{"id":16041,"date":"2020-08-10T17:42:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T21:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/?page_id=16041"},"modified":"2024-09-11T09:56:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T13:56:10","slug":"dei-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/about\/diversity\/dei-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Council and Faculty DEI Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20932\" src=\"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DEI_Image4-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1109\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DEI_Image4-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DEI_Image4-1024x611.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DEI_Image4-768x458.jpg 768w, https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DEI_Image4-313x187.jpg 313w, https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DEI_Image4-479x286.jpg 479w, https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DEI_Image4-420x251.jpg 420w, https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DEI_Image4.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1109px) 100vw, 1109px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Mission Statement<\/h2>\n<p>Diversity and inclusion are core values of our department, and we believe that diversity promotes scientific excellence and innovation. The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Council and Faculty DEI Committee aim to develop, implement, and sustain actions that reflect and foster these values. We aim to support all members of our community, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, national origin, background, or physical ability. We are committed to engaging regularly with all members of our community to get their input, ideas, and suggestions for ways we can make the department a more diverse, welcoming, and supportive environment in which all scientists can thrive and do their best work. We will work to implement needed changes in everything we do, including how we conduct research, teach and train students and postdocs, communicate internally and externally to MIT, and provide service to the community. We will hold ourselves accountable by reporting openly and transparently about our efforts, progress, and plans.<\/p>\n<h2>DEI Council<\/h2>\n<p>Representatives of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Council include students, postdocs, staff, and faculty. The goals of this council are to more broadly and comprehensively understand and address the needs of the Department. Council members gather information regarding the needs of community members, discuss and prioritize DEI-related issues, advise other entities in the department (e.g. Department Head, faculty DEI committee, Graduate Committee), and act on its own as appropriate.<\/p>\n<h3>Council Members<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Graduate students: Gayathri Muthukumar\u00a0(WI, Weissman\u00a0lab, co-chair of the DEI council); \u00a0Anais Tsai (Whitehead, Lehmann Lab), Dia Ghose (68, Keating and Laub labs)<\/li>\n<li>Postdocs: Michaela Bartusel (68, Calo lab), Alireza Ghanbarpour (68, Davis and Sauer labs)<\/li>\n<li>Undergraduates: Isabela Fuentes (KI, Yilmaz lab); Sundeep Chakladar (WI, Lourido lab)<\/li>\n<li>Staff: Joshua Stone (Building 68, Education Office); Darcy Gordon (Building 68; Blended and Online Learning)<\/li>\n<li>Faculty: Yukiko Yamashita (WI, co-chair of the DEI council), Adam Martin (Building 68)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The DEI Council was established in January 2021.<\/p>\n<h3>Council Meeting Minutes<\/h3>\n<p>Minutes of recent meetings are <a href=\"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/about\/diversity\/dei-council\/biology-dei-council-meeting-minutes\/\">available<\/a> to the MIT Biology community (touchstone login required). If you are looking for minutes from older meetings, please contact DEI Officer <a href=\"mailto:halliedh@mit.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hallie Dowling-Francisco<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Faculty DEI Committee<\/h2>\n<p>The Faculty DEI Committee was established in July 2020 and\u00a0 focuses on DEI issues of particular relevance to faculty.<\/p>\n<h3>Committee Members<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/profile\/michael-t-laub\/\">Mike Laub<\/a>, co-chair<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/profile\/yukiko-yamashita\/\">Yukiko Yamashita<\/a>, co-chair<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/profile\/iain-m-cheeseman\/\">Iain Cheeseman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/profile\/rebecca-lamason\/\">Becky Lamason<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/profile\/jacqueline-lees\/\">Jackie Lees<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/profile\/sebastian-lourido\/\">Sebastian Lourido<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/profile\/matthew-vander-heiden\/\">Matt Vander Heiden<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Committee Recommendations<\/h3>\n<div id=\"accordion-1\" class=\"accordion no-js\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-1-t1\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1-c1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\tChanges to the Faculty Search Process\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-1-c1\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Faculty DEI Committee made a series of recommendations to the Department Head for revising the faculty search process. A consolidated summary of the major recommendations follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Establish a Biology Faculty Search Oversight Committee to help oversee and advise on best practices throughout a search.<\/li>\n<li>Expand efforts to solicit and encourage applications from a broad, diverse set of researchers.<\/li>\n<li>Ask candidates to comment in their applications on their commitment to mentoring, inclusivity, diversity, and outreach, in addition to teaching.<\/li>\n<li>Include grad student and postdoc representatives on search committees, with a commitment to ensuring diversity of search committees as a whole.<\/li>\n<li>Have all search committee members receive training in application review, inlcuding implicit bias.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that all candidates receive the same pre-interview advice and guidance, with appropriate accomodations made on a case-by-case basis, e.g. breaks in interview schedules for pregnant or breastfeeding individuals.<\/li>\n<li>Restructure the faculty feedback process to use a more structured and metric-based evaluation form.<\/li>\n<li>Request formal feedback from students and postdocs that meet with a candidate.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that feedback on candidates is seen and evaluated by all members of a search committee.<\/li>\n<li>Update how candidates are presented to the entire faculty to maximize transparency of the evaluation process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>01\/23\/2021<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n<h2>Additional Resources<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>MIT Resources:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/diversity.mit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Institute Community and Equity Office<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/deiactionplan.mit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MIT&#8217;s Five-Year Strategic Action Plan for DEI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/studentlife.mit.edu\/s3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Student Support Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/studentlife.mit.edu\/das\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disability and Access Services<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Greater Boston Area Resources:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgema.gov\/departments\/equityandinclusion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cambridge Office of Equity and Inclusion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.gov\/departments\/diversity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City of Boston Office of Diversity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/diversity-and-affirmative-action-programs\">Massachusetts Diversity and Affirmative Action Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Feedback<\/h2>\n<p>Have suggestions? Fill out the <a href=\"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/about\/diversity\/dei-committee\/dei-feedback-form\/\">anonymous feedback form<\/a> (Touchstone access required).<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"cta-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/about\/diversity\/dei-committee\/dei-feedback-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Provide Feedback<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission Statement Diversity and inclusion are core values of our department, and we believe that diversity promotes scientific excellence and innovation. The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Council and Faculty DEI Committee aim to develop, implement, and sustain actions that reflect and foster these values. 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