As a longtime @asm.org dues-paying member & American Academy of Microbiology fellow… WTF? Do not undo years of society efforts to improve inclusivity and properly highlight the contributions of diverse microbiologists on an EO whim. Do not contribute to the erasure of scientists and individuals! - ThreadSky

viromegirl.bsky.social • 20 days ago

As a longtime @asm.org dues-paying member & American Academy of Microbiology fellow… WTF? Do not undo years of society efforts to improve inclusivity and properly highlight the contributions of diverse microbiologists on an EO whim. Do not contribute to the erasure of scientists and individuals!

Reposted from Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.

Well the award for most cowardly, boot-lickingest academic society has squarely gone to the American Society of Microbiology, who has taken down features of various non-white scientists. Absolutely pathetic behavior. Those articles are now coming up as “under review”. Truly sickening cowardice here.

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viromegirl.bsky.social•19 days ago

As a follow-up, be sure to let ASM know how you feel - [email protected] is a good email address in addition to contacting leadership members that you know

viromegirl.bsky.social•20 days ago

More details in Sarah’s thread but here is an example of a page that now just is gone and says it’s under review - https://web.archive.org/web/20241211023958/https://asm.org/.articles/2024/february/not-if-but-when-spotlight-chelsey-spriggs. I’m so disappointed in this organization to which I’ve dedicated a lot of my time and service energy over the past 20 years.

jenbiddle.bsky.social•20 days ago

Do you know if we can round up the fellows for a joint letter?

jenbiddle.bsky.social•20 days ago

Or I should say “how”
Bc transferring emails from the website will take a while.

viromegirl.bsky.social•20 days ago

Let me see what I can do...

drellenlemosy.bsky.social•20 days ago

It’s worse that they specifically had an NSF BIO-LEAPS grant for promoting cultural change and inclusivity, that probably underlaid some of their activities and reputation. A grant program now abruptly‘archived.’

viromegirl.bsky.social•20 days ago

Agree. Part of the reason I’ve been so engaged with ASM is because of their DEI efforts and advocacy work - historically a society high point. I hope they realize how many loyal members they’re going to lose…

voxwoman.bsky.social•20 days ago

Excuse my ignorance, but is the ASM part of the federal government? If not, what the hell are they doing?

scidogsandmusic.bsky.social•20 days ago

No. It is not part of the federal government. It is a professional body that, at least at some layer of "leadership", has made the decision to lick jackboots.

voxwoman.bsky.social•20 days ago

What part of “do not obey in advance” do they not understand?!

thiotrix.bsky.social•20 days ago

Does the board know about this, or was it a unilateral decision on the part of the president?

viromegirl.bsky.social•19 days ago

Not clear who made the decision but AFAIK the board didn't not know about this until the social media outrage. There are emergency meetings happening today it seems...

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