I recently became an organizer for the Women in Soil Ecology (WiSE) and have been getting to know the other members of the leadership team including Michala Phillips, Courtney Collins, Kendall Beals, Lydia Bailey, Joy O'Brien, Ishwora Dhungana.
Our mission: "Our network is aimed at connecting women scientists to build a strong community and further the fight for equity of all those identifying as women in science. We aim to establish connections among senior and junior ecologists through meetups, workshops, and peer-to-peer mentorship." I am most excited to learn from other women soil ecologists in this group and to build a strong network of fellow scientists. The workshops that the leadership team organized last year are absolutely crucial for inclusively setting disciplinary expectations for the next generation of soil ecologists. I was so stoked to see women teaching women how to make our science stronger through reproducible code, collaboration, and mentorship. Recently, WiSE organized a career panel with women soil ecologists in non-profit, federal government, and academic roles. We look forward to meet-ups, reading groups, and more workshops in the future.
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AuthorSierra is a graduate student in the Barger Lab at CU Boulder studying microbial ecology for dryland restoration. Archives
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