Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2019
Volume 64, Number 2
Monday–Friday, March 4–8, 2019; Boston, Massachusetts
Session L69: Creating Inclusive Environments for Working and LearningDiversity Invited
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Sponsoring Units: CSWP Room: BCEC 052A |
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 11:15AM - 11:51AM |
L69.00001: Sexual Harassment Reported by Undergraduate Women in Physics Invited Speaker: Lauren Aycock Sexual harassment occurs frequently in male-dominated fields including physics which is more male-dominated than most other science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. I will present results on the incidence of sexual harassment and its impact on our sample of women in physics. Our work focused on undergraduate women, who attended a conference for undergraduate women in physics, and took an online post-conference survey. Approximately three quarters (74.3%; 338/455) of survey respondents experienced at least one type of sexual harassment in physics. We find that more frequent/less severe types of sexual harassment predict a negative sense of belonging in physics and exacerbate the imposter phenomenon. Prior work has found that sense of belonging and the imposter phenomenon are related to students' persistence in STEM fields. Our results have implications for understanding and improving persistence in physics. Informing the community about the occurrence of sexual harassment in physics can enable work toward reducing its occurrence and mitigating its impact. |
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 11:51AM - 12:27PM |
L69.00002: An honest look at why women are underrepresented in competitive technical leader roles; strategies to create inclusive environments to bridge the gap Invited Speaker: Joanna Perkins In this talk I will share my insight on key practices that have helped to create inclusive environments at each stage of my career: studying undergraduate Physics at a small liberal arts college, teaching high school Physics in the Mississippi Delta, completing my Physics PhD at a large university, and finally in an extremely competitive Technology Development career in industry. Attendees should walk away with strategies for navigating career opportunities in all sectors and ideas to help build strong communities for women in technical roles. |
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 12:27PM - 1:03PM |
L69.00003: Inclusion, Equity, and Program Improvement with the APS/AAPT Guide to Effective Practices in Physics Programs (EP3) Invited Speaker: Courtney Lannert In light of the numerous challenges faced by Physics programs in the United States, along with feedback from the physics community, the Council of the American Physical Society formed a national blue-ribbon task force charged with creating a living guide to equip undergraduate physics programs to address these challenges. Developed in partnership with AAPT, the Effective Practices for Physics Programs (EP3) Guide will assist physics programs nationwide by providing a practical set of practices, approaches, and tools deemed effective by the community or informed by current research. Topics covered by the Guide span the areas of curricula, pedagogy, mentoring, recruitment, retention, career/workforce preparation, resources, and faculty professional development. Considerations of inclusion and equity are woven throughout the Guide and also appear as stand-alone sections within the Guide to motivate broader discussions of inclusion. |
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 1:03PM - 1:39PM |
L69.00004: Creating environments where women of color can thrive Invited Speaker: Angela Johnson I have been exploring where women of color complete physics degrees. Despite the fact that women of color (Black, American Indian, Asian and Asian American women and Latinas) are clustered in women’s colleges and minority-serving institutions, most women of color nonetheless study physics at large, predominantly White institutions where they are deeply isolated. Thus, it is imperative that all physics professors know how to create departments where women of color can thrive. |
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 1:39PM - 2:15PM |
L69.00005: Gender Research in PER: A Binary Past and Complex Future Invited Speaker: Ramon S Barthelemy Gender research in physics education research (PER) has become common in the last three decades. This work, however, has focused heavily on the differences between men and women in introductory physics courses. Known as gender gap research, these studies create a deficit model comparing women to men, and do not account for other identities and factors. This talk will present a “gapless” study that upends this trend by focusing on the contextualized experiences of women in graduate physics and astronomy using qualitative interviews. Data will include an exploration of their gendered experiences through the forms of microaggressions and hostile sexism. A concluding vignette will show an example of “gapless” research using quantitative methods, focused on the experiences of transgender physicists. |
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