All persons affiliated with the Department of Biology are invited to participate in our DEI Book Club. Every 1-2 months, we choose a new book, and then we meet weekly to discuss chapters. This is an informal group and anyone can join at anytime (email alaine-hippee@uiowa.edu or andrew-forbes@uiowa.edu to sign up). Announcements of new books are shared with the department via email and via the Monthly DEI newsletter.

Upcoming book:

Jan-Feb 2022: The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality by Kathryn Paige Harden

Sept.-Oct. 2021: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Books we've read (copies of these may be available for loan - contact DEI committee to inquire):

Feb 2020: How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Jan 2020: Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong - and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story

Nov-Dec 2020: Superior: The Return of Race Science by Angela Saini