Reading List

Papers Authored or Co-Authored by Black Plant Scientists

We have compiled a list of references authored and co-authored by UK Black Plant Scientists on our Literature page. If you find that your name or certain references are missing, please send us a reference of your manuscript to blackinplantsci@gmail.com as we are reliant on your contributions.

Literature

Books on Race & Racism in Science & Academia 

Research Articles & Reports 

  • Alexander and Arday (2015) Aiming Higher – Race, Inequality and Diversity in the Academy. The Runnymede Trust ISBN: 978-1-909546-05-9 
  • Antonelli, A. It’s time to re-examine the history of botanical collections. Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. 
  • Cox KL, Elliott KR, Harris TM (2021) Creating supportive environments in academia for Black scientists to thrive. Plant Cell. Aug 13;33(7):2112-2115. doi: 10.1093/plcell/koab125 
  • Chaudhary VB, Berhe AA (2020). Ten simple rules for building an antiracist lab. PLoS Comput Biol. 2020 Oct 1;16(10):e1008210. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008210. 
  • Cramer L. (2021) Alternative strategies for closing the award gap between white and minority ethnic students. Elife. 2021 Aug 4;10:e58971. doi: 10.7554/eLife.58971. 
  • Díaz-García C, González-Moreno A, Sáez-Martínez FJ (2013) Gender diversity within R&D teams: Its impact on radicalness of innovation. Innovation, 15:2, 149-160 doi: 10.5172/impp.2013.15.2.149 
  • Ford et al (2019) Women from some under-represented minorities are given too few talks. Nature 576, 32-35 doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03688-w  
  • Hong L, Page SE. (2004) Groups of diverse problem solvers can outperform groups of high-ability problem solvers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. Nov 16;101(46):16385-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403723101.  
  • Hofstra B, Kulkarni VV, Munoz-Najar Galvez S, He B, Jurafsky D, McFarland DA. The Diversity-Innovation Paradox in Science. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Apr 28;117(17):9284-9291. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1915378117.  
  • Madzima TF, MacIntosh GC. (2021) Equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts in professional societies: intention versus reaction. Plant Cell. Oct 11;33(10):3189-3193. doi: 10.1093/plcell/koab186 
  • Markle RS, Williams TM, Williams KS, deGravelles KH, Bagayoko D and Warner IM (2022) Supporting Historically Underrepresented Groups in STEM Higher Education: The Promise of Structured Mentoring Networks. Front. Educ. 7:674669. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2022.674669 
  • The McKinsey Report 2020 – diversity wins: How inclusion matters 
  • Montgomery BL. (2020) Planting Equity: Using What We Know to Cultivate Growth as a Plant Biology Community. Plant Cell. 2020 Nov;32(11):3372-3375. doi: 10.1105/tpc.20.00589. 
  • Montgomery BL, Whittaker JA. The Roots of Change: Cultivating Equity and Change across Generations from Healthy Roots. Plant Cell. 2022 Apr 21:koac121. doi: 10.1093/plcell/koac121. 
  • Pandey S. (2020) Ready, Primed, Go: Ending the Racism Pandemic in Science. Plant Cell. Dec;32(12):3660-3661. doi: 10.1105/tpc.20.00783  
  • Rollock N (2019) Staying Power – The career experiences and strategies of UK Black female professors https://www.ucu.org.uk/media/10075/Staying-20Power/pdf/UCU_Rollock_February_2019.pdf 
  • Stockard J, Rohlfing CM, Richmond GL. (2021) Equity for women and underrepresented minorities in STEM: Graduate experiences and career plans in chemistry. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. Jan 26;118(4):e2020508118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2020508118  
  • UKRI report  Detailed ethnicity analysis of funding applicants and awardees