Accessible interview practices for disabled scientists and engineers
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Increasing representation of people with disabilities in science and engineering will require systemic changes to the culture around support and accommodations. Equitable interview practices can help foster such changes. We, an interdisciplinary group of disabled and nondisabled early-career scientists who care deeply about making science more accessible to all, present a framework of suggestions based on Universal Design principles for improving the accessibility and equitability of interviews for people with disabilities and other underrepresented groups. We discuss potential challenges that may arise when implementing these suggestions and provide questions to guide discussions about addressing them.
Source: iScience
Institutions: The University of Texas at Austin, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, ETH Zurich, Institute of Food, Nutrition, and Health, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Washington, Imperial College London, The University of Sydney, University of Toronto, University of Cambridge, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, University of Oxford, Macquarie University, California Academy of Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, University of Colorado Boulder
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,150
OpenAlex ID: W4400898809