Readings
- “10 Simple Rules for Building an Anti-Racist Lab” by V. Bala Chaudhary and Asmeret Asefaw Berhe https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008210
- “Safe fieldwork strategies for at-risk individuals, their supervisors and institutions” by Amelia-Juliette Claire Demery and Monique Avery Pipkin. Nature Ecology & Evolution. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-01328-5?proof=t
- “Patching the leaks: revitalizing and reimagining the STEM pipeline” by O. Hinton et al. Cell Press. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867420312265
- “Structure matters: twenty-one teaching strategies to promote student enactment and cultivate classroom equity” by Kimberly D. Tanner. CBE Life Sciences Education. The American Society for Cell Biology. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3762997/
- “Being an ally requires being an anti-racist” provided by UC Davis Office of DEI: https://diversity.ucdavis.edu/being-ally-requires-being-anti-racist
General Resources
- A rich resource for students and faculty: https://ebeler.faculty.ucdavis.edu/resources/faq-student-resources/#ProfessionalAnswers
Barriers to grad school
- A series of recorded seminars on what grad school is like, how to apply etc, created by grad students in evolution and ecology: https://eegradpreview.weebly.com/
- Unlearning Racism in Geosciences perspective on barriers: https://urgeoscience.org/
- Understanding Interventions that Broaden Participation in Science, conferences and organization: https://understandinginterventions.org/
Industry related events
- SeedCentral links the local seed and agbiotech industry and UC Davis: https://www.seedcentral.org/
- Grower meetings and conferences: https://www.almonds.com/about-us/programs-and-events, https://www.worldagexpo.com/
Agriculture and seed industry related careers
- Agriculture jobs in California: https://calagjobs.com/jobs/
- Global agriculture jobs: https://www.agcareers.com/results.cfm
- Produce industry jobs: https://www.blueskysearch.com/
- Farm production jobs: https://www.farmandranchjobs.com/
- Horticulture jobs: https://www.hortjobs.com/
- Crop Science jobs: https://careers.careerplacement.org/jobseekers/index.cfm
- UC Agriculture and Natural Resources jobs, incl. farm advisors etc: https://ucanr.edu/About/Jobs/
- Biotech related jobs: https://www.biospace.com/
- Pest Control Adviser career information: http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PCA/
Natural resource management related careers
- Conservation related jobs: https://www.conservationjobboard.com/california
- Ecology related jobs: https://ecojobs.com/
- ECOLOG: https://www.esa.org/membership/ecolog/
Mentorship Programs and Resources
Some centered on DEI, relevant for Plant Sciences Undergraduate Students:
- UC Davis Aggie Mentors largely focusing on high school students https://stem.ucdavis.edu/resources/aggiementors/
- American Women in Science (AWIS) Mentorship Program, Sacramento Chapter http://sv-awis.weebly.com/mentorship-program.html
- American Society for Horticultural Science https://ashs.org/page/MenteeApplication
- American Society of Plant Biologists https://blog.aspb.org/career-building-opportunities-for-plant-scientists-apply-now/
- Borlaug Scholars Program https://www.plantbreeding.org/borlaug-scholars/
- California Alliance for Minority Participation https://urc.ucdavis.edu/camp
- CITRIS and the Banatao EDGE in STEM Mentorship Program https://citris.ucmerced.edu/mentor
- First Gen Graduate Mentorship Initiative, UC Davis https://grad.ucdavis.edu/first-generation-grads-initiative
- Graduate Students of Color Mentorship Program, UC Davis https://ccc.ucdavis.edu/programs-and-services/graduate-student
- McNair Scholars Program https://mcnair.ucdavis.edu/
- Minorities in Agriculture Natural Resources and Related Science (MANRRS) Mentorship Program https://caes.ucdavis.edu/students/clubs/manrrs
- National Research Mentoring Network https://nrmnet.net/
- Scientist Mentoring & Diversity Program (SMDP) Mentorship Program https://smdp.icpdprograms.org/
- UC Davis Graduate Studies Resources for Mentors and Mentees https://grad.ucdavis.edu/resources-mentors
Internship programs
- UC Davis Internship and Career Center, offers many activities related to careers: https://icc.ucdavis.edu/
- Ecological and Evolutionary Response to Rapid Environmental Change NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates https://eerrec.ucdavis.edu/
- ORISE website for internships at Federal agencies: https://orise.orau.gov/
- SeedQuest aggregates jobs and internships from many seed and agbiotech companies: https://www.seedquest.com/jobs.php
- NSF Research Experience for Undergrads (REU) program: https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/
Conferences and workshops
Catering to diverse audiences or focused on ag. careers
- Latino Farmer Conference: https://latinofarmerconference.ncat.org/ingles.php
- Community Alliance for Family Farmers: https://www.caff.org/2021conferenceschedule/
- Sustainable Agriculture events (can be filtered for California): https://attra.ncat.org/events/online/
- California Alliance for Minority Participation runs an NSF LSAMP/CAMP Statewide Symposium https://urc.ucdavis.edu/camp
- SACNAS Advancing Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science annual conference: https://www.sacnas.org/what-we-do/conference/
- MANRRS: Minorities in Agriculture Natural Resources and Related Sciences, annual National Conference: https://www.manrrs.org/nationalconference
Alumni and career trajectories
- A focus on some career trajectories of GGHA alumni: https://hortaggradstudents.ucdavis.edu/articles/seeds-of-inspiration