Books (alphabetically):

• A Billion Black Anthropocenes or None by Kathryn Yusoff

• Dyke (geology) by Sabrina Imbler 

• Equity in Science: Representation, Culture, and the Dynamics of Change in Graduate Education by Julie R. Posselt  

• Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements edited by Adrienne Maree Brown and Walidah Imarisha 

• Pollution is Colonialism by Max Liboiron 

• The Colors of Nature: Culture, Identity, and the Natural World by Alison Hawthorne Deming

• The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Articles (by seminar, alphabetically):

• A Call to Anti-Racist Action: What’s next?

  • “An actionable anti-racism plan for geoscience organizations,” by Ali et al., Nature Communications, 2021

  • “Responses to 10 common criticisms of anti-racism action in STEMM” by Gosztyla et al., PLOS Computational Biology, 2021

• Demographic Trends Over Time in Geoscience High Education

  • “No progress on diversity in 40 years,” by Bernard and Cooperdock, Nature Geoscience, 2018

  • “Uneven increases in racial diversity of US geoscience undergraduates,” by Beane et al., Communications Earth & Environment, 2021

• Environmental Racism and Justice

  • “Differential vulnerabilities: Environmental and economic inequality and government response to unnatural disasters” by Bullard, Social Research, 2008

  • “Racial capitalocene - Is the anthropocene racial?,” by Vergès, in Futures of Black Radicalism (eds. Johnson and Lubin), 2017

  • “Rethinking environmental racism: White privilege and urban development in Southern California,” by Pulido, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 2000

• Geoethics and Diversity Reading Seminar

  • “The intersection of geoethics and diversity in the geosciences,” by Mogk, in Geoethics: Status and Future Perspectives (eds. Di Capua et al.), The Geological Society of London, Special Publications, 2020

• Hostility in the Geosciences

  • “Hostile climates are barriers to diversifying the geosciences,” by Marín-Spiotta et al., Advances in Geosciences, 2020

  • “Scientists from historically excluded groups face a hostile obstacle course,” by Berhe et al., Nature Geosciences, 2022

• Incorporating Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge into Research and Teaching

  • “Braiding knowledges of braided rivers – the need for place-based perspectives and lived experience in the science of landscapes,” by Koppes, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2022

  • “Weaving traditional ecological knowledge into biological education: A call to action,” by Wall Kimmerer, BioScience, 2002

• Intersectionality Reading Seminar

  • “Applying an intersectionality lens to expand equity in the geosciences,” by Núñez et al., Journal of Geoscience Education, 2020

• On White Mentors in the Academy

  • “Collectors, Nightlights, and Allies, Oh My: White Mentors in the Academy,” by Martinez-Cola, Understanding and Dismantling Privilege, 2020

• Revisiting the Past: The 1972 Report

  • The “1972” Report

• Say No to Helicopter Research: Collaborating with Local Researchers and Communities to Generate New Knowledge

  • “A framework for co-production of knowledge in the context of Arctic research,” by Yua et al., Ecology and Society, 2022

  • “Global soil science research collaboration in the 21st century: Time to end helicopter research,” by Minasny et al., Geoderma, 2020

• The Racist History of John Wesley Powell, the National Parks

  • “Ethnic cleansing and America's creation of national parks,” by Kantor, Public Land & Resources Law Review, 2007

  • “The darker side of John Wesley Powell,” by Pico, Scientific American, 2019

• Transforming Institutions Through Faculty Change Agents

  • “Accelerating Change: The Power of Faculty Change Agents to Promote Diversity and Inclusive Teaching Practices” by Macdonald et al., Journal of Geoscience Education, 2019

  • “Community voices: Achieving real diversity in STEM requires the ability to transform institutions,” by Lerback et al., Nature Communications, 2022