Efforts to diversify and make historically white organizations more inclusive are as varied as they are numerous. Yet, for all their ubiquity in U.S. higher education, few studies have examined them in real time. This case study thus features a two-day meeting where stakeholders were invited to consider how to make science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields not only more diverse but also inclusive. Drawing on observational, documentary, and interview data, we offer three findings. First, we share how facilitators were ill-prepared to define diversity for their project. Second, we share that facilitators and most white participants hesitated and sometimes directly avoided conversations about historical and contemporary exclusion in STEM, especially regarding racism. Third, we show that, while facilitators and most white participants avoided specific conversations about the exclusionary nature of STEM spaces, racially minoritized participants repeatedly requested more concrete conversations. We conclude the paper with several implications for future research and practice for administrators, professors, DEI practitioners, and funders.

多元化并使历史上的白人组织更具包容性的努力千差万别。然而，尽管它们在美国高等教育中无处不在，但几乎没有研究对其进行实时检查。因此，本案例研究以为期两天的会议为特色，邀请利益相关者考虑如何使科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）领域不仅更加多样化，而且更具包容性。利用观察，记录和访谈数据，我们提供了三个发现。首先，我们分享了主持人如何准备不足以为其项目定义多样性。其次，我们同意，主持人和大多数白人参与者都犹豫不决，有时甚至直接避免谈论有关STEM中的历史和当代排斥，特别是关于种族主义的交谈。第三，我们证明 主持人和大多数白人参与者避免了关于STEM空间排他性的特定对话，而种族少数群体的参与者一再要求进行更具体的对话。我们对本文进行了总结，对管理员，教授，DEI从业者和资助者的未来研究和实践具有若干启示。