Diversity, Equity and Justice

Diversity is more than broadly representative demographic differences. Rather, diversity embodies cultural sensitivity and openness, collaboration and full inclusion. CGA embraces a notion of intellectual community enriched and enhanced by diversity along a number of dimensions, including race, ethnicity and national origins, gender and gender identity, sexuality, physical ability, socioeconomic class, age, family and marital status, and religion. We are especially committed to increasing the representation of those populations that have been historically excluded from participation in U.S. higher education.

These values are reflected in two goals from our 2022-2027 strategic plan:

• Lead in developing sustainable, open and just research, education, engagement and operations.
• Champion a culture of equity, diversity, inclusion, belonging and well-being in all we do.

equity in action

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How Open Science Can Both Advance and Hinder Equity in Research

The new US government definition of Open Science emphasizes “fostering collaborations, reproducibility, and equity.” The monetary cost of open-access publishing and the underrecognized effort of open-source development, however, can disadvantage underprivileged scientists.

Citizen Science Has a Diversity Problem, Experts Say. Now What?

NC State researchers including faculty fellow Caren Cooper and Ph.D. student Deja Perkins want to broaden engagement in large-scale citizen science projects by providing practitioners with the knowledge, awareness and resources to support inclusion, equity and accessibility.

NC State Students Host Exhibition to Celebrate W.E.B. Du Bois’ Visualization Work

The exhibition featured a variety of research and visualization inspired by Du Bois’s work.