About Us
We are an online community of women of color and nonbinary people of color in ecology, evolutionary biology, and allied environmental fields (find us on social media with #WOCinEEB).
We began in 2020 when a like-minded group of women of color came together to create a Slack community as a way to connect. Many of us found each other on #ScienceTwitter and recognized a need for an online community to help combat isolation we often felt as “the only” in our academic departments. The Covid-19 pandemic, global movements for racial justice, and shifting political climate only intensified the need for community.
Over the next few years, WOCinEEB founders put together a list of WOC in EEB seminar speakers to help diversify EEB conferences and piloted two mentoring programs: a 1-on-1 Mentoring Program and a Peer Mentoring Program to enable our community members to support each other. In 2023, we received NSF funding to support our first in-person Networks of Success Conference!
We hope to continue expanding our programs and supporting WOC in EEB.
Meet our Advisory Board and Mentoring Committee below!
We began in 2020 when a like-minded group of women of color came together to create a Slack community as a way to connect. Many of us found each other on #ScienceTwitter and recognized a need for an online community to help combat isolation we often felt as “the only” in our academic departments. The Covid-19 pandemic, global movements for racial justice, and shifting political climate only intensified the need for community.
Over the next few years, WOCinEEB founders put together a list of WOC in EEB seminar speakers to help diversify EEB conferences and piloted two mentoring programs: a 1-on-1 Mentoring Program and a Peer Mentoring Program to enable our community members to support each other. In 2023, we received NSF funding to support our first in-person Networks of Success Conference!
We hope to continue expanding our programs and supporting WOC in EEB.
Meet our Advisory Board and Mentoring Committee below!
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2021 Advisory Board Members |
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V. Bala Chaudhary, PhD (she/her) WOCinEEB Founder Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA |
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Lily Khadempour, PhD (she/her) Mentoring Program Director Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA |
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Erika Díaz-Almeyda, PhD Assistant Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies New College of Florida, FL, USA |
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Swanne Gordon, PhD (she/her) Assistant Professor of Biology Washington University in St Louis, MO, USA |
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N. Niloufar Kashi PhD Candidate University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA |
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Zoë Lindo, PhD Professor of Biology Western University, Canada |
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Ariane L. Peralta, PhD (she/her) Associate Professor of Biology East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA |
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Adriana L. Romero-Olivares, PhD (she/her) Assistant Professor of Biology New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA |
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Brenda María Soler-Figueroa, Ph.D. (she/her) Research Scientist Smithsonian Environmental Research Center |
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Nikki Traylor-Knowles, PhD Assistant Professor of Marine Biology and Ecology University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Founder, President & CFO of Black Women in Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Science (BWEEMS) |
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Athmaja Viswanath (she/her) PhD Student University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Chhaya M. Werner, PhD (she/her) Postdoctoral Associate University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA |
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Lily Khadempour, PhD (she/her)Mentoring Program Director Assistant Professor Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA |
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Catalina Cuellar-Gempeler (she/ella) Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences Humboldt State University |
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Ishwora Dhungana (she/her) PhD student Soil Microbial Ecology Lab University of Hawai'i, Mānoa |
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Erika Diaz Almeyda (she/her) Assistant Professor Biology and Environmental Studies New College of Florida |
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Neha Mohanbabu, PhD (she/her) Postdoctoral Associate University of Minnesota |
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Karena Nguyen, PhD (she/her) Assistant Director for Postdoctoral Services Georgia Institute of Technology |
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Adriana L. Romero-Olivares, PhD (she/her) Assistant Professor New Mexico State University |
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Christine Sit Mentoring Program Assistant EPA Administrative and Science Communications Associate Oak Ridge Associated Universities |