Lab Values

Land Acknowledgements

University of New Hampshire

As we all journey on the trail of life, we wish to acknowledge the spiritual and physical connection the Pennacook, Abenaki, and Wabanaki Peoples have maintained to N’dakinna (homeland) and the aki (land), nibi (water), lolakwikak (flora), and awaasak (fauna) which the University of New Hampshire community is honored to steward today. We also acknowledge the hardships they continue to endure after the loss of unceded homelands and champion the university’s responsibility to foster relationships and opportunities that strengthen the well-being of the Indigenous People who carry forward the traditions of their ancestors.

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

We acknowledge that UL Lafayette is on the land of the Atakapa-Ishak, and until very recently, this area was known as the Atakapas District under French, Spanish, and American colonialism. We express our gratitude to Elders, past, present, and future, of the dozens of other First Nations in the Louisiana area, including the Chitimacha, Opelousa, Avogel, Tunica-Biloxi, Jena Choctaw, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and Coushatta. We also honor the peoples of African descent who worked this land when it was part of the Mouton family’s sugar plantation, Ile Copal. We thank them all for stewarding the land upon which we are carrying out our work today.

Philosophy on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

(an evolving document)

Members of the Sigel Lab are committed to building diverse, equitable environments for education and scholarship. We recognize that inclusive communities drive the innovative and impactful research that is needed to best address complex challenges for the benefit of nature and humanity. We believe that access to educational resources and opportunities is a right of all people, regardless of an individual’s background, characteristics, or ideologies. As members of the academic community, it is our job to work purposefully to foster the success of all students and colleagues in our laboratory, courses, and in the communities we serve.