The DEI committee consists of faculty members,聽graduate聽students,聽and undergraduate students. Each year the committee will put forth a call for graduate and undergraduate student applications.听There are聽also聽various related program-specific聽groups聽in the psychology and neuroscience department聽that you are welcome to contact.

Each Fall, we will solicit applications from undergraduate and graduate students who wish to serve on the DEI committee full-time during the academic year. (Link to the application?)

We welcome additional students to join in our efforts by聽contacting the DEI committee.听

We also welcome departmental staff and researchers to volunteer to join our committee efforts by聽contacting the DEI committee.

Members of the Behavioral Neuroscience graduate program community are committed to upholding the highest standards for ethical social behavior, particularly as it pertains to maintaining a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment that is safe and welcoming for all current and future members. In an effort to develop action steps to express this commitment, members of the Behavioral Neuroscience graduate program including students, research staff, and faculty members, formed the Behavioral Neuroscience Diversity Task Force in the Summer of 2020. Some of the recent activities of the Task Force include the development of a Behavioral Neuroscience program Code of Conduct, the Application Assistance Program, and the development and distribution of a Community Wellness Survey to all students, faculty, and researchers working in the Behavioral Neuroscience laboratories. We welcome anyone interested in joining the efforts of the Behavioral Neuroscience Diversity Task Force by contacting us.

In the Spring of 2020, a group of clinical psychology graduate students who shared a commitment to improving the mental health and wellness of Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC) began to gather informally for conversations on how to take action towards equity and and inclusion in our field across the domains of training and education, research, and clinical care. We are aware of the historical forces of anti-Black racism and white supremacy on which the foundations of clinical science were built, as well as the current forces that perpetuate these systems of oppression that disproportionately disadvantage BIPOC. We are committed to fostering a sense of belonging for people from all backgrounds and empowering our community by investing in those who will make and benefit from these changes. Our goal is to build feasible and sustainable reforms that A) increase the diversity of our field to better represent the communities we aim to serve, and B) train psychologists who are committed to anti-racism and adept at providing mental health services to historically underrepresented minoritized communities. We welcome any members of the CU community who share this commitment and are looking to actionize their values in the field of psychology within a group that is highly collaborative and where every voice is respected.

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Our overarching goal is to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion within our program and to reduce inequities perpetuated by our program. There are currently three ways in which we carry out this mission. First, by identifying and addressing ways our program contributes to systemic inequality within our field, beginning with the biased system for choosing research assistants. Second, by increasing inclusion and belonging for people with marginalized identities within our program now and in the future (including hosting a diversity tea event during recruitment, setting up workshops, etc.). Third, by soliciting reporting from students and faculty within our program to respond flexibly to any equity and inclusion issues that arise.听While this committee primarily focuses on issues specific to our program, we work with other campus groups on larger initiatives that impact the department as a whole. We welcome inquiries and further collaboration from other students or groups within the CU community.

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