Articles | Volume 53
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-53-41-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-53-41-2020
18 May 2020
 | 18 May 2020

Diversity and equality in honours and awards programs – steps towards a fair representation of membership

Mary Anne Holmes, LaToya Myles, and Blair Schneider

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We identify a problem with professional society honours and awards programs: that they typically do not represent the full demographics of the society's membership. This problem must be addressed intentionally; it will not fix itself, even as more people from historically under-represented groups increase among the membership. We offer actions to address and ameliorate this problem based on our collective experience with the American Geophysical Union Honors and Recognition program.