The Data Science Across Disciplines seminar seeks to provide an engaging, welcoming, and harassment-free experience for everyone. Accordingly, all participants are expected to show respect and courtesy to others throughout the seminar.
To make clear what is expected, everyone taking part in Data Science Across Disciplines (DSAD)—speakers, participants, organizers, and learners—is required to conform to the following Code of Conduct. Organizers will enforce this code throughout the seminar. If someone makes you or anyone else feel unsafe or unwelcome, please report it as soon as possible.
This Code of Conduct applies to all DSAD spaces, including both online and off. We are dedicated to providing a harassment-free learning experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, and religion. We will not tolerate harassment of participants in any form.
- Harassment includes, but is not limited to: offensive verbal comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.
- All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any event.
- Be kind to others. Do not insult or put down other attendees.
- Behave professionally. Remember that harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary jokes are not appropriate.
- Avoid microaggressions
What are microaggressions?
“Simply stated, microaggressions are brief, everyday exchanges that send denigrating messages to people of color because they belong to a racial minority group” [1].
In this seminar, we use the expanded definition from the Microaggressions Project: “…to extend this concept to different socially constructed identities that embody privilege in different ways – sexuality, class, religion, education level, to name a few” [2].
For guidelines, please see the Recurse Center User Manual’s “Social Rules”, under the section title “The environment”: https://www.recurse.com/manual#sec-environment.
For more information on microaggressions, see the recently published report “Racial Microaggressions at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Voices of Students of Color in the Classroom” – http://www.racialmicroaggressions.illinois.edu/
Reporting
You can contact us either personally or anonymously. All communication will be treated as confidential.
Anonymous Report
You can make an anonymous report through the following form: http://goo.gl/forms/nR0InXhQNZ.
We can’t follow up an anonymous report directly, but we will fully investigate it and take whatever action is necessary to prevent a recurrence.
Personal Report
You can make a personal report by contacting a faculty instructor in person, as well as by calling, text messaging, or emailing one of the faculty instructors. Cell phone numbers will be written on a white board during class. All emails are @illinois.edu
Heidi Imker: imker
Ayla Stein: astein
When taking a personal report, we will ensure you are safe and cannot be overheard. Once safe, we’ll ask you to tell us about what happened. This can be upsetting, but we’ll handle it as respectfully as possible, and you can bring someone to support you. You won’t be asked to confront anyone and we won’t tell anyone who you are.
Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. Attendees violating these rules may be asked to leave at the discretion of the organizers. All complaints will be acted upon according to University policies [3].
This Code of Conduct is a modified version of that used by Software Carpentry, which is based on a template written by the Ada Initiative and hosted on the Geek Feminism Wiki.
[1] Sue, D. W., Capodilupo, C. M., Torino, G. C., Bucceri, J. M., Holder, A. M. B., Nadal, K. L., & Esquilin, M. (2007). Racial microaggressions in everyday life: Implications for clinical practice. American Psychologist, 62(4), 271-286. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.62.4.271
[2] The Microaggressions Project: http://www.microaggressions.com/about
[3]The Graduate College Handbook: http://www.grad.illinois.edu/gradhandbook