Week 4 class plan on respectful concept development
This week, we will be focusing on Respectful Concept Development. We will hear from a panelist that will discuss intentionality in selecting cohorts for internships/fellowships/sea-going opportunities, supporting marginalized people at sea, and collaborative technology transfer and deep sea project planning in developing states.
How to build relationships with diverse stakeholders that might be interested in research, and how to engage in equitable co-creation of knowledge BEFORE developing proposals
Best practices for recruiting and promoting diverse and inclusive teams
Acknowledging the history of discrimination in deep-sea science
Unlearning parachute science approaches, with case studies in Trinidad & Tobago and Kiribati
Read: Amon, D.J., Z. Filander, L. Harris, H. Harden-Davies. 2022. Safe working environments are key to improving inclusion in open-ocean, deep-ocean, and high-seas science. Marine Policy.
Read: Barber, P.H., C. Martinez, et al. 2024. Re-Envisioning Undergraduate Research Experiences to Increase Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Harness the Power of Diversity in Ocean Sciences. From Oceanography (TOS) special issue on Building DEI in Ocean Sciences.
Read: Osborne, E., C. Martinez, et al. 2023. Reimagining policies, practices, and culture to prevent and respond to sexual assault and sexual harassment at NOAA. From Oceanography (TOS) special issue on Building DEI in Ocean Sciences.
Skim: Amon, D.#, and R.D. Rotjan#, et al. 2022. My Deep Sea, My Backyard: A Pilot Study to Build Capacity for Global Deep-Ocean Exploration and Research. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
Skim: Abdel-Raheem, S.T., A.R. Payne, et al. 2023. Oceanography’s Diversity Deficit: Identifying and Addressing Challenges for Marginalized Groups. From Oceanography (TOS) special issue on Building DEI in Ocean Sciences.
Skim other titles of The Oceanography Society’s (TOS) special issue on Building DEI in Ocean Sciences - so many papers! Please skim titles to get a sense of what is here.
14:00 (5 min): Welcome
14:05 (60 min): Creating Inclusive Environments
Equity Through Access: Mitigating Barriers to STEM for Marginalized and Minoritized Scholars, Catalina Martinez, Equity Advisor, NOAA Ocean Exploration. (See this week’s Class Notes for Live Polling Information) (20 min)
Discussion (40 min)
15:05 (10 min): Break
15:15 (40 min): Enabling Inclusive Access to Technologies
Trinidad & Tobago, Kiribati, Randi Rotjan (15 min)
Discussion (25 min)
15:55 (5 min): Wrap-up and Prep for Next Class
Catalina Martinez is the Equity Advisor for NOAA Ocean Exploration (OE), providing strategic guidance to help integrate and advance diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility and justice (DEIAJ) priorities within NOAA, and also externally across a broad spectrum of STEM institutions and agencies. This work includes considering new ways to infuse DEIAJ across operations, programs, procedures, data access and service delivery, and expanding partnerships that prioritize co-creation and sustainable relationship building with underrepresented and marginalized groups and communities. Ms. Martinez also works in a variety of ways to mitigate barriers to entry, persistence, advancement and success for underrepresented and marginalized groups in STEM academic programs and the workforce. A certified diversity professional with three graduate degrees from the University of Rhode Island (MS Oceanography, MMA Marine Affairs, MBA), Ms. Martinez began her ocean science career with NOAA more than 20 years ago helping to formalize and manage important regional NOAA partnerships in the Northeast, and spent many years working on telepresence-enabled expeditions to explore little known and unknown ocean areas.
Ms. Martinez has been honored with several awards over the years for her work, including being recognized by the YWCA as one of their 2015 Women of Achievement in Rhode Island (RI) for promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity. In 2016, Ms. Martinez received the NOAA OAR EEO Diversity Award for exemplary service and dedication to improving the representation of women and marginalized groups in STEM, and in 2019 Ms. Martinez was awarded the Women of Color in STEM Diversity Leadership in Government Award for demonstrating sustained leadership in creating a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive Federal workforce. Most recently, Ms. Martinez received the 2022 URI Graduate School of Oceanography Distinguished Achievement Award for excellence in professional achievement, leadership contributions, community service, and philanthropy, and was selected as one of four finalists for the 2023 Remarkable Women of RI, a National competition that honors the influence that women have had on public policy, social progress, and quality of life in the state.
Bell, K.L., Chow, J.S., Hope, A., Quinzin, M.C., Cantner, K.A., Amon, D.J., Cramp, J.E., Rotjan, R.D., Kamalu, L., de Vos, A. Talma, S., Buglass, S., Wade V., Filander A., Noyes, K., Lunch, M., Knight, A., Lourenco, N., Girguis, P., Borges de Sousa, J., Blake, C., Kennedy, BRC., Noyes, TJ., and C.R. McClain. 2022. Low-Cost, Deep-Sea Imaging and Analysis Tools for Deep-Sea Exploration: A Collaborative Design Study. Frontiers in Marine Science.
Anti-Harassment
Safety in the Field
*Respect & Equality in Fieldwork [pdf download from Randi in Slack]
Training & Support Services
Reporting & Response
Catalina’s Slides:
Randi’s Slides:
See the Dream Cruise Project Overview Template for additional context.
Take this week to catch-up on your Dream Cruise Project!!