Lab Mission:

To address complex biological questions in an inclusive and supportive environment that cultivates curious, productive, and collaborative scientists.

Values:

• Collaboration
• Kindness
• Support

Actions:

• Every 6-month anonymous climate survey
• Anonymous reporting mechanism
• Pay undergraduate researchers
• Provide training for all researchers – no experience necessary to be successful in our group
• Make processes, procedures, and decisions transparent
• Continually evaluate our own actions and improve ourselves

Land acknowledgement:

“The land on which we gather is the unceded territory of the Awaswas-speaking Uypi Tribe. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, comprised of the descendants of indigenous people taken to missions Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, is today working hard to restore traditional stewardship practices on these lands and heal from historical trauma.”

Lab Expectations:

Cornejo Kelley Lab Expectations Document