Resources for the community

Existing efforts to change harmful language in EEB:

To address problematic common names, ESA created the Better Common Names Project to spur action in the entomology community.
Because birds don't need eponymous or honorific common names.

References:

  1. Cronin, M.R. et al. (2021) Anti-racist interventions to transform ecology, evolution and conservation biology departments. Nat Ecol Evol. 5(9), 1213–1223.

  2. Maas, B. et al. (2020) Academic leaders must support inclusive scientific communities during COVID-19. Nat Ecol Evol. 4(8), 997–998.

  3. Schell, C. J. et al. (2020) Recreating Wakanda by promoting Black excellence in ecology and evolution. Nat Ecol Evol. 4(10), 1285-1287.

  4. Harding, S. (2006) Science and social inequality: Feminist and postcolonial issues. University of Illinois Press.

  5. Trisos, C.H. et al. (2021) Decoloniality and anti-oppressive practices for a more ethical ecology. Nat Ecol Evol. 5(9), 1205–1212.

  6. Baeckens, S., Blomberg, S. P., Shine, R. (2020). Inclusive science: ditch insensitive terminology. Nature. 580(7802), 185-186.

  7. Harrison, C. and Tanner, K.D. (2018) Language matters: Considering microaggressions in science. CBE Life Sci Educ. 17(1), fe4.

  8. Cahan, E. (2020). Amid protests against racism, scientists move to strip offensive names from journals, prizes, and more. Science. 1, abd6441.

  9. Lancette, J. (2021). Breaking Barriers in Entomology: The Better Common Names Project. Am. Entomol. 67:10–11.

  10. Cooper, C.B. et al. (2021) Inclusion in citizen science: The conundrum of rebranding. Science. 372(6549), 1386-1388.

  11. Estien, C.O. et al. (2022) Reimagining the broader impacts criterion in the NSF graduate research fellowship. Front. Educ. 7:977836.

  12. Khelifa, R. et al. (2021) A solution for breaking the language barrier. Trends Ecol. Evol. 37(2), 109-112.

  13. Márquez, M.C. and Porras, A. M. (2020) Science communication in multiple languages is critical to its effectiveness. Front. Commun. 5(31), 1-7.

  14. Gere, A.R et al. (2021) Communal justicing: Writing assessment, disciplinary infrastructure, and the case for critical language awareness. Coll. Compos. Commun. 72(3), 384-412.

  15. Matsuda, M.J. et al. (1993) Words That Wound: Critical Race Theory, Assaultive Speech, and The First Amendment" Faculty Books.