From Commitment to Action

Editorial| April 01 2024 From Commitment to Action: Assessing the Impact of New Mentorship Programs to Promote Equity in the Society for Music Perception and Cognition Tanushree Agrawal, Tanushree Agrawal University of California, San Diego Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Anja-Xiaoxing Cui, Anja-Xiaoxing Cui University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Miriam D. Lense, Miriam D. Lense Vanderbilt University Medical Center Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Gerardo Lopez, Gerardo Lopez The Ohio State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Bre-Anna K. Owusu, Bre-Anna K. Owusu McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Adena Schachner, Adena Schachner University of California, San Diego Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar L. Robert Slevc, L. Robert Slevc University of Maryland, College Park Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Swathi Swaminathan, Swathi Swaminathan Ashoka University, Sonipat, India & Western University, London, Canada Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Dominique T. Vuvan Dominique T. Vuvan Skidmore College Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Music Perception (2024) 41 (4): 233–239. https://doi.org/10.1525/mp.2024.41.4.233 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Tanushree Agrawal, Anja-Xiaoxing Cui, Miriam D. Lense, Gerardo Lopez, Bre-Anna K. Owusu, Adena Schachner, L. Robert Slevc, Swathi Swaminathan, Dominique T. Vuvan; From Commitment to Action: Assessing the Impact of New Mentorship Programs to Promote Equity in the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. Music Perception 1 April 2024; 41 (4): 233–239. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/mp.2024.41.4.233 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentMusic Perception Search In the pages of this journal several years ago, the Executive Board of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC) contributed an editorial where it made a series of important commitments to embrace anti-racist practices and promote equity in the field (Baker et al., 2020). These included commitment to actions beyond the words on the page: "to establish lasting infrastructure allow[ing] SMPC to continue to make progress" to promote equity. This infrastructure notably included the creation of a new Mentorship Committee (following the creation of the Anti-Racism and Equity Committee), charged with "ensuring that all members of our community receive the support they need to engage in research in music perception and cognition…[and] to support robust inclusivity throughout all stages of scholars' academic careers." This Mentorship Committee was formed in 2021, with these sizable goals in mind. Adena Schachner served as the founding chair, and together with... You do not currently have access to this content.