Conveners
Diversity and Inclusion: Conversation with Students at the African School for Fundamental Physics (2016, Rwanda)
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Diversity and Inclusion: 1
- Paula Eerola (University of Helsinki (FI))
- Brian Nord (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)
Diversity and Inclusion: 2
- Brian Nord (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)
- Paula Eerola (University of Helsinki (FI))
05/08/2016, 08:00
Early-career scientists from Fermilab will discuss physics, life and career with students attending the ASP.
Brian Nord
(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)
06/08/2016, 09:05
Marcella Bona
(Queen Mary University of London (UK))
06/08/2016, 09:08
Oral Presentation
The Institute of Physics (IOP) has a longstanding interest in diversity issues, particularly around the participation of girls and women in physics, who are under-represented in physics education and employment. In 2003, the Institute introduced a Site Visit scheme, in which selected panels visited physics departments and produced a dedicated report on their โgender inclusivenessโ. After two...
Lauren Alexandra Tompkins
(Stanford University (US)),
Yongsheng Gao
(California State University (US))
06/08/2016, 09:10
Oral Presentation
Professional physicists are a largely homogeneous group. According to the American Institute of Physics's Statistical Research Center, only 17% of bachelor's degrees and 12% of PhDs in the US go to women; 8% of bachelors and 1% PhDs go to Hispanic, African American and Native American students. In contrast, the college age US population is 50% women and 28% Hispanic, African American and...
Barbara Sciascia,
Jonas Rademacker
(University of Bristol (GB))
06/08/2016, 09:12
Oral Presentation
Numerous surveys of modern particle physics indicate that the discipline is still largely a male pursuit, and one in which women and other marginalised groups continue to face discriminatory practices. The fraction of female particle physicists reduces with each career stage. Early career particle physicists face precarious employment conditions with serial short term contracts, long working...
Joleen Pater
(Manchester)
06/08/2016, 09:14
Diversity and Inclusion
Oral Presentation
The ATLAS collaboration consists of about 5,000 members from 178 institutes in 38 countries. About half of the members of the collaboration are scientific authors of the papers, and there are about 1,200 students on the collaboration. This note presents data showing aspects of the composition of the collaboration. In particular the relative fraction of women is described at several levels in...
Tuva Ora Herenui Richert
(Lund University (SE))
06/08/2016, 09:26
Diversity and Inclusion
Oral Presentation
We have all chosen to work with science and research in large collaborations. Large collaborations are like small communities: there are many benefits that allow us to be creative by taking advantage of each others competences; ideas can be developed that would have been impossible for an individual to achieve. But we also have a responsibility towards each other in terms of respect and...
Maria Isabel Pedraza Morales
(Autonomous University of Puebla (MX))
06/08/2016, 09:38
Diversity and Inclusion
Oral Presentation
Science benefits from increasing diversity. The importance of human contribution in the scientific path is often ignored: every day individuals change the way science is done. Lack of diversity within the scientific community can result in a limited number of questions we ask, the type of problems we think and the way to solve them. A science working to its full potential is one that...
Daniel Dobos
(CERN)
06/08/2016, 09:50
Diversity and Inclusion
Oral Presentation
THE Port association organises interdisciplinary co-creational hackathons at CERN.
Combining physicists and engineers working on HEP topics in their day job with researchers, entrepreneurs, artists, designers, humanitarian workers and other creative minds demonstrate similar needs for IT, material and engineering solutions throughout the full spectrum of disciplines. Concentrating on...
Brian Beckford
(University of Michigan)
06/08/2016, 10:02
Diversity and Inclusion
Oral Presentation
In most physical sciences students from underrepresented minority (URM) groups constitute a small percentage of earned degrees at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Bridge programs can serve as an initiative to increase the number of URM students that gain access to graduate school and earn advanced degrees in physics. This talk will discuss levels of representation in physical sciences...
Ketevi Adikle Assamagan
(Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))
06/08/2016, 11:10
Diversity and Inclusion
Oral Presentation
We propose a session dedicated to the various efforts in outreach and capacity building in physics and related applications in developing countries. The session should cover the activities carried out by large scale international institutes and government agencies to attract and train students from developing countries, and as well to retain the students, once trained, within their...
Kate Shaw
(INFN Gruppo Collegato di Udine and ICTP Trieste),
Sahal Yacoob
(University of Cape Town (ZA))
06/08/2016, 11:22
Diversity and Inclusion
Oral Presentation
Recent attention to the declining number of women studying physics at universities in South Africa motivated the authors to launch a poster campaign to tackle the issues. The project focused on 7 female physicists from PhD students to professors, in South Africa.
Through interviews and photography the authors created a series of posters to be sent to over 200 high schools, each presenting a...
Barbara Sciascia,
Jonas Rademacker
(University of Bristol (GB))
06/08/2016, 11:34
Diversity and Inclusion
Oral Presentation
Numerous surveys of modern particle physics indicate that the discipline is still largely a male pursuit, and one in which women and other marginalised groups continue to face discriminatory practices. The fraction of female particle physicists reduces with each career stage.
Early career particle physicists face precarious employment conditions with serial short term contracts, long working...
Sandra Leone
(Universita di Pisa & INFN (IT))
06/08/2016, 11:46
Diversity and Inclusion
Oral Presentation
The Masterclass of particle physics is an international outreach activity which provides an opportunity for high-school students to discover particle physics. The National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) in Pisa has taken part in this effort since its first year, in 2005. The Masterclass has become a point of reference for the high schools of the Tuscan area around Pisa. Each year...
Margaret Norris
(Sanford Underground Research Facility)
06/08/2016, 11:57
Diversity and Inclusion
Oral Presentation
Since 2009, a summer program for South Dakota students interested in science and engineering careers have introduced students to the endeavor of scientific research in a five week program. Students entering college or completed one year get the opportunity to study at the Sanford Underground Research Facility and tour other laboratories in the Midwest and Italy. Tracking of the...
Kevin Pitts
(University of Illinois)
06/08/2016, 12:08
Diversity and Inclusion
Oral Presentation
It is well known that the number of jobs in science and engineering is expected to grow in the next few years. However, the nationโs current student body is not prepared nor sufficiently interested to pursue careers in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. More alarming is the fact that the demographics of students that are attracted to STEM fields demonstrate a...
Arturo Sanchez
(Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Universidad de Los Andes)
06/08/2016, 12:19
Diversity and Inclusion
Oral Presentation
A virtual research and learning community can be a powerful tool for educational purposes. It has a wide range of possibilities for multi-institution participation, such as synchronous and asynchronous online engagement, decentralized student discussions and academic networking - as well as being cost effective. In this context, the CEVALE2VE virtual community (Centro de Altos Estudios de...
