Databases of Databases of Diverse Speakers in STEM

Plenaries, keynotes, seminar speakers, and panelists are predominantly white and/or male. This is largely because the organizers are often white and/or male. If you are organizing an event, please consider the diversity of your organizers and speakers. There are underrepresented minority experts in your field. You may not know them, but you should. The goal of our 2018 Georgia Tech Diversity & Inclusion Fellow project was to create a web resource where conference, workshop, and panel organizers can locate diverse STEM experts to speak at their event. The result is the “database of databases” in the table below. If a list doesn’t exist for your field, please consider creating one or encouraging your professional society to do so. A poster compiling our results is here. Thank you for using this database! Please suggest additional databases or send feedback to [email protected] or [email protected]. Note: help with updates starting April 2019 provided by Prof. Mandy Oglesby-Sherrouse, University of Maryland

Handles: @BlackInXNetwork @BLACKandSTEM @BlackGeoRocks @bwise_bwiseusa @CienciaPR @DiversifyEEB @DiversifyGrads @ESWNtweets @GreatMindsSTEM @LatinasinSTEM @LGBTscholars @MSPHDSPDP @nagtgeo @NABGSocial @NationalMANRRS @NativesInSTEM @POCalsoknow @sacnas @SHPE @SREBDocSch @VanguardSTEM @WokeSTEM @WomenAs1 @GeoLatinas @missingscifaces @BlackWomenSTEM ‏@AccessibleGEO @PridePolar @MPOWIR @AWG_org @SEG_Women @sednaepic @OutdoorAfro @LatinoOutdoors @EmpowerGeo @BlackPhysicists @Geoscientists @AAS_Women @AISES @GeoSpaceLatinx ‏@WOCinSTEMChat @WomeninTechChat ‏ @womeningis‏ @PrideinSTEM ‏ @OUTinSTEM ‏@FemmesofStem ‏@WomenSciAUST @Science_inColor @stemfemmes @500QueerSci @Lotus_STEMM @STEMforEquality @TigerInSTEMM‏ @PR_Planeteers ‏@ADVANCEGeo @TheSistasinSTEM ‏@chron_ac ‏@pocintech ‏@SWISEofficial ‏@WomensAquaticDC ‏@BlackWomenPhDs @TrynaGrad ‏ @sisterphd ‏@firstgendocs @pyrodiverse @phdivaspodcast ‏ @MinoritySTEM ‏ @SWMStweets @WeDoGeoScience ‏@womenSTEMglobal @citeblackwomen ‏@StemTrans @ABRCMS ‏ @womenofgeology @latinas_tech @WOMEESA @WomenInStat‏ @DiversifyChem @DisabledLatinx ‏ @GreenLatinos ‏@RAS_Diversity ‏@WomenArchys @ACSDiversity‏ @HerSTEMStory @DiversifyMicro @DiversifyImmuno @deepseadawn @ayanaeliza @RaeWynnGrant @DiversifyMicro @DiverseCAZymes @DiverseImmuno @BlackinMicro @aapigeosci

Hashtags: #BlackInX #BLACKandSTEM #DisabledandSTEM #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience #LatinxandSTEM #LatinxinSTEM #LGBTQSTEMDay #LGBTQSTEM #MarginSci #NativeScience #NativeandSTEM #oSTEM #RequestWS #STEMDiversity #WomenAndGirlsInScience #WomanAlsoKnowStuff #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScienceDay #WOCinSTEM #ChronicallyAcademic #WomeninGIS #BlackinAcademia #AmplifyBlackSTEM #BlackInAstro #BlackInNature #BlackinGeoscience #BlackInIvory

More lists: Women in Astronomy Speaker List, Origins of Life Research, Female Pioneers in STEM, Global Women in STEM Conference 2018 Speaker List, Ecology, Diversity Climate Network (D-ClimNet), Climate Voices, Innovation Women, Femmes of STEM, TED talks by diverse women in STEM, Top 16 Women of Color Speakers in STEM Interactional Association for Geoscience Diversity Society of Women Engineers

National Society of Black Engineers Academic, Health, and Wellness Conference for Black women in STEM Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers

Guides and Advice:

500 Women Scientists Guide to organizing inclusive conferences [link] [download guide]

Union of Concerned Scientists Guide to making conferences accessible to disabled scientists [link]

Honoring the Next Generation of Health-STEM Leaders - advice from diverse professionals [link]

*scroll down below database to see additional lists of diverse podcasts, YouTube channels, and speaker websites*

Database

Fields Covered

Groups Included

Search/filter by

Database Size

Ease of use

Submissions Open? (link)

Search/

Filter

1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America

Science

Black, Americas

Name, Institution, Position

1,000

Medium

No

N/A

Women Speaker Initiative

All

Women (Global)

Name, Topic, City, State, Country

3500+

High

Yes

Both

AcademiaNet (Europe)

All Academic Disciplines

European Women

Name, Field, Employer, City, Country, Date Added

2900+

High

Yes (must be nominated)

Search

500 Women Scientists Gage

STEMM: Science (including social sciences), Tech, Engineering, Math, Medicine

Women & Gender-Diverse Folks (Global)

Name, Keywords, State, Country, City, Race/Ethnicity, STEMM Discipline

15000+

High

(organized on world map)

Yes

Filter

500 Queer Scientists

Science

LGBTQ+

Name and photo

1,135 +

Medium

Yes

N/A

Scientists Spotlight Initiative

Science

Science role models (primarily URM and/or LGBTQIA)

Content area, name, NGSS tags

168 and growing

High

Yes

Both

Diverse Sources

Science, health, environ-

ment

Under-

represented groups (Global)

Name, Type Expertise, Organization, Language, Time Zone

750+

Medium

Yes

Both

Diversify STEM Conferences

STEM (many)

Under-

represented groups (Global)

Name, Institution, Position, (sub)field

250+

High

Yes

Both

CAISE List

STEM (many)

Historically marginalized individuals

Professional Availability, HMI Identifier, Name, Google Scholar Link, Terminal degree, Subdiscipline

100

Medium

Yes

Search

STEMM Role Models Database

STEMM

Underrepresented minorities & white women

Keywords, location

8

Low

Yes

Search

Women as One

Clinical Cardiology

Women (Global)

All CV fields, Speaking and publication experience and interests

200

Requires creating a free account

Yes

Both

Diversify EEB: Ecologists and Evolutionary Biologists

Ecology and Evolution

Under-

represented minorities & white women

Name, Affiliation, Current Stage, Subfield, Keywords, Country, Underrepresented Group, Discipline, Interest

1640

Medium

Yes

Both

Diversify

Plant Science (DiversifyPlanSci)

Plant Science

Female, LGBTQIA+, URM, and/or w/ a disability

Name, Affiliation, Research Areas, Career Stage

260+

Medium

Yes

Both

Expert Women in Life Sciences (WiLS)

Life Sciences

Women

Career Stage, Discipline, Country, Keyword/Name

879

Medium-

High

Yes

Filter

Intersection Science Fellows

Life Sciences

Historically underrepresented groups in academia

Name, institution, discipline, CV

30

Low (cannot search) but do have presentations posted on YouTube channel

Yes

List only

Leading Edge Initiative

Biology

Women and non-binary postdocs and early Assistant Professors in biology

Name, institution, email, topics of expertise

100 and growing

Medium

Yes

Postdocs/Assistant Professors

Women in Microbiology Research

Micro-

biology

Women

Name, University, City, Country, Position, Research interests

800+

Medium-

High

Yes

Both

Microscopy Gender Equality Resource

Microscopy

Women

Geography

?

Low (cannot search)

Yes

Map only

Women Researchers in Fungi and Oomycetes (WRIFO)

Fungi and Oomycetes

Women

Name, Institution, Region, Research Areas, Keywords

268

Medium-

High

Yes

Both

Women Speakers in Evolution and Behavior

Evolution and Behavior (Human or Comparative)

Women

Name, Institution, Department, Keywords

400

Medium

Yes

Both

Bat Women

Bat sciences

Women

Name, Twitter handle, Website, Institution, Location, Expertise

70+

Medium

Yes

Both

Women in Soil Science

Soil Science

Women

Name, University, City, Country, Position, Research interests

300+

Medium

Yes

Both

Women Virologists

Virology

Women

Name, Institution

600+

Low-

Medium

Yes

Both

Fruit (plant science, entomology)

Fruit

Women

Name, affiliation, field, fruit focus, location

150+

Low-

Medium

Unknown

Both

Folks in GC

Genomics, computational biology, bioinformatics

Underrepresented groups

Name, ORCID, country, state, sector, affiliation, website

75+

Medium-

High

Yes

Women in BrainStim

Brain stimulation

Women

Title, name, career stage, country, area of research, email

250+

Medium-

High

Yes

Both

Minority Affairs Speaker Referral List (ACSB)

Cell Biology

Underrepresented groups

Name, keywords, institution

90+

Medium-

High

Unknown

Both

Women in Cell Biology (WICB) Speaker Referral List (ACSB)

Cell Biology

Women

Name, keywords, institution

400+

Medium-

High

Unknown

Both

Women in Biology (CHSL)

Cell Biology

Women

Name, institution, country, society, year, keywords

2000+

Medium

Unknown

Both

Engineering Biology Research Consortium

Synthetic Biology

Women

Name, Institution, Location, Keywords

50

Medium-

High

Yes

Filter

R Experts

R code

Women

Country

Unknown

Low-

Medium

Yes

Both

Anneslist of Female Systems Neuroscientists

Neuroscience

Women

Subject Matter, Seniority

Hundreds

Medium

Yes

Filter

Women in Neuroscience Repository

Neuroscience

Women

Search: Name, country, center, position, field of research, keyword

Filters: under represented countries, senior positions

1400+

High

Yes

Both

Black Psychology & Neuroscience

Psychology & Neuroscience

Black people

Institution, title, topic, twitter, website (tabs for position)

100+

Medium

Yes

Both

Black in Neuro

Neuroscience

Black people

Name, bio, keywords, social media

300+

High

Unknown

Both

CompCog.Science

Computational Cognitive Science

Minorities

First Name, Surname, Country, Keywords

100+

High

Yes

Both

SPARK’s Scholars of Color

Cognitive scientists

People of color

First name, last name, expertise, affiliation,

200+

Medium

Yes

Both

NEURONEXXT

Neuroscience, psychology

Women

Name, discipline, location

100+

Medium-

Hig