General resources
An ever-growing list of links.
Please email Dr. Venkataraman if there’s something you’d like to add!
SCU-specific
- SCU Biology
- Research at SCU Biology
- SCU Library
- SCU Office of Accessible Education
- Single Portal for Undergraduate Research (SPUR): Single application portal for several SCU summer research fellowships
- REAL Program: Stipends for College of Arts and Sciences student research, internships, or creative projects
- DeNardo Science Scholars: support undergarduate reserach during the academic year and summer
- De Novo Fellowship: Fellowship for students with outstanding academic records who may have overcome financial challenges and/or may not have had field-specific role models.
- The Multicultural Center
- Dean of Students Office
- Basic Needs Program: Bronco Food Pantry, Housing and Utility Assistance, Technology Support, Transportation Support and Student Life Fund links, among other things
- The Wellness Center
- Counseling and Psychological Services
- Office of Equal Opportunity and Title IX
- Office for Diversity and Inclusion (ODI)
- Office for Multicultural Learning (OML)
- Rainbow Resource Center (RRC)
General resources
- Biology Summer Internships outside of SCU
- Undergraduate guide from Roberts Lab at University of Washington: Comprehensive resource on conducting undergraduate research, from contacting faculty and determining what kinds of opportunities are right for you, to asking for letters of recommendation. Links are UW-specific, but there is good general advice.
- Resources page of the Inclusive Conservation Lab at UBC: Note that this lab is based in Canada, some several resources are Canada or UBC-specific
- How to apply for graduate student positions: compiled by Dr. Lily Khadempour
Equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging
- #STEMforBLM Resource List: Justice-oriented resources inside and outside academia
- Revisiting “Beyond Territorial Acknolwedgements”: Discussion on land/territorial acknowledgements and what can exist beyond an acknolwedgement
- Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) Trainings: Trainings for mentors and mentees
- Resources for Inclusive Evolution Education (RIE2): Collection of resources and community-developed teaching modules
Affinity groups
- Women of Color & Non-Binary People of Color in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (WOC in EEB)
- WOC in EEB Mentoring Program: A mentoring program run by WOC in EEB. The page also has resources on effective mentoring.
- Minorities in Shark Sciences (MISS)
- Black in Marine Science (BIMS)
- Black Women in Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Science
Recommended reading
Articles
Books
Various books ranging from environmental justice and climate solutions to eugenics and dark academia. If you’re at SCU, stop by to borrow one of these books from Dr. Venkataraman’s office!
- Babel by RF Kuang: fiction, but captures how academia interacts with axes of power and influence. Lowkey Dr. Venkataraman’s favorite book of all time.
- Fresh Banana Leaves by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D
- We Will Be Jaguars by Nemonte Nenquimo
- Our History Is The Future by Nick Estes
- Why Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Miller
- Superior: The Return of Race to Science by Angela Saini
- The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
- So You Wanna Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Mediocre by Ijeoma Oluo
- Be A Revolution by Ijeoma Oluo
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
- All We Can Save edited by Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Dr. Katharine Wilkinson
- What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures by Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
- Consumed by Aja Barber
- Lessons from Plants by Dr. Beronda Montgomery
- The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
- Disability Visability by Alice Wong
