Resources

Equity and inclusion in astronomy

• My department will soon no longer exist. I documented here how we experienced the program review process, updated and presented in the broader context of threats to physics and astronomy departments at the June 2024 AAS meeting in Madison, WI. The latter document includes contribution from Prof. Britt Lundgren at UNCA, also undergoing the process in 2024, and concludes with a student's perspective of the cuts. It is not easy reading: the tl;dr is that the process is arbitrary, cruel, and toolkits will not save us from existential threats to our profession and the academy writ large.
• A document I've written, compiling many sources on best practices in hiring in astronomy (note: this is a working draft; version here current as of 03/31/2017)
  Hiring practices in astronomy
• WGAD recommendations on making publishing and publications more accessible
• Journal club presentation for International Women's Day 2017 (and general strike). Covers recent NSF WMPD statistics, hiring bias, bystander intervention, and accessibility. (PDF)

Accessibility

• Webaim: tips for website design to make your pages compatible with screen readers
• Website design tips, CU Boulder Disability Services
• Color Oracle: check if your website, documents, figures are accessible color-wise
• Making accessible Word docs, CU Boulder Disability Services
• Making accessible powerpoints, CU Boulder Disability Services
• Creating and verifying PDF accessibility, Adobe
• Accessibility checker for macs, Microsoft Office

Accessible Astronomy

• WGAD Accessible Astronomy Town Hall, January 2020 (slides)
• White paper for the Astro2020 Decadal survey: Accessible Astronomy: Policies, Practices, and Strategies to Increase Participation of Astronomers with Disabilities
• AAS Climate Site Visit Program: to visit and evaluate organizational climate at astronomy departments and institutions
• AAS WGAD website
• Presentation from Universal Design panel at Women in Astronomy IV, June 2017. Accessible powerpoint: (.pptx)