Carmen Cid began her ecology career by teaching biology at Truman State University in 1985.[5] In 1987, Cid left that position to teach at Eastern Connecticut State University, where in 2005, she was appointed dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. She still holds these positions.[1][5] Cid was elected a fellow of the ESA in 2017, and in 2020, she was announced as a board member serving from 2021 to 2024.[1][7]
Cid is involved in a number initiatives for advancing urban ecology curriculum and implementing leadership programs for recruiting and retaining undergraduate women and minorities in ecology.[2] She helped establish Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability (SEEDS), an award-winning mentorship program for minority undergraduate students.[4][8] She was also one of the founding members of Gender and Minority Affairs Committee and the chair from 1991 to 1994.[8][9] She helped to write the first report on Women and Under-represented Groups in Ecology (WAMIE) which encouraged the widespread implementation of programs and curriculum to increase recruitment and retention of women and minorities in ecology.[8][10]
Awards and honors
In 2009, Cid was given funding by the National Science Foundation for her research with Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions (ADVANCE).[11] In 2012, she won the ESA Diversity Award (now called Commitment to Human Diversity Award).[2][5] That year she was also awarded Connecticut ACE Women’s Network Distinguished Leadership in Higher Education Award and Connecticut’s Latina Citizen of the Year.[5] Most recently, Carmen Cid was awarded the 2020 Connecticut Science Center’s STEM Achievement Award.[8]
Publications
2020. Cid, C. R. and M. Brunson. Engaging faculty in preparing students for non-academic environmental careers. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 18: 52-53.[12]
2019. Klemow, K., A. Berkowitz, C. Cid and G. Middendorf. Improving ecological education through a four-dimensional framework. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 15: 1.[13]
2017. Klemow, K., G. Bowser, C. Cid, G. Middendorf, T. Mourad and J. Herrick. Exploring ecological careers - a new Frontiers series. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 15: 336-337.[14]
2015. Cid, C. and G. Bowser. Breaking down the barriers to diversity in ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 13:1.[15]
2013. Cid, C. R. and R. Pouyat. Making ecology relevant to decision making: the human-centered place-based approach. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 11:447-448.[16]