ASN DC Membership Application 2025
The ASN Diversity Committee (DC) seeks to add 2 new members starting in January 2026. The DC works to promote diversity, equity, and inclusiveness to enhance the study of evolution, ecology, and behavior and to foster the career of its developing scientists. We pursue initiatives that support marginalized groups, which include helping to create an inclusive, accessible environment at the Evolution conference, the stand-alone ASN meeting, and our field in general. Members serve a 3-year term, and the committee typically holds two meetings a month to discuss ideas and work on projects collectively.

Many of the DC’s initiatives are created and operated with the DCs of our sister societies, the Society for the Study of Evolution and the Society for Systematic Biologists. Past or ongoing efforts of the ASN DC include:

- Programming at ASN stand-alone meetings including symposia, networking opportunities, and mentoring programs

- EEB Mentor Match - to match prospective graduate students to mentors who guide them in grad school and fellowship applications

- Data collection and analysis regarding the demographic composition and climate of ASN

- In collaboration with the Executive Council, creation and implementation of guidelines on best practices for awards procedures and other society policies

- Events and outreach at Society meetings including Story Collider, Evolution's Rainbow, and DEI symposia to build community among LGBTQ+ biologists, biologists with disabilities, biologists of color, biologists at PUIs, and parents

- Improving accessibility at Society meetings for scientists with disabilities, scientists of marginalized genders, and scientists who are nursing/caretaking

- Integration with SACNAS and other affinity groups such as WOC in EEB and BWEEMS
 
Applicants must be members of ASN (join or renew your membership here: https://amnat.org/membership/beamember.html) and have attended at least one Evolution conference or ASN stand-alone meeting in the past.
 
We welcome participation from members of the community from all backgrounds and all countries, across all career stages (including graduate students and postdocs), and in all career paths. We are looking for new perspectives and ideas. Applicants should submit an application by November 1st 2025. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at ASNdiversity@gmail.com.
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Name *
Email *
University/Employment Affiliation *
Career Stage *
Please provide 2–5 sentences about why you want to join the ASN Diversity Committee *
We aim to include people with a variety of lived experiences so we can better consider different perspectives in our work. Is there something from your lived experience, background, and/or identity that you feel could contribute to the goals of the ASN DC? *
Do you have any experience with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) work in your service, teaching, outreach, etc. activities? If so, please provide details. *
Have you ever attended an Evolution or ASN Asilomar stand-alone meeting? *
Are you currently a member of ASN? *
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