scholarly journals APA Publishing's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Toolkit for Journal Editors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Pollock
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Practices ◽  
Publication Process ◽  
Journal Editors ◽  
Psychological Science ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion

As a mission-driven organization that applies the best available psychological science to benefit society and improve lives, APA is committed to infusing the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) into all aspects of the work we do. As shepherds of psychology's science and practice, journal Editors are uniquely positioned to enable equitable and inclusive practices at every stage of the research and publication process. This toolkit offers more than 30 recommendations based on resources, standards, and initiatives available to Editors to support their efforts to encourage inclusive and equitable practices for their peer-reviewed journals.

scholarly journals How diverse are the samples used to study intimate relationships? A systematic review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Camille Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Science Studies ◽  
Underrepresented Groups ◽  
White American ◽  
Psychological Science ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Gender Minorities ◽  
Broad Array ◽  
And Gender

Psychological science has long suffered from a lack of diversity in the samples used to study a broad array of phenomena. In an attempt to push psychological science toward a more contextually-informed approach, multiple subfields have undertaken meta-science studies of the diversity and inclusion of underrepresented groups in their body of literature. The current study is a systematic review of the field of relationship science aimed at examining the state of diversity and inclusion in this field. Relationship-focused papers published in five top relationship science journals from 2014-2018 (N = 538 articles, containing 750 unique studies) were reviewed. Studies were coded for research methods (e.g., sample source, dyadic data, observational data, experimental design) and sample characteristics (e.g., age, education, income, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation). Results indicate that the modal participant in a study of romantic relationships is 30 years old, White, American, middle-class, college educated, and involved in a different-sex, same-race relationship. Additionally, only 68 studies (9%) focused on traditionally underrepresented groups (i.e., non-White, low-income, and/or sexual and gender minorities). Findings underscore the need for greater inclusion of underrepresented groups to ensure the validity and credibility of relationship science. We conclude with general recommendations for the field.

scholarly journals Do Color Blindness and Multiculturalism Remedy or Foster Discrimination and Racism?

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 200-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria C. Plaut ◽  
Kecia M. Thomas ◽  
Kyneshawau Hurd ◽  
Celina A. Romano
Keyword(s):  
Color Blindness ◽  
People Of Color ◽  
Organizational Diversity ◽  
Interracial Interactions ◽  
Organizational Contexts ◽  
Psychological Science ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Color Blind

This article offers insight from psychological science into whether models of diversity (e.g., color blindness and multiculturalism) remedy or foster discrimination and racism. First, we focus on implications of a color-blind model. Here, the literature suggests that while color blindness appeals to some individuals, it can decrease individuals’ sensitivity to racism and discrimination. Furthermore, the literature suggests that, with some exceptions, color blindness has negative implications for interracial interactions, minorities’ perceptions and outcomes, and the pursuit of diversity and inclusion in organizational contexts. Second, we examine circumstances under which a multicultural approach yields positive or negative implications for interracial interactions, organizational diversity efforts, and discrimination. The research reviewed coalesces to suggest that while multiculturalism generally has more positive implications for people of color, both models have the potential to further inequality.

scholarly journals TEAMWORK TRAINING AS A MEANS OF MASTERING MORE EQUITABLE, DIVERSE, AND INCLUSIVE PRACTICES IN ENGINEERING CURRICULA

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard R. Chromik ◽  
Diane Dechief ◽  
Denzel Guye ◽  
Faye Siluk ◽  
Cathryn Somrani
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Student Feedback ◽  
Inclusive Practices ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Capstone Courses ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Teamwork Skills

Survey results and student feedback from the initial year of McGill University’s E-IDEA (Engineering Inclusivity, Diversity and Equity Advancement) teamwork initiative demonstrate that undergraduate engineering students value this team-based, applied training in equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). The course-based training provides a critical foundation from which to build strong teamwork skills. Our findings demonstrate the benefit of initiating teamwork-integrated EDI training early in students’ programs and continuing until final capstone courses.

scholarly journals Toward a psychology ofHomo sapiens: Making psychological science more representative of the human population

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (45) ◽  
pp. 11401-11405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostafa Salari Rad ◽  
Alison Jane Martingano ◽  
Jeremy Ginges
Keyword(s):  
Human Population ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
Scholarly Work ◽  
Human Psychology ◽  
Journal Editors ◽  
Psychological Phenomenon ◽  
Psychological Science ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Leading Journals ◽  
The Way

Two primary goals of psychological science should be to understand what aspects of human psychology are universal and the way that context and culture produce variability. This requires that we take into account the importance of culture and context in the way that we write our papers and in the types of populations that we sample. However, most research published in our leading journals has relied on sampling WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic) populations. One might expect that our scholarly work and editorial choices would by now reflect the knowledge that Western populations may not be representative of humans generally with respect to any given psychological phenomenon. However, as we show here, almost all research published by one of our leading journals,Psychological Science, relies on Western samples and uses these data in an unreflective way to make inferences about humans in general. To take us forward, we offer a set of concrete proposals for authors, journal editors, and reviewers that may lead to a psychological science that is more representative of the human condition.

Social Media and The Publication Process

2020 ◽  
pp. 76-89
Author(s):  
Ilana Redstone
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Publication Process ◽  
Open Inquiry ◽  
Free Inquiry ◽  
Journal Editors ◽  
Academic Publications ◽  
Media Review

The three beliefs have created a situation where certain ideas, claims, and questions are protected from criticism, and therefore from open inquiry. As a corollary, academic publications that present ideas running counter to these beliefs are subject to what is in essence an extra round of social media–driven review that starts after a paper has already successfully navigated the traditional peer-review process and been published. This dynamic acts as a form of censorship that can impact a journal’s immediate handling of the paper in question. In addition, the very existence of postpublication social media review will act to shape the behavior of researchers and journal editors. The result is an environment with substantial constraints on free inquiry.

scholarly journals Toward a psychology of Homo sapiens: Making psychological science more representative of the human population

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostafa Salari Rad ◽  
Alison Jane Martingano ◽  
Jeremy Ginges
Keyword(s):  
Human Population ◽  
Homo Sapiens ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
Scholarly Work ◽  
The West ◽  
Journal Editors ◽  
Psychological Science ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Leading Journals ◽  
The Way

Primary goals of psychological science should be to understand what aspects of human psychology are universal, and the way context and culture produce variability. This requires that we take into account the importance of culture and context in the way we write our papers and in the types of populations that we sample. Yet most research published in our leading journals has relied on sampling educated populations from the west. One might expect that our scholarly work and editorial choices would by now reflect the knowledge that western populations may not be representative of humans generally with respect to any given psychological phenomenon. Yet as we show here, almost all research published by one of our leading journals, Psychological Science, relies on western samples and, in an unreflective way, uses this data to make inferences about humans in general. To take us forward we offer a set of concrete proposals for authors, journal editors and reviewers that may lead to a psychological science that is more representative of the human condition.

scholarly journals Developing a shared syllabus template as a living document of inclusive practices in a teaching and learning community

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merel M. Van Goch ◽  
Christel Lutz ◽  
Livia M. Untaru
Keyword(s):  
Learning Community ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Inclusive Practices ◽  
Educational Mission ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Educational Literature ◽  
Contact Information ◽  
Goals And Objectives ◽  
Learning Focused

Inclusive teaching and learning is central to our educational mission. In this project, we used a whole-institution approach to make our institution’s inclusive objectives concrete and specific. We aimed to develop ways to capture our own community’s goals and objectives in a ‘living document’, a syllabus template in which insights from educational literature on diversity and inclusion are presented alongside the voices and practices of members of our own community of practice (CoP). We created the syllabus template by using the literature to list elements of inclusive design, inclusive delivery, inclusive assessment, and learning-focused syllabi, then identifying examples of those elements in syllabi of local experienced practitioners, and deepening the good practices in interviews with the experienced practitioners. The final syllabus template presents authentic practices from local syllabi, with explanations of the relevance of those examples and reference to educational literature, links to teaching tools, and contact-information for individual colleagues. The shared syllabus template deliberately situates academic development within the practice of the local CoP. We found that even the most experienced practitioners find it challenging to work on inclusive practices, which is all the more reason to stimulate a collaborative approach.

Psychologists Are Open to Change, yet Wary of Rules

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 639-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather M. Fuchs ◽  
Mirjam Jenny ◽  
Susann Fiedler
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Online Journal ◽  
Publication Process ◽  
Reporting Practices ◽  
Novel Studies ◽  
Psychological Science ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Publication Practices

Psychologists must change the way they conduct and report their research—this notion has been the topic of much debate in recent years. One article recently published in Psychological Science proposing six requirements for researchers concerning data collection and reporting practices as well as four guidelines for reviewers aimed at improving the publication process has recently received much attention (Simmons, Nelson, & Simonsohn, 2011). We surveyed 1,292 psychologists to address two questions: Do psychologists support these concrete changes to data collection, reporting, and publication practices, and if not, what are their reasons? Respondents also indicated the percentage of print and online journal space that should be dedicated to novel studies and direct replications as well as the percentage of published psychological research that they believed would be confirmed if direct replications were conducted. We found that psychologists are generally open to change. Five requirements for researchers and three guidelines for reviewers were supported as standards of good practice, whereas one requirement was even supported as a publication condition. Psychologists appear to be less in favor of mandatory conditions of publication than standards of good practice. We conclude that the proposal made by Simmons, Nelson & Simonsohn (2011) is a starting point for such standards.

scholarly journals From Diversity to Inclusion

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 28S-51S ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Fredette ◽  
Patricia Bradshaw ◽  
Heather Krause
Keyword(s):  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
Nonprofit Sector ◽  
Inclusive Practices ◽  
Meaningful Change ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Diverse Groups ◽  
Diversity Research

This article explores the dynamics of diversity and inclusion in the context of boards of directors in the nonprofit sector. Our multimethod study builds on current diversity research by exploring social microprocesses of inclusion in diverse governing groups. We consider functional and social approaches to inclusion within boards, and address the potential for more transformative inclusion. Our findings suggest significant opportunities for meaningful change by shifting focus from diversity to inclusive practices within diverse groups.

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