Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2014
Volume 59, Number 1
Monday–Friday, March 3–7, 2014; Denver, Colorado
Session W36: Invited Session: Panel Discussion: Increasing the Participation of Women in Physics--The Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) |
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Sponsoring Units: CSWP Chair: Theodore Hodapp, American Physical Society Room: 703 |
Thursday, March 6, 2014 2:30PM - 3:06PM |
W36.00001: Overview and History of CUWiP Invited Speaker: Kevin Pitts The APS Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) are a continuation of a grass-roots collaborative effort of physicists from around the country that has provided conferences for undergraduate women annually since 2006. The goals of the CUWiP effort are to~increase retention and improve career outcomes of undergraduate women in physics by (i) communicating the breadth of education and career paths open to physics majors; (ii) disseminating information and advice on applying for summer research, graduate school and professional employment; and (iii) providing opportunities to share experiences, advice and ideas with women at different stages of their education or career paths. Since the first conference in 2006, the number of CUWiP locations has grown from one in the first two years to six in 2012 and 2013. The number of participants has shown more than commensurate growth---increasing from 29 students to approximately 650 in the first seven years. Close to 900 women attended the 2013 conferences and almost 300 applicants had to be turned away. The 2014 Conferences again saw record number of applicants and attendees, with 1300 students participated in conferences at eight different sites. [Preview Abstract] |
Thursday, March 6, 2014 3:06PM - 3:42PM |
W36.00002: Initial findings from CUWiP Invited Speaker: Eric Brewe The 2014 APS Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics gathered approximately a thousand participants at six sites across the nation. As part of the overall project evaluation, we collected pre and post workshop surveys from conference participants. The surveys were designed to investigate how features of the CUWiP conferences impacted participants' physics-related attitudes (e.g. physics identity) and knowledge (e.g. opportunities, career options) as well as to gauge how the conferences promoted the development of networks among participants. In this talk we present initial findings from the surveys and discuss how these surveys might influence future iterations of the CUWiP. [Preview Abstract] |
Thursday, March 6, 2014 3:42PM - 4:18PM |
W36.00003: Hosting a CUWiP -- the fun and the challenges Invited Speaker: Mette Gaarde Louisiana State University is hosting the South Eastern Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) in January 2014, as one out of eight regional CUWiPs. As a first-time organizer of a CUWiP I will share our local experiences with organizing and hosting the conference: the timeline for the work that is involved in hosting, what we learned, and what were our biggest successes and challenges. Since the different regional conferences have different ``flavors'' and somewhat different issues, I will also briefly give an overview of the more general lessons learned with highlights from some of the different conferences. Finally, I will try to convey the incredibly empowering experience, for both organizers and participants, of being in a room with more than 100 female physicists!~ [Preview Abstract] |
Thursday, March 6, 2014 4:18PM - 4:54PM |
W36.00004: Panel Discussion on the Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics Invited Speaker: Nicole Johnson |
Thursday, March 6, 2014 4:54PM - 5:30PM |
W36.00005: Panel Discussion on the Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics Invited Speaker: Hsiu-Chuan Hsu |
Thursday, March 6, 2014 5:30PM - 6:06PM |
W36.00006: Panel Discussion on the Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics Invited Speaker: Shannon Glavin |
Thursday, March 6, 2014 6:06PM - 6:42PM |
W36.00007: Panel Discussion on the Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics Invited Speaker: Noelle Stiles |
Thursday, March 6, 2014 6:42PM - 7:18PM |
W36.00008: Panel Discussion on the Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics Invited Speaker: Laurel Winter |
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