equally to this article. Author order was determined alphabetically.

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Publisher ID: jmbe00340-21 Publisher ID: jmbe.00340-21

DOI: 10.1128/jmbe.00340-21

PMC ID: 8941930

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Date received : 17 December 2021

Date accepted : 2 February 2022

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supplementary-material: 1, Figures: 1, Tables: 1, Equations: 0, References: 36, Pages: 7, Words: 5475

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Keywords: diversity,equity,inclusion,professional stem societies,action planning,community of practice,equity environmental scanning tool self-assessment

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Scientific Societies Integrating Gender and Ethnoracial Diversity Efforts: A First Meeting Report from Amplifying the Alliance to Catalyze Change for Equity in STEM Success (ACCESS+)

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