An inclusive research environment in one where all graduate students and postdocs feel they belong and are recognized for their contributions.
This aligns powerfully with the missions of our universities, namely to ensure all our students can succeed and produce quality scholarship on our society’s most challenging problems.
Achieving an inclusive climate requires changes at the individual (e.g., faculty), the group level (department and graduate peers), and it must entail organizational learning, so that the improvements are not isolated and disconnected.