What is COSEA?
Coastal and Ocean STEM Equity Alliance (COSEA) is a group of 12 scientists who are also STEM DEI practitioners operating as a community of practice. We represent a diversity of career types (e.g., faculty, agency program directors, social scientists, and STEM education specialists) and institutions (research and teaching universities, HBCUs, funding agencies, museums, ocean and science centers, and professional societies). Our work draws upon our collective expertise to offer solutions for persistent problems in the ocean and coastal sciences. We meet regularly to discuss these issues with intention and purpose and share progress at professional conferences.