We are committed to a diverse, equitable and inclusive science

 

Our laboratory embraces and encourages diversity in our research topics, practices, and team. We study how emotions differ across people, cultures, and the lifespan, and this research focus means that we must take care to engage in research practices that represent people of all identities. We also believe in the value of a diverse team, and we welcome and support the careers of lab members of all ages, races, disability statuses, ethnicities, family or marital statuses, gender identities or expressions, languages, national origins, political affiliations, religions, sexual orientations, and socio-economic statuses.

Here are some of the ways we are actively trying to achieve diversity, equity, and inclusion in our science, lab, and community:

  • In our science: Several of our research studies focus on identifying diversity in the way that emotions are experienced and physically embodied across people, including people from different cultures, people of different ages, and people of different gender identities and sexes.

  • We are making efforts to ensure that our stimuli and samples are representative of diverse identities and human experiences and we seek to avoid drawing scientific truths from “WEIRD” samples.

  • In our lab: We actively recruit and support the retention of people who are underrepresented in STEM fields. We recognize that doing research can take away time from other means of financial support and sponsor RA’s involvement in research through Federal Work Study and/or Carolina Works, graduate students’ study via fellowships such as the Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral fellowship, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, or NIH F31 NRSA and postdoc’s continued training through fellowships such as the National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, NIH F32 NRSA, NIH F99/K00 or NIH Diversity supplements. Please reach out to Dr. Lindquist if you qualify and would like to apply for one of these sources of support.

  • We are actively educating ourselves about best practices for DEI in science, mentoring, and teaching.

  • We have a lab DEI officer who holds us accountable for enacting equitable behaviors and practices.

  • In our community: We participate in and help lead departmental efforts surrounding diversity, equity and inclusivity, such as serving on subcommittees of the Psychology and Neuroscience Diversity & Equity Committee.

  • We make our research accessible to people of all backgrounds through presentations to the community, popular press articles, and by working with non-profit science outreach programs.

Lab code of conduct

  • We expect lab members, including undergraduates students, graduate students, staff, postdocs, and the PI, to abide by a Code of Conduct in their interactions with one another.