Seminar Diversity Initiative
The Seminar Diversity Initiative is aimed at bringing diverse speakers to Lamont for scientific seminars, and at promoting greater understanding and awareness on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in STEM fields. It includes the organizers of various scientific seminars at Lamont, both divisional and Lamont-wide. This initiative complements our Diversity Seminar Initiative, which brings diverse speakers to Lamont to talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Spearheaded by graduate student Kailani Acosta, the goals of the Seminar Diversity Initiative are:
1. To support at least 3 underrepresented minority (URM) speakers per year in each of our five research divisions
2. To increase the number of women, other genders, and non-binary speakers
3. To increase visibility and representation of URM speakers
Speaker Demographics:
Gender: For the 2019-2020 year, around 45% of speakers identified as women.
Race & Ethnicity: For the 2019-2020 year, around 39% of speakers were from underrepresented groups, with 17% identifying as Hispanic/Latinx, 14% identifying as Asian, and 8% identifying as Black.
For gender composition of invited speakers in previous years (data on race/ethnicity were not formally requested) check out our LDEO Demographics page
For Seminar Speakers
Our seminar presentations typically run about 45 minutes followed by 10 minutes of questions. The audience is comprised mostly of students, postdocs, and faculty, usually from the Research Division in which you are presenting, but these presentations are open to the entire Lamont community. If you are available all day, we usually schedule additional meetings with graduate students, post docs, and faculty before and/or after your talk. ***Due to the pandemic, seminars for the 2020-21 year are expected to be virtual***
Notes for Speakers:
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We would welcome hearing about any broader impacts/outreach and DEI work that you and/or your groups have done, even if it is not directly related to the scientific research presented in your talk
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Please include your email, website, twitter, and any other platform that you would like others to see
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Before your visit, let us know if you would like the seminar recorded
Contact
This initiative is spearheaded by Kailani Acosta: kailani.acosta@columbia.edu. The full list of divisional seminar organizers are:
Biology & Paleo Environment Seminar:
Kailani Acosta: kailani.acosta@columbia.edu
Rachel Lupien: rlupien@ldeo.columbia.edu
Rose Oelkers: roelkers@ldeo.columbia.edu
Jonathan Lambert: lambert@ldeo.columbia.edu
Ocean & Climate Physics Seminar:
Carson Witte: cwitte@ldeo.columbia.edu
Kai Kornhuber: kk3397@columbia.edu
Marine Geology & Geophysics/ Seismology, Geology, and Tectonophysics (MGG-SGT) Joint Seminar:
Renata Constantino: constantino@ldeo.columbia.edu
Andrew Lloyd: andrewl@ldeo.columbia.edu
Guy Paxman: gpaxman@ldeo.columbia.edu
Seth Saltiel: saltiel@ldeo.columbia.edu
Geochemistry Seminar:
Alexandra Balter: ab4695@columbia.edu
Celeste Pallone: cpallone@ldeo.columbia.edu
Craig Connolly: connolly@ldeo.columbia.edu
Matthew Jerram: mjerram@ldeo.columbia.edu
Geodynamics Seminar:
Jacky Austermann: jackya@ldeo.columbia.edu
Terry Plank: tplank@ldeo.columbia.edu
Christine McCarthy: mccarthy@ldeo.columbia.edu
Lamont-Doherty Earth Science Colloquium:
(Coordinator) Kevin Uno: kevinuno@ldeo.columbia.edu
Tanner Acquisto, MGG: t.acquisto@columbia.edu
Shanice Bailey, OCP: sbailey@ldeo.columbia.edu
Alexandra Balter, Geochemistry: ab4695@columbia.edu
Clara Chang, BPE: cchang@ldeo.columbia.edu
Sarah Giles, SGT: smg2258@columbia.edu
Joohee Kim, Geochemistry: joohee@ldeo.columbia.edu