Diversity & Inclusion Lab Posters
Take the pledge and download a poster for your lab.
Community Involvement
- Pride Stride
The Pride Stride is coming to St. Louis! To celebrate National Coming Out Day on October 11, Big River is taking part in a nationwide running party. Sign up, choose your distance, and walk, run, dance, or roll your way to a finish line. You have from today until October 31st to finish your distance.A portion of your proceeds will go to supporting Pride STL in their effort to create safe, inclusive spaces for the LGBTQ+ community here in St. Louis.
Department-Based Resources
- Department DE&I Advisory Committee: Currently under formation. Send interest in participating to janetbraun@wustl.edu
- Diversity Book Discussions: Visit Education Program page for current book and details.
- Department hosting of Diversity 1.0 – 4.0: Visit Education Program page for details.
Presented by the WUSM office of DE&I
WUSM-Based Resources
- Considerations for Supporting Colleagues & Students and Actions to Take
- WUSM DE&I Resource Page
- Becker Library Resources for anti-racist work and learning
- DE& I Diversity 1.0-4.0 open sessions calendar
Reading Materials
- Becker Library Resources for anti-racist work and learning
- Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald
- Colorblind Racism by Meghan Burke
- How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- Racist America: Roots, Current Realities and Future Reparations by Joe R. Feagin and Kimberley Ducey
- White Fragility, Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
- The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools and Societies by Scott E. Page
- The Diversity Bonus: How Great Teams Pay Off in the Knowledge Economy (Our Compelling Interests) by Scott E. Page
- The Educational Benefits of Diversity: Evidence from Multiple Sectors by Jeffrey F. Milem, University of Maryland
- Speaking out about gender imbalance in invited speakers improves diversity; Klein, R et al (2017): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5775963/
- NIH Leadership talks Diversity and Inclusion in Genetic Research: ASHG Interviews Hannah Valantine, MD, MCRP and Joshua Denny, MD, MS: https://www.ashg.org/publications-news/newsletter/ashg-interviews-hannah-valantine-joshua-denny/)
- National Institutes of Health addresses the science of diversity: https://www.pnas.org/content/112/40/12240
Videos
Diversity Creates Bonuses: It’s Not Just the Nice Thing to Do
Why We Need More Diversity to Solve Complex Problems