Climate Feedback

Climate Feedback

The Psychological and Brain Sciences Department (PBS) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee wants your feedback about our department. The purpose of this form is to ask for your input, creative solutions, and suggestions to work towards an equitable and inclusive climate in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences (PBS).

• Who can submit feedback?
  • We welcome input from all Psychological and Brain Sciences Department (PBS) graduate students, post-docs, faculty, and staff. (Please note that undergraduate students who are also staff are welcome to submit feedback through this portal).
• What kind of feedback should be submitted via this system?
  • Ideas for how to better foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment in our department.
  • Information about general patterns you have noticed that might interfere with fostering diversity, equity, and/or inclusion.
  • Notes about what our department is doing well in terms of fostering diversity, equity, and/or inclusion.
• What kind of feedback should not be submitted via this feedback system?
  • Members of the department should NOT use this feedback system to report specific incident(s) of bias, which is any discriminatory or hurtful act that appears to be or is perceived by the victim to be motivated by race, ethnicity, age, religion, national origin, sex, disability, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran status, or socioeconomic status. If a report of a bias incident is submitted via this system, the Committee is required to forward the report to the appropriate WUSTL administrators (e.g., Human Resources). 
    • Incidents of bias involving student(s)—whether experienced by a student or being a witness to an incident occurring to a student—can be formally reported to Bias Report and Support System.
    • Other incidents (e.g., involving staff, faculty) can be formally reported to Human Resources
  • In addition, the PBS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee cannot investigate interpersonal conflicts or potential policy violations.
    • The WUSTL Offices of the Ombuds serve as confidential, independent, and impartial resources that offer assistance in the informal resolution of university-related conflicts and advocate for fair treatment and process. Here is a link to their website, which has links to separate ombuds offices dedicated to (1) staff, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students, and (2) Danforth faculty.
• What will happen with information submitted via this feedback system? 
  • The PBS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (link to PBS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee list) will review information submitted via this portal on a monthly basis during the academic year.
  • The PBS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee will report a summary of the information to the department chair each semester and present an annual summary to the department.
  • Because of the anonymous nature of the portal, the PBS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee will not provide individual responses to submissions.
• How can members of the department submit feedback?
  • There are three ways to submit feedback:
    • Complete the form below.
    • Contact the chair(s) of the PBS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee to set up an individual meeting (link to PBS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee list)
    • Contact any of committee members to set up a group meeting (link to PBS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee list)