PHYSICS DIVERSITY SUMMIT
Purpose
Faculty, program directors, professional society leaders, recruiters as well as government and corporate officials are invited to attend the Physics Diversity Summit.
This event is intended to bring together key stakeholders in the US physics enterprise and consider some of the policy issues impacting the drive to bring about a diverse physics workforce. Attendees will include physics department chairs, professional society leaders, federal program officers, and corporate leaders,
Expected Outcome
Construction of a coalition of university, corporate, government and professional society partners to advocate for effective policies, programs and practices to achieve a diverse physics workforce.
Doubling the number of physics majors
| 10:00- 10:15 |
Introduction
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| 10:15 -10:45 |
Applicable Demographics: Availability of HS Seniors, Physics Compared to other Sciences and Engineering, Jobs Availability and Availability of Classroom Seats, Faculty and GSRAs to support the doubling of undergraduate physics major
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| 10:45-11:00 |
Marketing physics to students
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| 11:15-11:30 |
In-class experiences of African American Physics Students
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| 11:30-12:45 |
Working lunch |
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Reports |
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(1) NSF REU Directors Meeting |
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(2) APS Future of Graduate Education |
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(3) 3rd IUPAP Conference on Women in Physics
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Journals access
| 1:00-1:20 |
AIP and APS products |
| 1:20-1:40 |
IOP Products |
| 1:40-2:00 |
Fundraising for Journals Access |
Involving private sector in physics education and research
| 2:15-4:00 |
Panel discussion |
Doing business with federal agencies
| 4:15-4:45 |
Panel 1: ONR, ARL, AFRL, DoD, DHS |
| 4:45-5:15 |
Panel 2: DOE, NSF, NASA, NIH
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| 5:15-5:45 |
Panel 3: NOAA, EPA, USGS
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| 5:45-6:00 |
Concluding Remarks |
| 6:00 |
End |
| 7:00-9:00 |
Opening reception for Joint Annual Conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and National Society of Hispanic Physicists |
