Two Upcoming Books of Case Studies!

As part of our NSF-funded Research Coordination Network Leveraging, Enhancing and Developing Biology (LED-BIO) Scientific Societies Shedding Light on Persistent Cultural Challenges, we are under-contract with Lexington Books, a publisher affiliated with Rowman & Littlefield, to publish two books that will showcase case studies of scientific and professional societies building more inclusive disciplines and communities. The two books are under preparation now and expected to be published in 2025.

The first book, tentatively titled Case Studies in Building Inclusive STEM Communities and Leadership: A Scientific and Professional Society Perspective, will focus on ways in which these organizations foster diverse leadership ranks and organizational culture. This book will be co-edited by Verónica Segarra, Mercy Mugo, and Simone Soso. The Table of Contents for this first book can be found below.

CHAPTER	AUTHORS	TITLE
Foreword	George Langford	TBD
Chapter 01	Miriam Segura, Sharday Ewell, Marcos E. García-Ojeda, Samiksha Raut	The PEER Network: a catalyst for inclusive leadership in the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research
Chapter 02	DaJoie R. Croslan, Charles B. Fenster, James M. Verdier, Stephen A. Gallo, Scott L. Collins	Bringing the IDEA to External Communications
Chapter 03	Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh	Breaking the Bias: Community College Women in a Professional Engineering Society
Chapter 04	Lucas B. Hill and Gretalyn Leibnitz	The Alliance for Catalyzing Change for Equity in STEM Success (ACCESS): Lessons Learned and Implications for Organizational Collaboration
Chapter 05	Kimberly Eck	Diversifying The National Research Ecosystem Through Research Development: A Case Study of the National Organization for Research Development Professionals Consultants Program
Chapter 06	Nancy Amador, Raena Cota, Nohelia Diplan, Melanie Martin	Enhancing Professionalization in Computing: A Case Study of Staff and Faculty Practices at Hispanic Serving Institutions
Chapter 07	Nicola Mohan, and Roberta Rincon	The Society of Women Engineers: Promoting Transparency to Foster a Culture of Belonging
Chapter 08	Ershela Sims, Stephani Page, Heather Metcalf, Beth Ruedi, Lucas Hill, Bethany Farmer	ACCESS+: A Model for Supporting and Engaging STEM Professional Societies in Systemic Change
Chapter 09	Skye Kelty, Alison Cawood, Linda Silka, and Abigail Hils	Investments toward justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion over a decade of Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences Conferences
Chapter 10	Paula Brantner and Sherry Marts	Allies Programs in Scientific Societies: Enhancing Meeting Safety and Inclusiveness by Implementing Codes of Conduct and Bystander Intervention Strategies
Chapter 11	Lisa Black, Lucas B. Hill, and Gretal Leibnitz	Reflections from the Field: How STEM society leaders navigate systemic organizational dynamics in advancement of DEI goals
Chapter 12	Vedham Karpakakunjaram, Jaclyn Reeves-Pepin, Stacey Kiser, Kirstin Milks and Anna Hiatt	The Evolution of an Inclusive Leadership Model
Chapter 13	Brian Burt, Gretal Leibnitz, Lisa Black, Jan Peters	Raising Equity Values with the Inclusive Professional Framework and ISO DEI Standards in Societies (REVIIS)
Afterword	Lydia Villa-Komaroff	TBD

The second book (title to be determined) will be co-edited by Candice Etson, Taylor Lightner, and Robin Greenler, and focus on membership demographics data collection and societies being inclusive of scientists experiencing career transitions. The Table of Contents for this book can be found below.

CHAPTER	AUTHORS	TITLE
Foreword	TBD	TBD
Chapter 01	Kelsey J. Metzger, Elli J. Theobald, Ashli Wright, Robert M. Erdmann	Creation of a Data Analysis and Stewardship Committee as an Effective and Sustainable Mechanism for Interrogating Professional Society Data
Chapter 02	Anahid Ebrahimi, PhD; Ajit Chaudhari, PhD, FACSM	Enhancing Scientific Society Programming through Demographic Data Collection: A Strategic Effort by the American Society of Biomechanics
Chapter 03	Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo, Gladis Kersaint, Hesborn Wao, Verónica Segarra	Missed Opportunities: Reasons why women and underrepresented minority undergraduates choose not to join professional STEM societies
Chapter 04	Rivera-Jiménez, S.M.; Campbell-Montalvo, R.; Kersaint, G.; Segarra, VA	Supporting Latinx Students' Engineering Journey in the mainland USA and Puerto Rico: SHPE's Role in Strengthening Familia and Latinidad during the Transition from College to Practice
Chapter 05	Candice M. Etson, Walter J. Chazin, Anna Bukiya, and Laura Phelan	Travel Awards as a Mechanism for Fostering an Inclusive Biophysical Society Annual Meeting
Chapter 06	Abigael Cheruiyot and Mayank Chugh	Institutional Associations as Levers of Structural Change: Lessons from Harvard Medical Postdoc Associations
Chapter 07	AnnaBeth Thomas, Deanna Chezzarae Clemmer	The Diversity of Career Transitions in STEM
Chapter 08	Hesborn Wao, Gladis Kersaint, Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo, John Skvoretz	Do professional society members similar to oneself get them to stay in engineering?: The effects of society alter homophily or heterophily on student persistence
Chapter 09	Alexandra N. Rindone, Navein Arumugasaamy, Tracy Criswell, Helen H. Lu, Karina H. Nakayama	Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society Student and Young Investigator Section
Chapter 10	Brooke L. Long-Fox, Ph.D., Lisa A. Kunza, Ph.D.	Connecting and Empowering Women Graduate Students at a Science and Engineering University
Chapter 11	David Esparza, Nouran E. Amin, Zachary S. Hazlett, Faith G. Frings, C. Jynx Pigart, Ethan Roberts, Crystal Uminski, Erika L. Williams, Ashli M. Wright, Mingyu Yang, Kelsey J. Metzger	Guiding discipline-based education research trainees through career transitions with inclusive and accessible organizational support
Chapter 12	Aixa Alemán-Díaz PhD	Professional Societies as Agents of Change for STEM at Critical Career Transitions
Afterword	TBD	TBD

If you have questions about these two upcoming books, please feel free to contact our Research Coordination Network at veronica.segarra@goucher.edu!