Resource Collection
Welcome! This is a set of resources related to policy shifts under the second Trump administration that have affected science and scientists. This collection stems from a research project aimed at understanding scientists’ attitudes and responses to these rapid policy shifts.
Resources to track the impacts of policy changes and resistance to those changes
| Title | Author | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Tracking Key Lawsuits Against the Trump Administration | Journalism/Data compliation | |
| Grant Witness | Journalism/Data compliation | |
| US science after a year of Trump | Journalism/Data compliation | |
| Litigation by the AAUP legal office | Journalism/Data compliation |
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Resources about the risks facing marginalized communities and the role of institutions serving them
| Title | Author | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Truths about DEI on college campuses | White paper | |
| Protect transgender scientists | Perspective/essay | |
| The second curriculum | Perspective/essay | |
| Toward a Multidimensional Conceptual Framework for Understanding “Servingness” in Hispanic-Serving Institutions: A Synthesis of the Research | Research review |
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Inspiration from people on the ground
| Title | Author | Type | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Radicals | Book, Podcast | See especially Book chapters 2–3 and Podcast Episode 3 | |
| College Matters podcast, episode on ICE in Minnesota | Podcast |
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Making sense of the political moment
| Title | Author | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Muskism and McCarthyism: A conversation with Corey Robin on fear in the workplace | Perspective/essay | |
| Lessons in resistance from Tim Snyder | Perspective/essay | |
| The Right to Be Hostile | Perspective/essay |
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Resources for supporting federal scientists
| Title | Type |
|---|---|
| Federal Support Hub | Information hub |
| Civil Service Strong | Information hub |
| Freedom Trainers Noncooperation Library | Information hub |
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Resources for inspiring discussion and action in research labs
| Title | Author | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Caring for our colleagues amidst backlash: A conversation guide | Essay/perspective | |
| CLEAR lab’s methodological resources for doing scientific research equitably and with accountability | Essay/perspective |
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Resources for imagining futures for universities
| Title | Author | Type | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| The great mistake: How we wrecked public universities and how we can fix them | Book | See especially Part 1: ‘Introduction’ and Part 3: ‘Reconstructing the Public University’ | |
| A Third University is Possible | Book | See especially “Land. And the University is Settler Colonial” and “A Third University Exists within the First” | |
| Re-Envisioning the Culture of Undergraduate Biology Education to Foster Black Student Success: A Clarion Call | Research review | ||
| How to Train the Next Generation of Activist Scientists | Essay/perspective |
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Resources for learning about the history of scientist resistance
| Title | Author | Type | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Science for the People: Documents from America’s Movement of Radical Scientists. | Book | See especially ‘Introduction: Science for the People, the 1970s and Today’ and ch. 9: ‘Science for the People and the World’ | |
| Living the 11th Thesis | Essay/perspective |
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Resources for learning about the history of science funding
| Title | Author | Type | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Politics and expertise: how to use science in a democratic society | Book | See especially Ch. 5 ‘Justifying Public Funding for Science’ | |
| Science, the Endless Frontier | Book | ||
| Why trust science? | Book | See especially ch. 1: ‘Why Trust Science? Perspectives from the History and Philosophy of Science’ and ch. 2: ‘Science Awry’ | |
| The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge | Book | ||
| The postcolonial science and technology studies reader | Book | See especially ‘Human Well-Being and Federal Science: What’s the Connection?’ by Daniel Sarewitz and ‘Science in an Era of Globalization: Alternative Pathways’ by David J. Hess | |
| Tressie McMillan Cottom’s reading list on higher education | reading list |
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Resources for learning about strategy of making institutional change
| Title | Author | Type | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Radicals | Book, Podcast | See especially Book chapters 2–3 and Podcast Episode 3 | |
| No Shortcuts: Organizing for power in the new gilded age | Book | See especially ‘Introduction’, ch. 2: ‘The power to win in the community, not the boardroom,’ ch. 4: ‘Chicago teachers: building a resilient union’, and ch. 7: ‘Conclusion: penned power vs actual power’ |
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Bewildered about what happened with DOGE?
| Title | Author | Type | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muskism: A guide for the perplexed | book | See especially ‘Introduction: An Operating System for the Twentieth Century,’ ch. 3: ‘Sovereignty as a Service,’ and ch. 8: ‘State X’ | |
| Want to fight back against Big Tech? Start here. | reading list |
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Resources for fostering hope and inspiration
| Title | Author | Type | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities | book | See especially introduction, ‘Grounds for Hope’; ch. 2 ‘When We Lost’; ch. 3 ‘What We Won; ch. 4 ’False Hope and Easy Despair’ | |
| Humanity and Nature | book | See especially Ch 7, ‘Political Ecology?’ | |
| What if we get it right? | book | ||
| The Land Knows the Way: Eco-Social Insights for Liberation | book |
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