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The NPA Diversity Statement

The National Postdoctoral Association seeks to promote diversity and ensure equal opportunity and inclusion for all postdocs in the membership, leadership and activities of the National Postdoctoral Association regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, disability, national origin, socio-economic status, religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

The NPA Diversity Officer

The NPA is committed to addressing the diversity issues in the postdoc community. To assist in this effort, the NPA created the position of Diversity Officer. The Diversity Officer serves as the public face of Diversity Postdoc issues for the NPA and is the primary resource and expert advisor for the NPA Board of Directors, the staff, and committees.

The specific responsibilities of the NPA Diversity Officer include the following:

Assist in the development and maintenance of NPA resources on diversity.
Advocate for increased diversity among postdoctoral scholars, ensuring the needs of under-represented groups are addressed.
Maintain and expand relationships with federal agencies and national organizations that have an interest in diversity issues and policies.
Monitor external policies and developments on diversity issues.
Address public inquiries on the NPA policies and recommended practices on increasing and maintaining diversity within the postdoc community.

Meet Our Diversity Officers

LaShauna M. Connell
(Contact)

Bio coming soon!

Paulette McRae, Ph.D.
(Contact)

Paulette McRae received her B.A. in Psychology from Rutgers University and her Ph.D. in Neurobiology from Yale University. Upon the completion of her thesis project she started her Postdoctoral training in the lab of Amy Brooks-Kayal, M.D. at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where she is studying epilepsy. She has worked with the Offices of Diversity at Yale University and Rutgers University during her respective tenure at both institutions. She was a diversity fellow at Yale University and as such was intimately involved in implementing programs and resources that would help recruit and retain a diverse student body at the graduate school level and beyond. She was selected to represent Yale University at the National Conference of Graduate Student Leaders where she chaired the session on diversity and inclusion. In 2007 she became an active member in the NPA.