Minorities in the Chemical Workforce: Diversity Models that Work
A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable
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This study was supported by the Research Corporation under Grant No. GG0066, the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation under Grant No. SG-00-094 and SG-02-025, the National Institutes of Standards and Technology, Grant No. NA1341-01-W-1098, the U.S. Department of Defense under Grant No. MDA-972-01-M-0038, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under Grant No. R-82823201, the National Science Foundation under Grant No. CHE-000778, the National Institutes of Health under Contract No. N01-OD-4-2139, and the U.S. Department of Energy under Grant No. DE-FG02-95ER14556. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project.
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CHEMICAL SCIENCES ROUNDTABLE
Alexis T. Bell, Chair,
University of California, Berkeley
Mary L. Mandich, Vice Chair,
Bell Laboratories
Paul Anastas,
Office of Science & Technology Policy
Michael R. Berman,
Air Force Office of Science Research
Michelle V. Buchanan,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Leonard J. Buckley,
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Donald M. Burland,
National Science Foundation
Thomas W. Chapman,
National Science Foundation
F. Fleming Crim,
University of Wisconsin
Michael P. Doyle,
Research Corporation
Bruce A. Finlayson,
University of Washington
Joseph S. Francisco,
Purdue University
Ned D. Heindel,
Lehigh University
Carol J. Henry,
American Chemistry Council
Michael J. Holland,
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Andrew Kaldor,
ExxonMobil Corporate Strategic Research
William H. Kirchhoff,
U.S. Department of Energy
Flint Lewis,
American Chemical Society
Tobin J. Marks,
Northwestern University
Parry M. Norling,
RAND
Nancy L. Parenteau,
Amaranth Bio, Inc.
Eli M. Pearce,
Polytechnic University
Edwin P. Przybylowicz,
Eastman Kodak
(retired)
David R. Rea,
E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. (retired)
Geraldine Richmond,
University of Oregon
Michael E. Rogers,
National Institutes of Health
Peter J. Stang,
University of Utah
Ellen B. Stechel,
Ford Motor Co.
Jeanette M. Van Emon,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Frankie Wood-Black,
ConocoPhillips
Staff
Jennifer J. Jackiw, Program Officer
Sybil A. Paige, Administrative Associate
Douglas J. Raber, Senior Scholar
David C. Rasmussen, Program Assistant
Shawn P. Robertson, National Research Council Intern
Eric L. Shipp, Postdoctoral Associate
BOARD ON CHEMICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY
Alice P. Gast,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Co-chair
William Klemperer,
Harvard University,
Co-chair
Arthur I. Bienenstock,
Stanford University
A. Welford Castleman, Jr.,
Pennsylvania State University
Andrea W. Chow,
Caliper Technologies Corp.
Thomas M. Connelly, Jr.,
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
Jean de Graeve,
Institut de Pathologie, Liège, Belgium
Joseph M. DeSimone,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University
Catherine C. Fenselau,
University of Maryland, College Park
Jon Franklin,
University of Maryland, College Park
Mary L. Good,
University of Arkansas, Little Rock
Richard M. Gross,
Dow Chemical Company
Nancy B. Jackson,
Sandia National Laboratories
Sangtae Kim,
Eli Lilly and Company
Thomas J. Meyer,
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Paul J. Reider,
Amgen, Inc.
Arnold F. Stancell,
Georgia Institute of Technology
Robert M. Sussman,
Latham & Watkins
John C. Tully,
Yale University
Chi-Huey Wong,
The Scripps Research Institute
Staff
Jennifer J. Jackiw, Program Officer
Christopher K. Murphy, Program Officer
Sybil A. Paige, Administrative Associate
Douglas J. Raber, Senior Scholar
David C. Rasmussen, Program Assistant
Eric L. Shipp, Postdoctoral Associate
Dorothy Zolandz, Director
Preface
The Chemical Sciences Roundtable (CSR) was established in 1997 by the National Research Council (NRC). It provides a science-oriented, apolitical forum for leaders in the chemical sciences to discuss chemically related issues affecting government, industry, and universities. Organized by the NRC’s Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, the CSR aims to strengthen the chemical sciences by fostering communication among the people and organizations—spanning industry, government, universities, and professional associations—involved with the chemical enterprise. The CSR does this primarily by organizing workshops that address issues in chemical science and technology that require national attention.
The topic of “Minorities in the Chemical Workforce: Diversity Models that Work” was selected by the CSR in response to concerns in the chemical sciences community about diversity in chemistry and chemical engineering. There is general recognition that future success of the chemical enterprise will require the full participation of all demographic groups, but such participation has not been achieved. After years of discussions on this topic, a workshop was planned for March 2002.
The workshop on Minorities in the Chemical Workforce: Diversity Models that Work brought together leaders in chemistry and chemical engineering from government, industry, academia, and the not-for-profit sector to gather information and explore approaches that would optimize participation by the full range of intellectual talent in the chemical workforce. Its primary focus was to expose the participants, primarily chemists and chemical engineers from all sectors, to examples of successful efforts to recruit and retain minorities—at the undergraduate level, in graduate programs, and in the chemical workforce. The focus was practical and realistic needs of institutions and opportunities for minorities in the chemical sciences. The workshop explored opportunities and challenges for transferring the prior successes into a variety of new settings in which those trained in the chemical sciences are employed.
The papers in this volume are the authors’ own versions of their presentations, and the discussion comments were taken from a transcript of the workshop. In accord with the policies of the CSR, the workshop did not attempt to establish any conclusions or recommendations about needs and future directions, focusing instead on issues identified by the speakers.
Joseph S. Fransico and Isiah M. Warner
Workshop Organizers
Acknowledgment of Reviewers
This workshop report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the NRC’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:
James D. Burke, Rohm and Haas Company (retired)
Krishna L. Foster, California State University, Los Angeles
Rigoberto Hernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology
W. Christopher Hollinsed, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
Stanley C. Israel, Southwest Texas State University
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the content of the report nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Robert L. Lichter, who was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authors and the institution.
Contents
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Diversity: Why Is It Important and How Can It Be Achieved? |
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Preparing College Students for a Diverse Democracy |
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An HBCU Perspective |
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The Meyerhoff Undergraduate Scholars Program |
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The Imperative for Leaders and Organizations |
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Beating the Odds: Preparing Minorities for Research Careers in the Chemical Sciences |
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Diversity in the Industrial R&D Workforce: Challenges and Strategies |
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Recruiting and Advancing Minority Scientists: Doing It Right |
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C Origin of and Information on the Chemical Sciences Roundtable |