Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Vanderbilt University’s Psychological Sciences programs are committed to creating and nurturing an environment in which each student, faculty member, and staff person can thrive and contribute to the university and their respective disciplines. Our goal is to facilitate scholarship and contributions to theory across the broad range of disciplines. Diversity enhances the learning potential in our classrooms, inspires and enriches our research, and improves the social climate of our classes, the department, and the University. Our students, faculty and staff come from a variety of backgrounds, current circumstances, and personal and social identities and they have diverse strengths. We recognize and respect differences across these dimensions, realizing that our concept of diversity and our attempts to create an inclusive climate will evolve as we welcome new members to our group. To meet this challenge we are committed to adapting practices in our scholarship and our classrooms to increase the participation and hence the contributions of persons who bring diverse perspectives and experiences to the pursuit of knowledge. Our departmental Equity Diversity and Inclusion committee has the objective of facilitating our commitment to promoting diversity and fostering a positive climate.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Resources
Teaching Resources
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Vanderbilt Center for Teaching - Teaching Race: Pedagogy and Practice
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Guide to teaching racial injustice
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The Chronicle of Higher Education: Talking with Students About Racism
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Tips on talking with students about racism
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Resources for discussing race, police violence, black lives matters, and whiteness
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List of BIPOC-authored papers that can be used to diversify readings on syllabi
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From Pressure to Pearls: Conversations on Diversity and Inclusion
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Guidelines for discussing EDI issues
Academic Resources
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The best practices for increasing the racial and ethnic diversity of faculty
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Responses to 10 Common Criticisms of Anti-Racism Action in STEM
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Essay addressing the top-10 criticisms of anti-racism action in STEM that includes additional resources
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List of resources curated to help those facilitating small-group discussions about the impacts of racism in past and present scientific practices
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Speaker list of women in vision science intended to increase the number of women invited to give talks
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Speaker list highlighting female systems neuroscientists
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Speaker list of prominent underrepresented minority researchers across every field of STEM and Medicine
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Platform and database intended to enhance the visibility of women in neuroscience and to help their career development
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List of cognitive scientists of color
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List of Black-led outreach and mentorship initiatives intended to increase recruitment and retention of Black folks in neuro-related fields
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Database of Black folks in neuro-related fields, including those available to mentor
Research Tools
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Guidelines for respecting gender diversity in psychological research
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Suggestions for measuring and reporting in research
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Video explaining bar graphs, means, modes, cultural differences, and individual differences
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Ethical and methodological considerations for conducting health research with diverse and vulnerable populations
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What is a representative brain? Neuroscience meets population science
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Approaches on how to increase our confidence in the generalizability of population neuroscience findings
Inclusive Photos and Clipart
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Digital designs of black people
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Beautiful, high-resolution photos of black and brown people
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Photo and interview series celebrating disabled Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC)
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Authentic stock images featuring melanated women
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Stock photo library featuring images of trans and non-binary models that go beyond the clichés
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A free library of images celebrating women’s lives and their work in 11 countries around the world
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General library of free stock photos and videos