Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2005 APS March Meeting
Monday–Friday, March 21–25, 2005; Los Angeles, CA
Session D3: Diversity Issues and Remedies |
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Sponsoring Units: CSWP COM Chair: Pat Mooney, IBM TJ Watson Room: LACC 515B |
Monday, March 21, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM |
D3.00001: Einstein on Diversity Invited Speaker: Albert Einstein spoke and wrote very clearly and forcefully on the nature of American society with regard minorities. Most physicists are unaware of this part of his legacy. Why? [Preview Abstract] |
Monday, March 21, 2005 3:06PM - 3:42PM |
D3.00002: Women and Minorities in Physics Invited Speaker: This paper presents trends in the representation of minorities and women among physics degree recipients and among physics faculty. The representation of women among physics degree recipients has been increasing slowly for many years. Recently, the percentage of PhDs awarded to women in physics reached 18 percent. Likewise, the number of PhDs awarded to African Americans in physics increased from 9-10 per year to 18 in 2000, 17 in 2001, and 20 in 2002. In this talk, I will present current statistics and historical trends in the representation of women, African Americans, and Hispanic Americans in physics. To place the situation of these groups in context, I will compare their representation in physics to their representation in other fields. Although there have been gains on the part of all three groups, physics has among the smallest percentages of degrees awarded to women and minorities in any scientific field. I will also present statistics on the number of minority women receiving physics degrees. Special attention will be given to the actual and expected representation of women and minorities on physics faculties. The expected representation is based on degree production in the past, and will allow consideration of whether women and minorities are under-represented at the upper levels of academic physics. Finally, I will discuss the important role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in producing African American physics degree recipients. [Preview Abstract] |
Monday, March 21, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM |
D3.00003: Faculty Gender Equity Study at UCSD: The Successes, The Problems, and Some Remedies Invited Speaker: Faculty gender equity issues and concerns have become a point of focus across the entire University of California system, with serious efforts at the systemwide as well as individual campus levels to understand the status quo, correct inequities, and create a family friendly environment. We discuss the methodology, results, and ongoing efforts at UCSD. [Preview Abstract] |
Monday, March 21, 2005 4:18PM - 4:54PM |
D3.00004: The Status of African American Physicists within the DOE Laboratories Invited Speaker: In May 2002 there was a backpage article published in American Physical Society Newsletter by the President of the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP). This article showed that of the 3372 professional physicists employed at the DOE national labs, only 11 are African American, which on a percentage basis is 4 times less than the total availability of Ph.D. African American physicists in the labor force. NSBP want to provide an update of the interaction between National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) and the department of Energy in particular the Office of Science on the issue of employment of African American Physicists in scientific and technical. You might ask the following question: Why should the current generation of African American Physicists be concerned about their underepresentation on the scientific staffs of the DOE National Laboratories? The answer to this question may vary from person to person, but I would like to propose the following: The National Laboratories are the largest providers of career opportunities in Physics in the United States. There is a general view in the community; African Americans are not getting a return on their national investment in the DOE National Labs. Failure to engage with HBCU’s through their user facilities causes a training or skills deficit when it comes to preparing students to participate at the forefront of physics research. By rebuffing interactions with HBCU¹s, as many the laboratories have done, the national laboratories are in effect refusing to transfer scientific knowledge to the stakeholders in the African American community. The update will contain some additional information about NSBP proposals to solve the problem of underepresentation of African American and Hispanic physicists within the National Laboratories and how the Office of Science has response these proposals. [Preview Abstract] |
Monday, March 21, 2005 4:54PM - 5:30PM |
D3.00005: What Works for Hiring a Diverse Faculty Invited Speaker: |
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