Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2020 Fall Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics
Volume 65, Number 12
Thursday–Sunday, October 29–November 1 2020; Time Zone: Central Time, USA
Session BA: Plenary II |
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Chair: Krishna Kumar, UMass |
Thursday, October 29, 2020 5:00PM - 5:45PM |
BA.00001: Fundamental Symmetries {\&} Neutrinos: The Theory-Experiment Interplay. Invited Speaker: Michael Ramsey-Musolf Experimental nuclear physics tests of fundamental symmetries and neutrino property studies continue to provide exciting opportunities for both discovery and insight into nature's fundamental interactions. I discuss recent theoretical developments and their implications for the interpretation of next generation experiments. I focus particularly on searches for neutrinoless double beta decay and electric dipole moments and precision tests of the Standard Model. [Preview Abstract] |
Thursday, October 29, 2020 5:45PM - 6:30PM |
BA.00002: #PhysicsToo: Harnessing Individual and Community Power to Prevent Sexual Harassment Invited Speaker: Sharona Gordon Sexual harassment is more prevalent in academic sciences, engineering, and medicine than in any other public sector, private sector, or government workplace except for the military. Women’s physical health, mental health, and careers continue to suffer as four decades of combating sexual harassment in the academy have yielded little progress. The #MeToo and #MeTooSTEM movements are raising awareness of sexual harassment as a major contributor to the so-called “leaky pipeline” that drives women out of academic sciences. Highlighting the most egregious forms of sexual harassment, however, distracts our focus from the more subtle forms of harassment that make up 90% of the incidents and have been experienced by nearly two thirds of women in the academic sciences, engineering, and medicine. These behaviors, termed gender harassment, can collectively be described as bullying, e.g. patronizing, mocking, and stereotyping. Gender harassment is not about sexual attraction, but rather motivated by the desire to devalue women or punish those who violate gender norms. A framework that focuses on gender harassment as a natural consequence of an environment enriched in disrespectful and uncivil interactions provides a useful lens for identifying small, everyday things every one of us can do to reduce all forms of sexual harassment in our work places. Preventing sexual harassment by promoting a culture in which all individuals are valued and respected is a more inclusive approach than those focused on blame and punishment. [Preview Abstract] |
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