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Working Agreement

Values

  1. Being nice and working hard
    • We work to be considerate in our speech and actions, and to actively acknowledge and respect the boundaries and experiences of fellow community members.
    • We work to make time for others while also respecting others' time
    • We try our best, while recognizing that our best can change daily
  2. We love science and we love life outside science
    • We encourage everyone to stay connected to what excites you about your work: explore and stay curious!
    • We value taking time for personal life so we can be our best self at work
    • We work to prioritize the physical and mental health of ourselves and others
  3. Collaboration & sharing
    • We are a team: our colleagues are our resources, and in return, we are resources for our colleagues
    • We work to normalize asking for help and to offer help generously
    • We aim to be clear and concise - ambiguity causes confusion
  4. Being present
    • We prioritize working in person and showing up at group events to help build our community and to support each other
    • We know extra effort is needed to help remote group members be included
    • We pay attention when others speak
    • We work to step forward if we're quiet, and step back if we're loud
  5. Normalizing "I don't know yet"
    • Don’t know? That’s okay! We’re all here to learn, no matter what our career stage.
    • At the same time, we assume competence and actively recognize the wide range of expertise we each bring
  6. Credit and responsibility
    • We celebrate our own successes and those around us!
    • We all make mistakes. Please be honest and open when it happens.
    • If you see a problem, please speak up so that we all can try to find a solution.
  7. Supporting a diverse environment
    • Please be open to others perspectives, engage with them, and be willing to revise your own
    • We work to vocally support diverse perspectives
    • To specifically amplify the work of researchers from underrepresented groups, we've committed to
      • Discussing an article about systemic barriers or racism at least twice a year during lab meetings. Everyone is encouraged to lead a discussion
      • Engaging in a lab discussion regarding systemic problems within the field of ecology and evolutionary biology or within graduate school (i.e., decolonizing conservation, systemic barriers and racism within the field of ecology, history of racism against BIPOC communities in genomics)
      • Prioritize the citation of underrepresented authors in our writings
      • Attend talks by underrepresented scientists at conferences and share the names of the speakers you enjoyed to use as inspiration for future seminar invitations and paper discussions
      • Acknowledge our occupation of land that is the unceded territory of the Awaswas-speaking Uypi Tribe.
      • We will have biannual lab meetings to discuss our progress and future work in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    • We will be aware and acknowledge our positionalities and privileges that we hold.
  8. Sharing our science outside of academia
    • We value community service, outreach to non-scientists audiences, and mentoring of early-career scientists

Process

  1. Meetings
    • Please come prepared and take notes (we often use shared Google docs)
    • Please set and follow an agenda
    • Please start and end on time
    • Check in regularly about the whole person
  2. Group meetings
    • We have weekly group meetings and expect everyone in the group to attend.
  3. Lab listener
    • A volunteer group member each quarter who observes and promotes healthy lab dynamics
    • An unofficial contact for concerns within the research group
    • Will schedule meetings with Malin as needed for issues and updates
  4. This document
    • This document is always in progress: please suggest changes where you see fit!
    • We will revisit this document at the beginning of each Fall quarter
  5. Project management
    • Please set realistic deadlines, then revise them in communication with others
    • It helps to break projects into smaller pieces
    • We do science openly, transparently, and reproducibly (see OpenScapes guides and our data management plan)
  6. Problems
    • To report an issue please contact Malin. All communication will be treated as confidential to the extent possible (sexual harrassment and related concerns have to be reported, per university policy
    • If you aren't comfortable speaking to Malin:
      • contact the Lab Listener
      • contact the graduate program coordinator: Judy Straub (UCSC) or Shaneika Nelson (Rutgers)
    • If the grad student coordinator does not sound like the correct point of contact, UCSC has many resources available to you, including: