Today during lab meeting one of the grad students (male) was talking about research that he’s working on with an undergrad (female). Whenever the guy made a point, my advisor would stop and ask the undergrad what her opinion was

He made it clear that despite being an undergrad, her opinion was trusted and valued and he actively wanted her input. Additionally, being one of the only women on the call, the advisor made a point of not letting anyone talk over her or drown her out. He does this regularly.

He doesn’t necessarily vocalize what he’s doing, but the effect is unmistakable: everyone in lab deserves to be there and should be part of the decision making process. Male dominated spaces often talk over their female colleagues, but I’m really glad to see push back

Secondary note, literally every suggestion from the undergrad was absolutely fire, and we’re lucky to have her in lab