United States Research Software Engineer Association https://us-rse.org/wg/dei/ April 9, 2025 This month we invite you to watch the documentary film Coded Bias which investigates the bias in algorithms after M.I.T. Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini uncovered flaws in facial recognition technology. Watch the film on your own, then join us for a discussion. Zoom link on Slack in the #dei-discussion... dei Sat, 16 May 2026 01:17:13 +0000 https://us-rse.org/events/2025/2025-04-coded-bias-discussion/ https://us-rse.org/events/2025/2025-04-coded-bias-discussion/ February 20, 2025 This month we invite you to watch a few episodes from Garrison Hayes’ YouTube channel. Garrison explores a variety of interesting questions, usually at the intersection of Black history, politics and current events. Registration link on Slack in the #dei-discussion channel Join us on Feb 20th (noon PT / 3... dei Sat, 16 May 2026 01:17:13 +0000 https://us-rse.org/events/2025/2025-02-bhm-discussion/ https://us-rse.org/events/2025/2025-02-bhm-discussion/ September 19, 2024 The next DEI Working Group (@wg-dei) meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 19th at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET. Agenda items include: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15 - Oct 15) Removing Bias in the Hiring Process If you’re unable to attend, please share your thoughts on the... dei Sat, 16 May 2026 01:17:13 +0000 https://us-rse.org/events/2024/2024-09-dei-working-group-meeting/ https://us-rse.org/events/2024/2024-09-dei-working-group-meeting/ August 8, 2024 The next DEI Working Group (@wg-dei) meeting is scheduled for Thursday, August 8th at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET. The US-RSE is planning a member survey and values your input on its content. To ensure the survey aligns with our DEI goals, we’d like to discuss specific items... dei Sat, 16 May 2026 01:17:13 +0000 https://us-rse.org/events/2024/2024-08-dei-working-group-call-survey/ https://us-rse.org/events/2024/2024-08-dei-working-group-call-survey/ every other Wednesday at 3PM Eastern, Virtual The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group meets for one hour, every other Wednesday at 3 pm (ET), Noon (PT). See the DEI Working Group webpage for more information about the group and how to get involved. You can also find us in the #wg-diversity-equity-inclusion channel on the US-RSE Slack... dei Sat, 16 May 2026 01:17:13 +0000 https://us-rse.org/events/repeated/dei-working-group-call/ https://us-rse.org/events/repeated/dei-working-group-call/ every tenth Thursday at 12:00-13:00 Eastern, Virtual The DEI Working Group hosts a regular Media Club discussion in which we invite participants to read, listen to, or watch the chosen DEI media and come ready to discuss the content as a small group. Media club discussions will occur every 5th DEI Working Group meeting date, or every... dei Sat, 16 May 2026 01:17:13 +0000 https://us-rse.org/events/repeated/dei-media-club/ https://us-rse.org/events/repeated/dei-media-club/ July 11, 2023 DiveRSE Seminar - Mariann Hardey will talk about the “‘Whoddunit’ behind Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI/DEI) in the tech workplace” in her talk, Numbers Game. DiveRSE Seminar Tuesday 11th July 2023 - 09:00 UTC - Online, via Zoom Numbers Game, Mariann (Maz) Hardey Our next speaker in the DiveRSE series is Mariann (Maz)... dei Sat, 16 May 2026 01:17:13 +0000 https://us-rse.org/events/2023/2023-07-diverse-hardey/ https://us-rse.org/events/2023/2023-07-diverse-hardey/ May 16, 2023 DiveRSE Seminar - In the first of our 2023 series of DiveRSE talks, Dave Horsfall (University of Newcastle and Software Sustainability Institute Fellow) will talk about his work advocating for better mental health within the Research Software Community. Event Website The talk has been timed to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week which... dei Sat, 16 May 2026 01:17:13 +0000 https://us-rse.org/events/2023/2023-05-diverse-horsfall/ https://us-rse.org/events/2023/2023-05-diverse-horsfall/ December 14, 2022 Drawing the Future: Making Scientific Python More Accessible with Comics The US-RSE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group (DEI-WG) is proud to present the next talk in the US-RSE DEI Speaker Series, from Mars Lee. Date/Time: December 14, 2022 3:00-4:00 ET (12:00-1:00 PT) Register Now! Abstract Comics are an unexpected... dei Sat, 16 May 2026 01:17:13 +0000 https://us-rse.org/events/2022/2022-12-DEI-speaker-series-Mars-Lee/ https://us-rse.org/events/2022/2022-12-DEI-speaker-series-Mars-Lee/ September 21, 2022, Online via Zoom Reimagining software processes and practices for an inclusive RSE - The next meeting of the US-RSE DEI-WG Media Club will be on September 21, 2022 at 15ET / 14CT / 13MT / 11PT. For this next meeting, we will be discussing a talk from the series organized by DiveRSE: Reimagining software processes and practices for an inclusive RSE by Dr.... dei Sat, 16 May 2026 01:17:13 +0000 https://us-rse.org/events/2022/2022-09-dei-media-club/ https://us-rse.org/events/2022/2022-09-dei-media-club/ August 31, 2022 US-RSE DEI-WG Speaker Series - US-RSE DEI-WG Speaker Series Info The US-RSE DEI-WG is working to bring to the US-RSE community quarterly visits from RSE professionals with vested interests or research into DEI in the RSE community at large. Our community pledges to continually educate ourselves through research on best practices focused on diversity, equity,... dei Sat, 16 May 2026 01:17:13 +0000 https://us-rse.org/events/2022/2022-08-dei-speaker-series/ https://us-rse.org/events/2022/2022-08-dei-speaker-series/ June 1, 2022 US-RSE DEI-WG Speaker Series - US-RSE DEI-WG Speaker Series Info The US-RSE DEI-WG is working to bring to the US-RSE community quarterly visits from RSE professionals with vested interests or research into DEI in the RSE community at large. Our community pledges to continually educate ourselves through research on best practices focused on diversity, equity,... dei Sat, 16 May 2026 01:17:13 +0000 https://us-rse.org/events/2022/2022-06-dei-speaker-series/ https://us-rse.org/events/2022/2022-06-dei-speaker-series/ May 4, 2022 DiveRSE Speaker Series - DiveRSE Speaker Series Info DiveRSE (Diverse RSE) is a series of talks and related activities including discussion and panel sessions designed to support and raise awareness of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) challenges and successes within the research software community. Event - Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the R Community... dei Sat, 16 May 2026 01:17:13 +0000 https://us-rse.org/events/2022/2022-05-dei-diverse-turner/ https://us-rse.org/events/2022/2022-05-dei-diverse-turner/ March 22, 2022 DiveRSE Speaker Series - DiveRSE Speaker Series Info DiveRSE (Diverse RSE) is a series of talks and related activities including discussion and panel sessions designed to support and raise awareness of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) challenges and successes within the research software community. Event - Normalizing inclusion by embracing difference DiveRSE is delighted... dei Sat, 16 May 2026 01:17:13 +0000 https://us-rse.org/events/2022/2022-03-dei-diverse-leung/ https://us-rse.org/events/2022/2022-03-dei-diverse-leung/ March 11, 2022 US-RSE DEI-WG Speaker Series - US-RSE DEI-WG Speaker Series Info The US-RSE DEI-WG is working to bring to the US-RSE community quarterly visits from RSE professionals with vested interests or research into DEI in the RSE community at large. Our community pledges to continually educate ourselves through research on best practices focused on diversity, equity,... dei Sat, 16 May 2026 01:17:13 +0000 https://us-rse.org/events/2022/2022-03-dei-speaker-series/ https://us-rse.org/events/2022/2022-03-dei-speaker-series/ January 31, 2022, Online via Zoom Redesigning STEM education for diversity and inclusivity - In an effort to promote continual education and discussion, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group (DEI-WG) at the US-RSE Association presents its next instance of the DEI Media Club. For this next session of the DEI Media Club, we will be discussing an episode of Engineering Reimagined - Redesigning... dei Sat, 16 May 2026 01:17:13 +0000 https://us-rse.org/events/2022/2022-01-dei-media-club/ https://us-rse.org/events/2022/2022-01-dei-media-club/ December 2, 2021, Online via Zoom Code Switch - The Folk Devil Make Me Do It - In an effort to promote continuing education and discussion, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group (DEI-WG) at the US-RSE Association presents its next instance of the DEI Media Club. For this next session of the DEI Media Club, we will be discussing an episode of Code Switch - The... dei Sat, 16 May 2026 01:17:13 +0000 https://us-rse.org/events/2021/2021-12-dei-media-club/ https://us-rse.org/events/2021/2021-12-dei-media-club/ December 10, 2021 CANCELED Thank you to those who have registered already for our December 10th Speaker Series event. Unfortunately, this event has been canceled. Please keep an eye out for our next installment of the DEI Speaker Series in the new year. Event The US-RSE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group (DEI-WG)... dei Sat, 16 May 2026 01:17:13 +0000 https://us-rse.org/events/2021/2021-12-dei-speaker-series/ https://us-rse.org/events/2021/2021-12-dei-speaker-series/ October 28, 2021, Online via Zoom Building safe spaces and harnessing psychological safety - In an effort to promote continual education and discussion, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group (DEI-WG) at the US-RSE Association presents its next instance of the DEI Media Club. For this next session of the DEI Media Club, we will be discussing an episode of reWorked - The Diversity... dei Sat, 16 May 2026 01:17:13 +0000 https://us-rse.org/events/2021/2021-10-dei-media-club/ https://us-rse.org/events/2021/2021-10-dei-media-club/ August 12, 2021 RESCHEDULED - US-RSE DEI-WG Speaker Series - Event The US-RSE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group (DEI-WG) is proud to present the next event in the US-RSE DEI-WG Speaker Series: The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) Date/Time: August 12, 2021 4-5:30pm ET (1-2:30 PT) Register Now! Note: This event was originally scheduled for 5-6:30pm... dei Sat, 16 May 2026 01:17:13 +0000 https://us-rse.org/events/2021/2021-07-dei-speaker-series-ncwit/ https://us-rse.org/events/2021/2021-07-dei-speaker-series-ncwit/ June 22, 2021 Shifting Your Behavior In an effort to promote continual education and discussion, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group (DEI-WG) at the US-RSE is starting up a book club / discussion group. Dr. Cherri Pancake gave an inspiring talk, “Can We Change the Face of Computing?” to kick off our... dei Sat, 16 May 2026 01:17:13 +0000 https://us-rse.org/events/2021/2021-06-dei-book-club-part2/ https://us-rse.org/events/2021/2021-06-dei-book-club-part2/ May 25, 2021 Watching and Observing as an Ally In an effort to promote continual education and discussion, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group (DEI-WG) at the US-RSE is starting up a book club / discussion group. Dr. Cherri Pancake gave an inspiring talk, “Can We Change the Face of Computing?” to... dei Sat, 16 May 2026 01:17:13 +0000 https://us-rse.org/events/2021/2021-01-dei-book-club/ https://us-rse.org/events/2021/2021-01-dei-book-club/ March 25, 2021 US-RSE DEI-WG Speaker Series - US-RSE DEI-WG Speaker Series Info The US-RSE DEI-WG is working to bring to the US-RSE community quarterly visits from RSE professionals with vested interests or research into DEI in the RSE community at large. Our community pledges to continually educate ourselves through research on best practices focused on diversity, equity,... dei Sat, 16 May 2026 01:17:13 +0000 https://us-rse.org/events/2021/2021-03-dei-speaker-series/ https://us-rse.org/events/2021/2021-03-dei-speaker-series/