Docherty Lab
microbial ecology

The Docherty lab recognizes that there are significant institutionalized barriers to scientific training and literacy. Our lab community is dedicated to learning about, identifying and actively dismantling these barriers. We call this work Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI), and we value it as much as we value our scientific work.

 

We are currently focused on three concrete actions:

​

1) We dedicate one lab meeting per month to reading about and discussing how discrimination influences academics and the sciences. Click here to view our reading list and the topics we have discussed so far.

​

2) We work to unveil hidden curricula by demystifying processes and expectations. Check out:

• Demystifying the Graduate Application and Admissions Process

• Docherty Lab Graduate Student Expectations

• Building an Antiracist Lab 

​

3) We recognize that JEDI work must be integrated with our scientific work, and cannot be viewed as extra-curricular.