Advocates for inclusive diversity with equity, access and accountability (IDEAA) are often torn between individual-level change and institutional-level change processes. Similarly, antiracist scholarship spans individual-level and institutional-level efforts towards antiracism. In discipline-based education research (DBER) in microbiology education, most of the literature is focused on the individual-level, with IDEAA efforts aimed at students and faculty. While individual-level accountability is important because, without acknowledging individual contributions to racism, those with power and privilege evade responsibility, institutional-level approaches aimed at policy change align more with antiracist scholarship such as critical race theory (CRT) and Kendi's (2019) theory of antiracism. This thesis aimed to characterize potential antiracist approaches towards IDEAA at the individual- and the institution-level as it applies to the microbiology education community. This was done by (1) exploring the landscape of IDEAA scholarship in the Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education (JMBE), a primary outlet for microbiology education research (MER), (2) uncovering existing expertise about institution-level approaches to IDEAA within a group of JMBE scholars, and (3) considering how one adjunct instructor conducting the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) can inform department- or even institution-wide opportunities to enhance IDEAA. Overall, my research suggests that IDEAA initiatives at the individual-level, such as by individual research teams or instructors, are influenced by institution-level supports, but activities at the individual-level can inform opportunities at the department- and institution-level. Meaning, efforts at one level have the potential to inform efforts at the other, and themes at each level are similar. This suggests that more research is needed to understand the interplay between levels, but also how to unpack the complexities of how we act in solidarity for IDEAA in MER. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]