Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2020
Volume 65, Number 1
Monday–Friday, March 2–6, 2020; Denver, Colorado
Session G38: Topics in Diversity, Wellness, and Inclusion for Early-Career ScientistsDiversity Invited Undergrad Friendly
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Sponsoring Units: FECS Chair: Adam Iaizzi, Natl Taiwan Univ Room: 607 |
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 11:15AM - 11:51AM |
G38.00001: Towards Effective, Inclusive Mentorship Invited Speaker: Maria Lund Dahlberg Mentorship has always served an essential role in the process of turning students into science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) professionals. Yet despite the central role that mentorship plays in STEMM culture, mentorship rarely receives the focused attention, evaluation, and recognition of other aspects of the professional development process like teaching and research. There is, however, well-document evidence, theories, and practical implementation strategies that you can use to develop intentional, inclusive, effective mentoring relationships. This talk will review some of the key findings and recommendations from the National Academies consensus study report on The Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM [1] and the accompanying online guide [2]. It will provide insights into the elements and stages of mentorship and review possible tools to use in your mentoring relationships. It will discuss some principles of institutional culture change and how they relate to supporting a culture of effective, inclusive mentorship. |
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 11:51AM - 12:27PM |
G38.00002: Challenges Facing Women in Physics Invited Speaker: Anne Marie Porter Although the number of women has increased over time, women continue to be underrepresented in the physics field. According to 2018 survey data from the Statistical Research Center at the American Institute of Physics (AIP), women earned 22% of physics bachelor’s degrees, 20% of physics doctoral degrees, and were 19% of faculty members employed in physics departments. Our survey findings also showed that women experience more challenges during their physics career. Based on results from the 2011 PhD Plus 10 survey of mid-career physicists, women earned a significantly lower salary than men, and women more often reported that gender bias and family obligations were barriers during their career. We found that similar challenges were shared by women in physics around the world. The 2018 Global Survey on Gender Gaps in the Sciences surveyed physicists in 159 unique countries, and women were significantly more likely to report negative relationships with their graduate advisors, slower career progression, and experiences with gender discrimination and sexual harassment. These findings can be used to better understand and improve the experiences of women in the physics community. |
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 12:27PM - 1:03PM |
G38.00003: Mental health challenges for early career physicists Invited Speaker: Andrea Welsh In the past few years, more studies about poor mental health in academia have been conducted and found that PhD students are almost 3 times as likely to develop mental health problems than then general population. While studies have not been conducted yet on postdoctoral researchers, anecdotal evidence has shown similar concern about mental health on blogs such as Chronically Academic, and others. Topics often linked with poor mental health are work-life balance, job demands, long work hours, supervisor’s leadership, and financial concerns. Many of these these stressors are often exacerbated for those with an underrepresented identity with the addition of factors such as stereotype threat, imposter syndrome, or microaggressions. I will discuss the challenges that lead to poor mental health for early career physicists as well as some possible solutions that can be implemented by individuals and the community. |
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 1:03PM - 1:39PM |
G38.00004: Physics abroad, physics at home: a trans perspective on building supportive physics communities Invited Speaker: Savannah Garmon I will discuss some of my experiences as a trans woman and research physicist who transitioned during her career, which will serve as a backdrop to an exploration of ideas on building stronger and more supportive physics communities, especially for early-career folks. This will include some ideas on better support for postdocs, who may be vulnerable to experiences of isolation and other issues. I will also discuss some outcomes and recommendations from the 2016 report by the APS ad hoc committee on LGBT issues in physics. |
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 1:39PM - 2:15PM |
G38.00005: Monica J Plisch Invited Talk
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