Thanks for the materials and your efforts Bill. It is great to see so much attention to racism and equity issues. Most scientific organizations have a very long way to go. APA is probably doing better than some, but likely with wide variation across the divisions in diversity and inclusion. I wonder how Division 28 compares to others. It would be helpful to see estimates and be tracking trends division by division. Also, APA would be an important organization in developing better metrics for assessing diversity and inclusion. The traditional 5-6 category "race" with binary sex options are not only archaic and out of step with science and society, but they are insulting to many and do not foster inclusion. In CPDD and ACNP there appears to have been some progress in some categories – most notably women – but there have not good metrics – sort of ironic that topline biologically-focused organizations still rely on half century+ old approaches for measuring diversity. Hiding behind waiting for the too-slowly dripping pipeline is no longer acceptable to many of us.
See some thoughts on these issues as focused on ACNP and to a lesser extent, CPDD. Though every scientific organization has its own challenges I suspect that many illustrated for ACNP are cross-cutting. These articles are collaborative efforts and they include recommendations for new survey approaches (Henningfield, Fields, Anthony et al), initial finding from a trial launch of one approach (Fields et al.), and a sad reminder that in some ways, CPDD (and probably many other organizations) has not progressed nearly as much as we hoped when we wrote the commentary in 1994 explaining why increasing diversity was important.
Thanks again for you efforts, Jack
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Dear Division 28 Colleagues-
Please find attached a draft of the minutes from the February 2021 APA Council of Representatives meeting. A brief summary is also attached. Please let me know if you have any questions.
-Bill Stoops, Division 28 Council Representative.
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