The Value of Diversity in Academia

In this episode of Dear Grad Student, Elana chats with 5th year doctoral candidate, Anny Reyes (@AnnyReyesNeuro), about the value of diversity in academia, privilege, and the role that grad students can play in changing this broken, racist system. They also discuss #BlackinNeuro week, which, since recording, has become a global movement of promoting the voices, research, and work of Black students in every discipline of study. The #BlackinNeuro website, Twitter page, and donation page are below as well as the current schedule for #BlackIn Twitter movements throughout the upcoming academic year. You can also find additional diversity resources below.

#BlackInNeuro website: https://www.blackinneuro.com/
@BlackInNeuro Twitter account: https://twitter.com/blackinneuro
Where you can donate to #BlackInNeuro: https://www.blackinneuro.com/donate
Upcoming #BlackIn schedules:https://www.blackinneuro.com/binweek
@BlackInNeuro organizers: https://www.blackinneuro.com/organizers

The APA Twitter thread mentioned in this episode can be found here: https://twitter.com/APA/status/1292113529005375490

A Twitter thread of questions to think about when participating on Diversity Committees: https://twitter.com/StephTorres91/status/1290482420106448897
A Twitter thread about how to be a non-performative ally: https://twitter.com/xiaofei_lin/status/1290460915897446400
A Twitter thread for white people about "what to do" about racism: https://twitter.com/EB_FindingMercy/status/1300134847810277376

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Music provided by: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4171-open-those-bright-eyes
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/