Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS April Meeting 2022
Volume 67, Number 6
Saturday–Tuesday, April 9–12, 2022; New York
Session D13: Mini-Symposium: Broadening Participation in Nuclear Science IIDiversity Education Mini-Symposium Recordings Available Undergrad Friendly
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Sponsoring Units: DNP Chair: Kelsie Krafton, Louisiana State University Room: Shubert |
Saturday, April 9, 2022 1:30PM - 1:42PM |
D13.00001: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts of the FRIB Theory Alliance Amy E Lovell, Saori Pastore, Filomena Nunes, Sanjay K Reddy Within the last funding cycle, the FRIB Theory Alliance (TA) has implemented a committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). The FRIB TA DEI committee was initiated to address issues of diversity in the nuclear theory community, both within the scope of the Theory Alliance and within the broader community. Here, we discuss the recent initiatives of the FRIB TA DEI Committee aimed at creating a more inclusive and welcoming community for all of our members. These initiatives include the implementation of a Code of Conduct for FRIB TA-sponsored events, adding DEI statements to search processes and topical programs, and other programs under development. |
Saturday, April 9, 2022 1:42PM - 1:54PM |
D13.00002: Learning from the Conference Experience for Undergraduate Program Shelly R Lesher At the 1998 Division of Nuclear Physics (DNP) meeting of the American Physical Society the first group of students participated in the Conference Experience for Undergraduate (CEU) program and in a dedicated poster session to present their research. Since then, hundreds of students have attended the annual DNP conference as part of the CEU, participated in special events, and explored the field of nuclear science research. This talk will explain the CEU program, its evolution over the decades, and why it is a successful part of the DNP meeting. From challenges faced running the program, this talk will discuss ideas on what the community might do to improves the research experience of students and broaden participation in the field. |
Saturday, April 9, 2022 1:54PM - 2:06PM |
D13.00003: University of Illinois Summer Research Programs for High School Students from Underrepresented Groups Douglas H Beck For the past several years, we have run a 6 week summer research program for local high school students from underrepresented groups. These students typically work with graduate student mentors on the grad students’ research projects. The grad students receive mentorship training with an emphasis on working with people from diverse backgrounds. We have found that having a high school teacher involved part- or full-time in the projects substantially enhances the outcomes. We pay the high school students a $2000 stipend with transportation and lunch provided. In groups, they receive college prep support as well as instruction on preparing a scientific poster and giving a poster presentation. The high school students display their posters at a final scientific symposium to which parents, teachers and friends are invited. |
Saturday, April 9, 2022 2:06PM - 2:18PM |
D13.00004: A Mentoring Program for Community Building Nathan H Frank, Oscar O Peterson-Veatch, Megan Anderson A student-led mentoring program was designed within the Physics and Astronomy Department at Augustana College to help build relationships and provide a more welcoming and inclusive environment. The need for this program is due to having more diversity among students and the desire to build a stronger community. Our Physics and Engineering students have become a more diverse group over the past five years right along with the campus as a whole, but we noticed anecdotally that some students didn't feel a sense of belonging. In addition, the pandemic broke the small-class size environment when we went virtual in spring 2020. Our small-class size environment made it possible to build a sense of community and common purpose. During multiple virtual research meetings, the Augustana Nuclear Group talked about what to do about building more belonging. At that time a new APS Inclusion Diversity, and Equity Alliance (APS-IDEA) effort began, which provided a perfect opportunity to generate ideas and find support. Augustana's local group includes two administrators, two faculty, and seven students. The group is diverse in many ways, which provides a rich set of perspectives. The group decided on a student-mentoring program led and co-designed by students, which involved pairing junior/senior students with first-year/sophomore students. We had a kick-off session in the spring 2020, which led to two additional students declaring a major in our department. In addition to the student-student mentor pairings, the faculty matched up the junior/senior mentors with alumni to help them on their professional path. The design of the program along with its current status will be presented. |
Saturday, April 9, 2022 2:18PM - 2:30PM |
D13.00005: More challenges than just research questions for researchers from so-called developing countries Robert Tchitnga Many young researchers from so-called developing countries dream of a career in research. But the reality on the field shows that the challenge is not just limited to spending long hours in laboratories or spending days, weeks, months or even years looking for the right answers to research questions. This side of research activities constitutes the suspense that makes research fun, because finally getting results fills the researcher's heart with a sense of satisfaction and joy, and gives him or her pride, no matter what country in the world where they live and perform their research. The disillusioning reality for young people who want to do research in countries classified as developing is mainly the lack of equipment (machines, devices, consumables), the limitation or absence of electrical power or internet connection, the brutality of various charges, the lack of funds to finance their research activities, to name some. |
Saturday, April 9, 2022 2:30PM - 2:42PM |
D13.00006: Panel B
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