The Open Chemistry Collaborative in Diversity Equity (OXIDE) was founded in 2011 to sustain and expand upon the national conversation begun through a series of academic equity workshops�including one on disabilities�sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Energy from 2006-2009.  OXIDE serves as a bridge between the chairs of leading doctoral-granting chemistry departments, representatives from diversity communities, and social scientists with diversity-related expertise, with the aim of reducing inequities that have historically contributed to the mismatch between the gender, race-ethnicity, sexual orientation, and disability demographics of chemistry faculty and the nation as a whole.  This presentation will summarize several initiatives that preceded OXIDE and share our current approaches to discussing congenital, acquired, visible, and hidden disabilities with department chairs.  It will also allow the OXIDE team to learn from symposium participants about additional strategies for gathering data and promoting policies and practices that empower equal access for chemists with disabilities.

OXIDE: Empowering equal access for academic chemists with disabilities

245th National Meeting (2013)

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