Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2020
Volume 65, Number 1
Monday–Friday, March 2–6, 2020; Denver, Colorado
Session M38: Proactive Ways to Recruit and Retain Women in PhysicsDiversity Education Invited Undergrad Friendly
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Sponsoring Units: CSWP Chair: Kristen Burson, Hamilton College Room: 607 |
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 11:15AM - 11:51AM |
M38.00001: Physics Together: Engaging Young Women in Physics with STEP UP Invited Speaker: Robynne Lock Despite increasing numbers of students graduating with physics and other STEM degrees, the percentage of women earning bachelor’s degrees in physics has stagnated at approximately 20% for the past decade. The drop in representation of women in physics occurs at the high school/college transition. Nearly half of high school physics students are young women, but only one-fifth of physics majors at college entrance are women. Thus, efforts to increase the representation of women in physics need to focus on high school, which is many students’ first and last exposure to physics. STEP UP is a nationwide community with the goal of inspiring young women to pursue physics bachelor’s degrees. We have developed two lessons for use by high school physics teachers: Careers in Physics and Women in Physics. The lessons are grounded in research on physics identity, goal orientation, career intentions, and gender. In this talk, I will give an overview of the project and present results of the pilot study conducted in Fall 2017 and the experimental study conducted in Fall 2018. Learn more about STEP UP and join the movement at http://www.STEPUPphysics.org |
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 11:51AM - 12:27PM |
M38.00002: STEPUP: A cultural change to inspire Girls in Physics Invited Speaker: Alisa Grimes Participants will first delve into the worldwide context of the state of women in Physics across multiple countries in comparison to the United States. A view of the global landscape and how we fit into it is an illuminating exercise. This will then be coupled with a statistical breakdown of how women move through Physics training in this country. This will help highlight the importance of the secondary education Physics teacher as a pivotal influencer towards addressing why women are not entering the Physics education at the collegiate level at comparable rates to their participation at the secondary level. Also highlighted will be the great shortage that exists within Physics for qualified teachers at the secondary level and the large gender imbalance that exists in the ranks of current teachers. This is done to provide the participant with the background necessary to see the gender disparity issues that are present in their own field and set them up to think about how they can help. |
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 12:27PM - 1:03PM |
M38.00003: Outcome of the Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics Invited Speaker: Pearl Sandick The APS Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiPs) are simultaneous regional conferences designed to help undergraduate students continue in physics by providing them the opportunity to network with other physicists, learn about career options and graduate school, discuss issues associated with underrepresentation in science, and participate in professional development activities. CUWiP attendance has been steadily increasing since the first conference in 2006. In 2019, approximately 2000 undergraduate students attended a CUWiP at one of twelve host sites throughout the US and Canada. The number of attendees has roughly doubled since 2014. In this talk, I'll give an overview of the APS CUWiPs, typical programming, and impact. I'll also discuss the role of the National Organizing Committee and individual host sites, as well as how to apply to host a CUWiP. |
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 1:03PM - 1:39PM |
M38.00004: Julianne Pollard-Larkin Invited Talk
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Wednesday, March 4, 2020 1:39PM - 2:15PM |
M38.00005: Physics – We Have a Problem Invited Speaker: Patricia Rankin Thirty years ago when people asked me why more women did not study physics I did not have a good answer. Now I do. Attempts to increase the percentage of women in Physics go in phases. Early on, the belief was that more female role models would help (they do, but not enough, and intersectionality matters when giving people role models they can see themselves as). Later we went through the “Fix the Women” / ”Lean in” stage and the focus was on teaching women the skills (such as negotiation) it was felt they needed to be successful in Physics. I will explain why this approach was not as effective as hoped and why the emphasis has now shifted to looking at processes and policies to make organizations more inclusive not just more diverse. We are now in the “Lean Out” era. This presentation will emphasize research based practice and include some specific suggestions on how to make recruitment less subject to bias. |
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