Reading Group
The E&I reading group is intended to provide a forum in which the participants can further their understanding of equity and inclusion issues related to Physics through familiarisation with, and discussion of, the significant body of research on this subject. All physicists (including members of Applied Physics, SLAC, etc) and all those interested in equity in STEM are invited to participate at the times and places below, and subscribe to the mailing list for updates and additional reading.
Winter 2020 meetings
Friday, 26 Feb, 12:00- Pacific time
- Speaker: Jessie Muir
- Readings: East of Palo Alto's Eden: Race and the Formation of Silicon Valley
- Zoom meeting; contact the mailing list admins for details.
Friday, 29 Jan, 12:00- Pacific time
- Speaker: Eric Burkholder
- Readings: Demographics of Physics Education Research
- Zoom meeting; contact the mailing list admins for details.
Fall 2020 meetings
Friday, 20 Nov, 2:00- Pacific time
- Speaker: Jessie Muir
- Readings: East of Palo Alto's Eden: Race and the Formation of Silicon Valley
- Zoom meeting; contact the mailing list admins for details.
Monday, 26 Oct, 10:00- Pacific time
- Speaker: Sam Cree
- Readings: A Threat in the Air: How Stereotypes Shape Intellectual Identity and Performance
- Zoom meeting; contact the mailing list admins for details.
Summer 2020 meetings
Monday, 24 Aug, 2:00- Pacific time
- Speaker: Bruce McIntosh
- Readings: Discussion of department equity & inclusion committee's mission and progress
- Zoom meeting; contact the mailing list admins for details.
Wednesday, 29 Jul, 12:00- Pacific time
- Speaker: Sebastian Wagner-Carena, Jessie Muir
- Readings: Report from the AIP National Task Force to Elevate African
American Representation in Undergraduate Physics & Astronomy (TEAM-UP) - Zoom meeting; contact the mailing list admins for details.
Winter 2020 meetings
Friday, 28 Feb, 12:00-1:30
- Speaker: Cyndia Yu
- Readings: 'Underrepresented faculty play a disproportionate role in advancing diversity and inclusion' (Jimenez et al 2019) and 'Dancing Backwards in High Heels: Female Professors Experience More Work Demands and Special Favor Requests, Particularly from Academically Entitled Students' (El-Alayli et al 2018)
- Room: PAB 102/103 (NB: changed from 241
Autumn 2019 meetings
Thursday, 21 Nov, 12:00-1:30
- Speaker: Jessie Muir
- Reading: Reducing the gender gap in students’ physics self-efficacy in a team- and project-based introductory physics class
- Room: PAB 232, lunch provided if RSVP'd here by 17 Nov, 5p.
Thursday, 17 Oct, 12:00-1:30
- Speaker: Eric Burkholder
- Reading: "Demographic gaps or preparation gaps?: The large impact of incoming preparation on performance of students in introductory physics” (Salehi et al. 2019)
- Room: PAB 232
Summer 2019 meetings
Friday, August 20, 12:00-1:30
- Speaker: Claire Hebert
- Reading: How Gender and Race Stereotypes Impact the Advancement of Scholars in STEM: Professors’ Biased Evaluations of Physics and Biology Post-Doctoral Candidates (Eaton et al. 2019)
- Room: PAB 232, lunch provided if RSVP'd (again, watch for details).
Friday, July 23, 12:00-1:30
- Speaker: Josie Meyer
- Reading: 'Masculinities and Experimental Practices in Physics'
- Room: PAB 232
Spring 2019 meetings
Friday, May 31, 12:00-1:30
- Speaker: Susmita Adhikari
- Reading: 'The Privileged Poor Navigating Elite University Life: Elite Colleges Constantly Tell Low-Income Students That They Do Not Belong'
- Room: PAB 232, lunch provided if RSVP'd here by 28 May.
Friday, May 17, 12:00-1:30
- Speaker: Shea Hess Webber
- Reading: 'Typical physics Ph.D. admissions criteria limit access to underrepresented groups but fail to predict doctoral completion'
- Room: PAB 232
Winter 2019 meetings
Wednesday, February 6, 12:00-1:30
- Speaker: Pat Burchat
- Reading: "First Generation Student Success: A Landscape Analysis of Programs and Services at Four-Year Institutions"
- Slides shown at meeting available here.
- Other resources:
- Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics reports:
- Postsecondary National Policy Institute (PNPI) First-Generation Students Fact Sheet
- Room: PAB 241
Wednesday, March 6, 12:00-1:30
- Speaker: Melisa Tallis
- Reading: Competition in Introductory Stem Courses (Hughes et al. 2014)
- Room: PAB 232
Autumn 2018 meetings
October 18th, 12-1.30pm
- Speaker: Tori Borish
- Paper: Bian et al. 'Messages about brilliance undermine women's interest in educational and professional opportunities' JESP 2018
- Room: PAB 232, lunch provided if RSVP'd.
November 15th, 12-1.30pm
- Speaker: TBD
- Paper: Dobbin and Kalev, 'Why Diversity Programs Fail' HBR Jul/Aug 2016
- Room: PAB 232
2017-18 meetings
February 13th, 12-1.30pm
- Speaker: Dongwoo Chung and Phil Walmsley
- Paper: Moss-Racusin et al. 'Science faculty's subtle gender biases favor male students' PNAS 2012
- Room: PAB 102/103, Lunch provided.
- Slides shown at meeting available here.
April 16th, 12-1.30pm
- Speaker: Krista Lynne Smith
- Reading: Women and the Impostor Syndrome in Astronomy
- Room: PAB 102/103, Lunch provided.
May 14th, 12-1.30pm
- Speaker: Kelly Stifter
- Paper: Factors that affect the physical science career interest of female students: Testing five common hypotheses
- Room: PAB 102/103, Lunch provided.
July 12th, 12-1.30pm
- Speaker: Bruce Macintosh
- Reading: Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
- Room: PAB 232