How SfN’s DC-Area Chapter Is Working to Improve Recruitment and Evaluation Practices
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As a scientist and educator, I have been on both sides of recruitment and evaluation in academia and have seen how this process has opportunities to improve.
Recently, my Washington, D.C. metro area SfN chapter hosted its first official workshop to draw attention to these issues and their solutions using SfN’s Increasing Women in Neuroscience (IWiN) Toolkit: Candidate Recruitment and Evaluation.
Attendees had the opportunity to learn about the challenges that women face in academic, industry, and government recruitment and evaluation. The workshop also gave chapter leaders an opportunity to answer commonly asked questions and provide a forum for sharing ideas, expanding current initiatives, and melding professional networks in the DC area.
Based on our success using the IWiN toolkit to initiate important discussions, I highly recommend it to raise awareness about these issues in your community. Consider what my chapter did to help you with your event.
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