A conversation with Jack Farrell on his career and how it has evolved during pivotal moments throughout the expansion of scholarly publishing. Join us as we discuss his executive-level perspective on ways our mid- and early-career audience can approach their career.

A conversation with Kim Shankle, Chief Human Resources Officer at American Society for Microbiology, on how publishing professionals can begin to shift their workplace cultures. Join us as we discuss the organizational work required in order to create safe spaces for radical conversations. An executive-level Human Resource perspective on the evolution in human resource initiatives in a scholarly publishing society.

A conversation with Society for Scholarly Publishing's podcast co-host, Meredith Adinolfi, VP of Publishing Operations, Cell Press/Elsevier, on ways early-career professionals can get acclimated to their publishing career in a virtual environment. Join us as we discuss remote vs. inner-office work settings to help shape the expectations for new professionals or post-graduate students adapting to living and working in a remote environment. Tips, advice, and methods to confidently advance an early career in scholarly publishing will be addressed.

A conversation with Josephine Sciortino, Managing Editor, Canadian Science Publishing, on getting started as a new employee virtually and managing in a virtual environment. Join us as we discuss a manager’s perspective of training new employees virtually. Tips, advice and best practice approaches to virtual team engagement and management will be covered.

A conversation with Dr. Shelley Tremain and Brit Stamey on insensitivity in peer review to bring awareness to offensive language used in scholarly publishing. Join us as we discuss the use of terms such as “single-blinded” and “double-blinded” and overall assessment on the best practice when attempting to be more inclusive.  Click here to download a copy of the podcast transcript. 

 

Supplemental resources supplied by the interviewed guests for listeners:

Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability by Dr. Shelley Tremain

Ableism/Language from Autistic Hoya

The Conscious Style Guide

Inclusive Language: What Copy Editors Need to Know

Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications

Joint Commitment for Action on Inclusion and Diversity in Publishing: An Interview with Laura Norton and Nicola Nugent of the RSC

Initiating More Actionable Discussions About DEI in Scholarly Publishing from Scholastica

OA Week Series Part 1

OA Week Series Part 2

NIST’s Inclusive Language Guidance Aims for Clarity in Standards Publications

Press release

Guidance DOI

Join the co-Chairs of CSE Career and Professional Development Committee as they discuss the purpose of the podcast and interview Dana Compton, the past-President of CSE and Managing Director and Publisher at American Society of Civil Engineers. At the time of this recording, CSE was in the midst of transitioning the 2020 CSE Annual Meeting to a virtual format, and Dana was serving as CSE President and Editorial Director at ASCE. During this inaugural episode, Dana discusses how she has navigated the publishing industry, the upcoming first ever Virtual CSE Annual meeting, and shares her favorite CSE memory. Although much has occurred in the intervening time, this episode’s key points are still very relevant as we continue to navigate our rapidly changing time.