Awards & Grants: 2024 IDEA Award: Jeremy Yoder

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Congratulations to the recipient of the 2024 IDEA Award, Dr. Jeremy Yoder

The Inclusiveness, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Award [1] is presented by the American Society of Naturalists, the Society for the Study of Evolution and the Society of Systematic Biologists. Dr. Yoder was selected for his foundational work recognizing, celebrating, and promoting the inclusion of LGBTQ+ professionals in STEM fields. In 2013, he spearheaded a large-scale study [2] with the nonprofit Out to Innovate [3] to survey more than 1,400 LGBTQA researchers around the world about their experiences in STEM fields. This work produced three papers which together have been cited almost 300 times, have inspired new projects and research, and are used as educational resources. Yoder has presented seminars on inclusion on LGBTQ inclusion and experiences in STEM, and served on panels to review policies for the advancement of LGBTQ+ people in STEM careers. In 2024, he spoke about his career studying Joshua trees in the Story Collider event [4] at the annual Evolution meeting, where he previously helped organize LGBTQ+ meetups and mixers for several years. Learn more about his work on his lab website [5].

Dr. Yoder will present his work during the IDEA Award Plenary at the in-person portion of the Evolution 2025 meeting [6] in Athens, GA in June.

Links
  1. https://aws3.evolutionsociety.org/society-awards-and-prizes/inclusiveness-diversity-equity-and-access-idea-award.html
  2. https://aws3.evolutionsociety.org/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00918369.2015.1078632
  3. https://aws3.evolutionsociety.org/https://oti.memberclicks.net/
  4. https://aws3.evolutionsociety.org/https://soundcloud.com/sse-communications/evol2024-story-collider-jeremy
  5. https://aws3.evolutionsociety.org/https://lab.jbyoder.org/
  6. https://aws3.evolutionsociety.org/https://www.evolutionmeetings.org/
  7. https://aws3.evolutionsociety.org/'https://aws3.evolutionsociety.org/tag/code-of-ethics/'