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Guest Post — Offensive or Inclusive Language in Scientific Communication?

Richard de Grijs comes to grips with his field’s use of potentially offensive language.

  • By Richard de Grijs
  • Mar 1, 2022
  • 11 Comments

Why We Should All Care about Early Career Pay Equity and Inclusion: An Interview with Becca Bostock and Dominique J. Moore

Learn how two early career publishers are tackling the thorny issue of pay equity and inclusion in today’s interview with Rebecca Bostock (Ohio State UP) and Dominique J Moore (University of Illinois Press)

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Jul 19, 2021
  • 7 Comments

Joint Commitment for Action on Inclusion and Diversity in Publishing: An Interview with Laura Norton and Nicola Nugent of the RSC

Laura Norton and Nicola Nugent of the Royal Society of Chemistry answer Alice Meadows’s questions about the RSC’s Joint Commitment for action on inclusion and diversity in publishing

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Apr 21, 2021
  • 2 Comments

A Framework for the Future of Conferences

The sudden virtualization of conferences sparked a flurry of experimentation. It is now time to build the future of the scholarly meeting.

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld, Laura Brown
  • Mar 1, 2021
  • 6 Comments

Celebrating Five Years of PIDapalooza with a 24-Hour PID Party!

Whether or not you attended this year’s 24-hour online party for persistent identifiers, aka PIDapalooza 2021, here’s your chance to read all about it!

  • By Alice Meadows, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Todd A Carpenter, Judy Luther, Phill Jones
  • Feb 10, 2021
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Guest Post — Disclosing Disability in the Workplace

Disclosing a disability in the workplace is fraught with difficulty. In today’s guest post, Bruce Rosenblum of Inera shares his experience.

  • By Bruce Rosenblum
  • Jul 22, 2020
  • 26 Comments

Equity in Scholarly Publishing: An Interview with the Workplace Equity Project

The findings of the Workplace Equity Project’s 2018 survey have recently been published as a peer-reviewed article in Learned Publishing – learn more in this interview with WEP founders Susan Spilka, Simone Taylor, and Jeri Wachter

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Jun 22, 2020
  • 0 Comments

It’s What You Know AND Who You Know: AGU Co-Authorship Demographics — An Interview with Brooks Hanson, Jory Lerback, and Paige Wooden 

The AGU recently published new research on diversity and inclusion in co-authorship of journal articles and conference abstracts. Learn more in this interview with Brooks Hanson, Jory Lerback, and Paige Wooden.

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Jun 1, 2020
  • 0 Comments

Guest Post — “I Say Tom-ay-to, You Say Tom-ah-to”: Bias Against Non-Native English Speakers in Scholarly Communications

In today’s guest post, Kasia Repeta of Duke University Press focuses on the often-overlooked issue of bias against those who speak English with an accent and urges us all to be more inclusive.

  • By Kasia Repeta
  • Jan 14, 2020
  • 20 Comments

On Being Accepted: The Views of Four People with Disabilities Working in Scholarly Communications

What’s it like to be work in scholarly communications as a person with a disability – physical or mental? See our world through the eyes of four individuals with disabilities in this interview by Alice Meadows

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Dec 3, 2019
  • 3 Comments

Guest Post — Equity is Possible: Forging Paths toward Equity and Anti-Racism in Scholarly Publishing

In this guest post, Gisela Fosado and Cathy Rimer-Surles of Duke UP share highlights and a video from their panel session on equity at the 2019 AUPresses Annual Meeting, plus helpful recommendations to help us achieve equity in scholarly communications.

  • By Gisela Concepción Fosado, Cathy Rimer-Surles
  • Aug 14, 2019
  • 3 Comments

Guest Post — The Problem Solvers You Don’t Know About Yet: Valuing Disability in the Publishing Industry

In this guest post, Katy Alexander (Digital Science), Becky Degler (Wiley) and Simon Holt (Elsevier) explain why the scholarly communications industry would benefit from being more inclusive in its recruitment and development of people with disabilities, highlighting the particular skills they bring to our industry

  • By Simon Holt, Katy Alexander, Becky Degler
  • Jul 29, 2019
  • 10 Comments

Identifying and Responding to Micro-aggressions at Work: An Interview with Dr. Joseph Williams

Dr Joseph Williams, an expert in multicultural and social justice training, is delivering a pre-conference workshop on micro-aggressions at the SSP Annual Meeting. Find out more in this interview!

  • By Alice Meadows
  • May 7, 2019
  • 8 Comments

On Being a Leader Who Happens to Be a Woman of Color: A Conversation with Salina Gray, Raquel Tamez, and Rochelle Williams

What is it like to be a leader who’s a woman of color in a world where senior management is largely dominated by white men? Find out in this conversation with three women of color who are in positions of leadership in scholarly communications and STEM.

  • By Alice Meadows
  • May 2, 2019
  • 16 Comments

Guest Post — From Diversity to Inclusion and Equity: Moving Beyond Good Intentions

We are celebrating International Women’s Day with guest Chef Susan Spilka of the Workplace Equity Project, who recently moderated a well-attended SSP webinar on moving from diversity to inclusion and equity, on which her post is based.

  • By Susan Spilka
  • Mar 8, 2019
  • 2 Comments
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