December 2023 | Oceanography
OTHER INITIATIVES
124 The Role of Professional Societies in Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, and Accessibility in the
Fields of Coastal and Ocean Science
By E. Meyer-Gutbrod, L. White, B. Schieler, M. Behl, and S. Park
132 SPOTLIGHT. Ocean Discovery Institute’s Model for Empowering Underrepresented Students in STEM:
Community-Based, Continuous Belief
By J.T. Barkan, J.G. John, E.J. Drenkard, and D. Talley
134 SPOTLIGHT. Student-Led Mentoring System Designed to Lower Barriers for Graduate School Applicants
By C. Willis, S. Wang, A. Walsh, M. Jahns, K. Halloran, N. Kukshtel, and E. Bhatt
136 SPOTLIGHT. Salton Sea Environmental Work and the Importance of Community Science
By D. Centeno, I.B. Arzeno-Soltero, A. Delgado, M. Freilich, C. Marquez, Q. Montgomery, A. Palomino, G. Penalber, R. Sinclair,
and J. Taboada
138 SPOTLIGHT. Excluded Identity Retention in STEM: A Roadmap for Inclusive Undergraduate Research Symposia
By M.P. Heard, C.L. Nordheim, C. McKinley, Z.L. Zilz, V.A. Jones, B.A. Vincent, and E.M. Caves
140 Charting the Course to Advance DEI in the Ocean Sciences: A Case Study
By C.F. D’Elia, K. Falls, S. Bargu, and L. Hooper-Bùi
146 SPOTLIGHT. The Culture of Science in Academia Is Overdue for Change
By J.H.R. Burns, C.A. Kapono, K.H. Pascoe, and H.H. Kane
148 SPOTLIGHT. Actions and Challenges Toward Building Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Arctic Marine Science:
The Case of the Canadian Research Icebreaker CCGS Amundsen
By A. Desmarais, A. Merzouk, A. Forest, V. Rochefort, and F. Dhifallah
150 SPOTLIGHT. Challenger Society for Marine Science: Increasing Opportunity Through an Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity,
and Accessibility Working Group
By B. Fisher, K. Hendry, G. Damerell, C.A. Baker, M. Goddard-Dwyer, S. Joshi, A. Marzocchi, A. Nousek-McGregor, C. Robinson,
K.R. Sieradzan, A. Tagliabue, and K. Van Landeghem
152 Unpacking Diversity: A Grassroots Initiative and Its Institutional Evolution
By A. Sanchez-Rios, T.B. Truong, J.A.T.K. Wong-Ala, M. McCracken, and M. Treviño
158 SPOTLIGHT. Code to Communicate: Empowering Bilingual Connections in Earth Science
By A. Rosa Marín, I.M. Cortés, T. Aránguiz-Rago, A. Pesce, J. Libarkin, and N. Gasparini
160 SPOTLIGHT. The Ocean as a Classroom: Considering the Roles of Equity, Diversity, and Justice in Oceanographic
Knowledge Production to Promote Accessibility for Future Generations
By N.G. Erazo, T. Light, D.A. Capone, A.L. Effinger, P.F. Erazo, L. Huang, A. Kannad, K.B. Lanpher, E. Norris, S.O. Perry, E. Romero,
T.M. Russell, R.I. Varner, L. Wicker, A. Yu, D. Zhai, and R.D. Norris
162 SPOTLIGHT. Women of the Water: Enhancing Equity and Inclusion in Aquaculture
By B.H. Morrison, M.L. Cockrell, N.R. Rhody, and K.L. Main
164 Micro Communities of Safety: Perspectives from NOAA Employee Resource Group Members
By J. Davis, C. Martinez, and V. Brown
DEPARTMENTS
169 FROM THE TOS JEDI COMMITTEE • JEDI Events and Programming for OSM 2024
By J.J. Pierson