Queer- and trans-inclusive faculty hiring-A call for change

J L Weissman^{1

2

3}, Callie R Chappell⁴, Bruno Francesco Rodrigues de Oliveira⁵, Natalya Evans⁶, Anna C Fagre⁷, Desiree Forsythe⁸, Steven A Frese^{9

10}, Rachel Gregor¹¹, Suzanne L Ishaq¹², Juliet Johnston¹³, Bittu K R^{14

15}, Shayle B Matsuda¹⁶, Sam McCarren^{17

18}, Melanie Ortiz Alvarez de la Campa¹⁹, Troy A Roepke²⁰, Nasa Sinnott-Armstrong²¹, Cora S Stobie^{22

23}, Lauren Talluto²⁴, José M Vargas-Muñiz²⁵; Advancing Queer and Trans Equity in Science (AQTES) Consortium

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ecology & Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York State, United States of America.
² Institute for Advanced Computational Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York State, United States of America.
³ Department of Biology, The City College of New York, New York, New York State, United States of America.
⁴ Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.
⁵ Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biomedical Institute, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁶ Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America.
⁷ Center for Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America.
⁸ Department of Biology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, United States of America.
⁹ Department of Nutrition, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America.
¹⁰ University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America.
¹¹ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.
¹² School of Food and Agriculture, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America.
¹³ Natural Science, Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America.
¹⁴ Department of Biology, Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, India.
¹⁵ Department of Psychology, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, India.
¹⁶ Conservation Research Department, John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
¹⁷ Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
¹⁸ Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
¹⁹ Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.
²⁰ Department of Animal Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America.
²¹ Herbold Computational Biology Program, Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
²² Division of Herpetology, Department of Animal and Plant Systematics, National Museum Bloemfontein, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
²³ Department of Zoology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
²⁴ Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
²⁵ Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America.

PMID: 39576815
PMCID: PMC11620581
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002919

Queer- and trans-inclusive faculty hiring-A call for change

J L Weissman et al. PLoS Biol. 2024.

. 2024 Nov 22;22(11):e3002919.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002919. eCollection 2024 Nov.

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Ecology & Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York State, United States of America.
² Institute for Advanced Computational Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York State, United States of America.
³ Department of Biology, The City College of New York, New York, New York State, United States of America.
⁴ Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.
⁵ Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biomedical Institute, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁶ Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America.
⁷ Center for Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America.
⁸ Department of Biology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, United States of America.
⁹ Department of Nutrition, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America.
¹⁰ University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America.
¹¹ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.
¹² School of Food and Agriculture, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America.
¹³ Natural Science, Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America.
¹⁴ Department of Biology, Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, India.
¹⁵ Department of Psychology, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, India.
¹⁶ Conservation Research Department, John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
¹⁷ Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
¹⁸ Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
¹⁹ Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.
²⁰ Department of Animal Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America.
²¹ Herbold Computational Biology Program, Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
²² Division of Herpetology, Department of Animal and Plant Systematics, National Museum Bloemfontein, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
²³ Department of Zoology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
²⁴ Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
²⁵ Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America.

PMID: 39576815
PMCID: PMC11620581
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002919

Abstract

As queer and trans scientists, we face varied and systemic barriers to our professional success, resulting in our relative absence from faculty ranks at many institutions. In this Perspective, we call for a change in faculty hiring practices and present concrete guidance to make it a more inclusive process.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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**Fig 1. Checklist for running a queer- and trans-inclusive faculty search.**
Please reference the whitepaper [10] for detailed discussions about each of these items.

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