Life in Science Archives

Black Lives Matter: Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Geochemistry

By Emily H.G. Cooperdock, Jabrane Labidi, James W. Dottin III and Benjamin Keisling |

On 12 June 2020, the GS–EAG ran a town hall meeting called “Black Lives Matter – Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Geochemistry.” During the event, over 500 participants heard from community members on how to fight racism, increase diversity and equity in our discipline, and to make the GS, the EAG, and the Goldschmidt meeting safe and inclusive for all. We will follow this theme over the next few issues, beginning with the following opening statements from the four early career researchers on the town hall panel.

On Implementing a Workplace Cultural Survey

By Penny L. King and Ian S. Williams

In late 2015, our workplace ran a Workplace Cultural Survey. How hard could it be to ask a few questions and assess the answers? We were about to learn that unlike the Earth sciences, social science can be difficult and nuanced.

An Editorial View on Publishing Articles

By Marc D. Norman and Penny L. King

Many of us submit manuscripts to journals, but few people act as Editors or Associate Editors. The goal of this article is to help demystify the editorial process and provide some general advice for authors. Dr. Norman is the Executive Editor for Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (GCA – a journal sponsored by the Geochemical Society and the Meteoritical Society) and Dr. King is a former Associate Editor for GCA.