Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Auditory Scientists of Color From: Tony Miller <antonio.miller@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 11:22:11 -0700--000000000000333a0205a8ecac0c Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Stephen -- it would be great to remember and celebrate Tony Okobi. Anthony Okobi, MD, PhD (1976-2018) was a brilliant and charismatic Physician-Scientist. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/postgazette/obituary.aspx?n=anthony-obiesie-okobi-tony&pid=187976153 Tony was a practicing ENT in North Carolina at the time of his death. He completed his PhD under Ken Stevens on the 'Acoustic correlates of word stress in American English'. https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/37963 On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 9:17 PM Stephen Engel < 0000010c69e2af5c-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear Auditory Science Community, > > I am a vision scientist who teaches Introduction to Sensation and > Perception, which is about one third audition in our implementation. One > request that some of us have received of late, from students fighting > for social justice, is to acknowledge scientists from under-represented > groups, particularly BIPOC folks, in the classes we teach. So, I wonder: > > Could we together gather a list of scientific figures from the field's > past who were self-acknowledged members of under-represented groups? We > could then use this resource to update our courses. Or perhaps some > resources exists already? Please forward anything you think would help, > and I will happily share results. > > Thanks, > > Steve Engel > University of Minnesota > engel@xxxxxxxx > http://engellab.psych.umn.edu/ > > PS The emphasis is the field's past here; please check with currently > practicing scientists if they are OK being listed. > > PPS "Race" is emphasized here over gender, ableness, and other important > factors, in part because of the current moment. > > PPPS And of course there are many other things we can and should be > doing to increase diversity and justice in our fields and the world. > --000000000000333a0205a8ecac0c Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Stephen -- it would be great to remember and celebrate Ton= y Okobi.<br><br>Anthony Okobi, MD, PhD (1976-2018) was a brilliant and char= ismatic=C2=A0Physician-Scientist.<br><a href=3D"https://www.legacy.com/obit= uaries/postgazette/obituary.aspx?n=3Danthony-obiesie-okobi-tony&pid=3D1= 87976153">https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/postgazette/obituary.aspx?n=3Da= nthony-obiesie-okobi-tony&pid=3D187976153</a>=C2=A0=C2=A0<br><br>Tony w= as a practicing=C2=A0ENT in North Carolina at the time of his death.=C2=A0 = He completed his PhD under Ken Stevens on the 'Acoustic correlates of w= ord stress in American English'.<br><a href=3D"https://dspace.mit.edu/h= andle/1721.1/37963">https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/37963</a>=C2=A0<br= >=C2=A0<br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"g= mail_attr">On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 9:17 PM Stephen Engel <<a href=3D"mai= lto:0000010c69e2af5c-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxx">0000010c69e2af5c-dmarc-= request@xxxxxxxx</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_= quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,= 204);padding-left:1ex">Dear Auditory Science Community,<br> <br> I am a vision scientist who teaches Introduction to Sensation and <br> Perception, which is about one third audition in our implementation. One <b= r> request that some of us have received of late, from students fighting <br> for social justice, is to acknowledge scientists from under-represented <br= > groups, particularly BIPOC folks, in the=C2=A0 classes we teach. So, I wond= er:<br> <br> Could we together gather a list of scientific figures from the field's = <br> past who were self-acknowledged members of under-represented groups? We <br= > could then use this resource to update our courses. Or perhaps some <br> resources exists already?=C2=A0 Please forward anything you think would hel= p, <br> and I will happily share results.<br> <br> Thanks,<br> <br> Steve Engel<br> University of Minnesota<br> <a href=3D"mailto:engel@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_blank">engel@xxxxxxxx</a><br> <a href=3D"http://engellab.psych.umn.edu/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_bl= ank">http://engellab.psych.umn.edu/</a><br> <br> PS The emphasis is the field's past here; please check with currently <= br> practicing scientists if they are OK being listed.<br> <br> PPS "Race" is emphasized here over gender, ableness, and other im= portant <br> factors, in part because of the current moment.<br> <br> PPPS And of course there are many other things we can and should be <br> doing to increase diversity and justice in our fields and the world.<br> </blockquote></div> --000000000000333a0205a8ecac0c--