Diversity and equality in honours and awards programs – steps towards a fair representation of membership
Honours and awards bestowed by professional societies recognize and reward members who have advanced the goals and values of that society. All too often, however, awards reflect a small network of people who know about the awards and participate in the process. This network works wonderfully for the...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Advances in geosciences 2020-05, Vol.53, p.41-51 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Honours and awards bestowed by professional societies
recognize and reward members who have advanced the goals and values of that
society. All too often, however, awards reflect a small network of people
who know about the awards and participate in the process. This network works
wonderfully for the people lucky enough to be in it, but typically neglects
the full range and breadth of scholarship and service within the society. We
represent a combined 15+ years' experience on the honours' committee
for a large professional society (the American Geophysical Union) and here
offer strategies to increase the representation of honourees. Women
represented less than 20 % of awardees when we first became
committee members in 2008; women represented 50 % of awardees in
2019. There is still much to do to ensure that members from other typically
under-represented groups (non-US members, members from under-represented
races/ethnicities) are truly represented and honoured for outstanding
science and service. We recommend forming canvassing committees that will
scour the literature, conferences, and membership lists for appropriate and
otherwise overlooked nominees; providing implicit bias training to selection
committees; and ensuring selection committees focus on the criteria for the
award rather than non-pertinent, often personal, information, as well as additional
strategies that allow us to recognize our worthy colleagues. |
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ISSN: | 1680-7359 1680-7340 1680-7359 |
DOI: | 10.5194/adgeo-53-41-2020 |