{"id":314,"date":"2022-11-11T17:20:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T22:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/srclab\/?page_id=314"},"modified":"2022-11-29T13:32:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T18:32:41","slug":"diversity-and-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/srclab\/diversity-and-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity and Inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The SRC lab has a commitment to robotics research that improves people’s lives. We cannot achieve that goal without a diverse group of lab members, who bring knowledge from their own life and experiences into their project goals. To create a lab culture where everyone feels welcome, and to combat persistent inequalities in engineering, we actively recruit, mentor, and retain researchers who are underrepresented or come from marginalized backgrounds.<\/p>\n

Statistics about diversity are complicated, particularly with small groups such as our lab. To help guide our discussions, we ask our members the following question when they join:<\/p>\n

“Do you consider yourself marginalized or underrepresented in STEM? Traditionally, underrepresented researchers are those who identify as Black, Hispanic or Latino\/a\/e, Native American, or women. However, we encourage you to stand and be counted even if your identity or background does not fit neatly into one of these categories.”<\/em><\/p>\n

As of 2022, Prof. Sabelhaus has supervised these percentages of students who answered “yes”:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Academic Program:<\/strong><\/td>\nPersonnel Count:<\/strong><\/td>\nIdentify as UR\/Marginalized:<\/strong><\/td>\nPercent:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Graduate Students<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n55%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Undergraduate Students<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n66%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Totals<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n61%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

(Note, many of these students were recruited to and mentored in research projects by Prof. Sabelhaus before the SRC Lab began at BU. We’re still a small group for now!)<\/em><\/p>\n

Some of our group photos over the years are below. We hope you can see yourself as part of our team.<\/p>\n

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SRC Lab Members as of summer 2022!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Andrew Sabelhaus’ research team of masters students at UC Berkeley during his PhD, 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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