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NOBCChE
Dr. Iris R. Wagstaff, STEM Program Director at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and NOBCChE Board member, has recently published an article in the National Institute of Justice Journal titled The Importance of Diversity and Inclusion in the Forensic Sciences. The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice. During her AAAS Science and Technology Policy fellowship (2015-2017) at NIJ’s Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences, Wagstaff led an agency-wide strategic diversity and inclusion initiative to broaden participation in the forensic sciences, and to expand the applicant pool of STEM doctoral fellows. She also worked closely with the White House Initiative on HBCUs to expand awareness of R&D grant opportunities to minority serving institutions. After leaving NIJ, Wagstaff continued to lead science policy efforts at AAAS by serving on the forensic policy team tasked with providing direction to the DOJ task force to replace the National Commission on Forensic Sciences. For more information on opportunities for scientists at NIJ, visit the website at https://www.nij.gov/Pages/welcome.aspx.
NOBCChE
Check out the new opportunities posted on the NOBCChE Job Board this week:
- Wheaton College, Introductory and Advanced Chemistry Laboratory Instructors (2 positions)
- Professor of the Practice Faculty Position in Molecular Biology & Biochemistry Wesleyan University
- X-ray Crystallography Facility Director, University of North Carolina
- Lecturer Position, Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Hope College One-Year Term Position Organic Chemistry
Visit our job board for details on these and other openings or to post a job.
NOBCChE
Colleagues,
Please start making plans to attend the 2018 NOBCChE National Meeting Sept. 17-20 in Orlando, FL at the Rosen Centre. Please click here for additional details.
Best Regards,
Emanuel Waddell, Ph.D.
President
National Organization for the Professional
Advancement of Black Chemists and
Chemical Engineers
www.NOBCChE.org
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