In October 2023 the DEI Working Group created this living document to provide a summary of action items suggested during book club calls. The living document is to be used as a reference to support and inspire activities for EFI that can be developed and led as individuals have time, availability, and interest in doing so. The living document also provides an opportunity to collate and celebrate activities that have taken place that have been inspired by or align with suggestions from the book clubs.
Email info@ecoforecast.org if you are interested in joining the book club to receive further details and the Zoom information for the calls.
The 2025 EFI book club will be held in June and July to read and discuss Data Feminism by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein. The group will meet three times during June 25-27, the week of July 7, and the week of July 14. Three chapters will be discussed during each call.
The book is available wherever books are sold, online at https://data-feminism.mitpress.mit.edu/, and as an audiobook on Hoopla and other sources of audiobooks.
Email info@ecoforecast.org if you would like to receive the poll to schedule the calls. The poll will be sent early in the week of June 9.
Data Feminism uses feminist theory to examine and challenge the assumptions, biases, and practices within data science. It advocates for more inclusive, equitable, and ethical data practices by recognizing that data is not neutral and is shaped by social power dynamics. Data Feminism aims to address how data collection, analysis, and interpretation perpetuate and amplify existing inequalities.
 | Stolen by Ann-Helén Laestadius | May 2024 |
 | 97 Things About Ethics Everyone in Data Science Should Know edited by Bill Franks | July-August 2023 |
 | Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O'Neil | June-July 2022 |
 | Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Statement developed by the book club participants as a guide for considering data and forecast provenance. "Ecological forecasts, and the data that shape them, are a gift from the community. In this context, the community includes humans, animals, plants, and the land. Forecasts help us to shape decisions that impact our collective community or cultural values in a collaborative framework. We show gratitude for the gifts of ecological forecasts and data when we honor the reciprocal relationships among community members." | June-July 2021 |
 | Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson | December 2020-January 2021 |
 | Spatio-Temporal Statistics with R by Christopher K. Wikle, Andrew Zammit-Mangion, and Noel Cressie | August-November 2020 |
 | The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us by Paul Tough Note: This book was originally published as "The Years That Matter Most" now it is "The Inequality Machine" | June-July 2020 |