About

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

我们的社会是一个以科学为中心，追求科学真理的社会. 我们由科学家组成, staff, faculty, graduate and undergraduate students of the Boston College Biology Department and the Biology Graduate Program, 我们因为对电子游戏正规平台的共同热情而团结在一起, 生物科学方面的教学和指导. We recognize that this passion will be most fully realized in an environment and a community that embraces and supports the full spectrum of human diversity, and we further believe that scientific discovery and the establishment of fundamental scientific truths is a global, human enterprise that must be free of prejudice and discrimination in order to achieve its greatest potential and to be of maximum benefit to humankind.

For these reasons, we strive to create and consistently maintain a working community that:

是欢迎和包容的
implements strategies to ensure equity in the recruiting and treatment of all our students, staff, 科学家和教职员工
extends beyond our institution to encompass our extended family of colleagues and collaborators from around the world
只需要我们对共同激情的承诺
是丰富了许多和不同的个人, ethnic, cultural, 种族和哲学上的差异构成了一个人类种族

我们希望我们的社区, 欢迎所有和我们一样热爱科学的人, will grow and thrive and in collaboration with similar research communities around the world, will contribute in its own way to the elimination of prejudice and the advancement of science for the benefit of all.

BC大学的STEM项目

AHANA的STEM和健康外展(SHOfA)

The AHANA的STEM和健康外展(SHOfA) is an organization dedicated to serving students on their journey towards their accomplished careers in STEM and healthcare fields despite the social pressures they may face on campus.
门户学者计划

The 门户学者计划 for STEM supports first generation and students of color through the foundational courses in biology and chemistry that are required for the Biology and Biochemistry majors.
科技领域的女性

The Women in Science and Technology Program (WST) has brought together hundreds of female students from Boston-area high schools for a month-long weekend program of research, lectures, field trips, and the opportunity to meet mentors and role models from scientific disciplines.

DEI Resources at BC

多样性政策与合规办公室

OID Policies

OID Programs

The Office for Institutional Diversity offers a series of programs to advance and sustain the University's culture of diversity, equity, 以及对所有社区成员的包容.

View OID Programs

Thrive @ BC

不仅仅是帮助你成功，我们还想帮助你茁壮成长. 查找有关无障碍住宿的联系信息和指导, 奖学金的机会, 哺乳期资源, 对退伍军人的支持, and more.

Thrive Details

DEI Committee

Maitreyi Das

DEI Chair

Associate Professor

Emrah Altindis

助理教授

David Burgess

Professor

Sarah McMenamin

Associate Professor

Irem Ozkan

Ph.D. Candidate

Diane Butera

行政助理

电子游戏软件生物学的DEI

而我们作为个体, as a committee, and as a department cannot “solve” the bias and discrimination of our society, 我们将努力促进多样性, 在我们自己的社区内公平和包容. It is our goal to facilitate conversations within our department about inclusiveness and belonging, 提高对种族主义的认识, sexism, 以及其他形式的歧视, and to promote discussions that can help us grow as a more diverse and inclusive community. This periodic newsletter will serve as a forum where we can stay connected and engaged in issues of equity. We will spotlight resources that can help us add to our anti-discrimination toolkits as individuals and as a department. 在这段时间里，你会感到疏离和孤立, it is our hope that this newsletter will be a community space for us to affirm and build our shared values.

关于纽约布法罗国内恐怖袭击的DEI声明

亲爱的生物系同仁:

听到布法罗发生国内恐怖袭击的消息，我们非常震惊, 纽约特别针对美国黑人. The white supremacist published an anti-Black and anti-Semitic manifesto citing the racist “great replacement” theory that is based on hate. 这对受害者和他们的家人来说是一个无法形容的悲剧, 为黑人社区, and for all of us. We agree with the President that “white supremacy is a poison” and unfortunately, 毒药无处不在 us, and we note that racist conspiracy theories like the one that motivated this attack have been 变得更加主流. 此外，马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校的黑人学生最近也成为了攻击目标 second time with a hateful, racist email, 是专门发给黑人学生的吗. Within BC Biology, we urge everyone to be aware of the potentially detrimental effects of these attacks on our Black students, 并尽你所能提供帮助. Here, 你可以找到一些教职员工的资源, students, and staff on reporting discrimination and resources for combating anti-Black racism.

种族偏见事件，21年3月13日

亲爱的生物系同仁:

We are profoundly disappointed to learn of yet another racially-motivated incident on our campus, 在最近发生的种族主义行为之后这么快就来了 Xavier Hall. This weekend, the incident involved a student writing racially offensive language on classroom chalkboards. Racist incidents such as these disproportionately affect our BIPOC students and other BIPOC members of our community, and they must stop. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment in which hate and racism have no place, 以及我们的BIPOC学生, 教职员工总是感到安全和受到重视.

Students in the Department should know that the faculty members are aware of these incidents and feel extremely disturbed. Know that the members of the DEI Committee, faculty, and staff are here to support you. Faculty members, teaching staff, and teaching assistants, please read the CTE’s resources on 应对种族主义事件. 我们邀请大家参加CTE 周四晚上的讨论会 (March 18), where we will be talking about ways to respond in classroom settings to these shameful events. 如果你经历或观察到任何仇恨犯罪和偏见相关事件请用这个报告 form 大学最近创建的.

生物DEI委员会

(Sarah McMenamin, Emrah Altindis, Kari Jensen, David Burgess, Suyen Espinoza Miranda)

生物学DEI委员会对泽维尔学院种族主义事件的声明

星期六，2021年2月20日

在电子游戏软件，我们努力创造一个包容的卓越社区. 我们社区的学生如何学习, 当他们感到威胁时，参与并茁壮成长, 在他们居住的地方受到骚扰和攻击? We are disappointed, sad and angry about the racist harassment that has been occurring in the MLE floor of Xavier Hall. This is unfortunately just one particularly egregious example of the agressions, exclusions and inequities that occur far too frequently within our community. Such events have disproportionately negative effects on our students who are Black, 土著和有色人种(BIPoC), and the toll of overt and systemic racism within our community is substantial and unacceptable.

作为一个委员会和一个部门, 我们表示支持并与所有受影响的人站在一起, 直接或间接地受到这个事件的影响. DEI委员会的成员, and many members of the Biology administration and Faculty are available to talk with students and all community members about any concerns. 我们将共同努力，创造一个安全、友好的环境.