APS brought together chairs of 50 major research-oriented academic physics departments as well as about 15 physics-related managers of major national laboratories. The workshop was a forum for presentations, panel discussions and break out sessions led by distinguished physics speakers and social scientists to engage academic physics chairs and managers from physics-related national laboratories.
The goal of this workshop is to double the number of women in physics in the next 15 years by informing, educating and providing chairs of physics departments and physics-oriented national laboratory managers the tools to achieve that goal.
The report on the workshop contains a number of recommendations to increase the number of women at academic institutions and national laboratories. Specific actions are proposed for faculty, staff, and funding agencies.
Gender Equity Report
Organizing committee
Suggested reading list
Additional resources
Sunday Evening, May 6, 2007 (Hilton Garden Inn)
4:30 p.m. | Reception |
6:00 p.m. | Opening Remarks, Introductions, and Goals of the Workshop Co-chair, Arthur Bienenstock, Stanford University, APS President-Elect Co-chair, Nora Berrah, Western Michigan University, CSWP Chair 2007 Tony Chan, Assistant Director, NSF Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences Patricia Dehmer, Associate Director of Science for Basic Energy Sciences and Acting Deputy for Programs, DOE Office of Science |
6:15 p.m. | Session 1: Defining the Issues Presiding: Arthur Bienenstock, Stanford University, APS President-Elect Keynote Speaker: Alice Agogino, University of California at Berkeley "Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering" Download presentation* (PDF) |
6:45 p.m. | Discussion Presiding: Nora Berrah, Western Michigan University, CSWP Chair 2007 |
7:00 p.m. | Speaker: Arthur Bienenstock, Stanford University, APS President-Elect "The Nation Needs More Women Physicists" Download presentation (PDF) |
7:30 p.m. | Discussion |
7:45 p.m. | Theater Performance: University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning and Teaching Players. Sketches will visually demonstrate biases, examples of mentoring, hiring, and tenure decision processes. Presiding: Nora Berrah, Western Michigan University, CSWP Chair 2007 |
9:00 p.m. | Reception (continued) |
Monday May 7, 2007 (American Center for Physics)
8:00 a.m. | Session 2: Equity and Bias Presiding: Theodore Hodapp, American Physical Society Keynote Speaker: Virginia Valian, Hunter College "Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women" |
8:30 a.m. | Discussion |
8:45 a.m. | Mary Ann Mason, University of California at Berkeley. "Do Babies Matter in Scientific Careers? The Case for Changing the Culture" Download presentation (PDF) |
9:15 a.m. | Discussion |
9:30 a.m. | Break |
10:00 a.m. | Session 3: Challenges and Opportunities Presiding: Meg Urry, Yale University Keynote Speaker: Robert Drago, Penn State University. "Bias Against Caregiving in the Academic Workplace: Evidence and Implications" Download presentation (PDF) |
10:30 a.m. | Discussion |
10:45 a.m. | Panel Discussion: Challenges to Institutions; Recruitment and Hiring, Retention and Promotion Moderator: Ana Mari Cauce, University of Washington Panelists: Patricia Falcone, Sandia National Laboratories Myron Campbell, University of Michigan Millie Dresselhaus, MIT Download presentation (PDF) Mary Ann Mason, University of California at Berkeley |
12:15 p.m. | Eight groups will meet, each charged with identifying challenges that departments/divisions face in working towards eliminating biases that negatively impact efforts to recruit, hire, retain, and promote women in physics. Groups will develop a set of best practices and recommendations that will increase the recruitment, retention, and promotion of women in physics. The leader of each group or designated reporter will make a report to the whole meeting. |
2:00 p.m. | Brief summary of Breakout Session A Recommendations |
2:30 p.m. | Panel Discussion: Recommendations from Panel A Moderator: Karan Watson, Texas A&M University Panelists: Laurie McNeil, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Download presentation (PDF) Patricia Rankin, University of Colorado Download presentation (PDF) Sue Rosser, Georgia Institute of Technology Download presentation (PDF) Natalie Roe, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
4:00 p.m. | Break |
4:30 p.m. | Session 5: Training the Next Generation Panel to identify and implement best practices for eliminating biases that negatively impact efforts to recruit, hire, retain, and promote students, and postdocs in physics. Propose ways to augment and Assist in prioritizing recommendations. Presiding: Catherine Fiore, MIT Moderator: Meg Urry, Yale University Panelists: Barbara Whitten, Colorado College Download presentation (PDF) Howard Georgi, Harvard University Download presentation (PDF) Marc Kastner, MIT Download presentation* (PDF) Keivan Stassun, Vanderbilt and Fisk Universities Download presentation (PDF) |
6:00 p.m. | Reception |
7:00 p.m. | Dinner |
Tuesday May 8, 2007 (American Center for Physics)
8:00 a.m. | Session 6: Challenges and Opportunities at Funding Agencies Presiding: Nora Berrah, Western Michigan University, CSWP Chair 2007 |
Remarks and Panel Discussion Featuring NSF and DOE Funding Agency Officials Presiding: Nora Berrah, Western Michigan University Panelists: Patricia Dehmer, Associate Director of Science for Basic Energy Sciences and Acting Deputy for Programs, DOE Office of Science Judith Sunley, Executive Officer, NSF Directorate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences |
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8:20 a.m. | Discussion |
8:35 a.m. | Panel Discussion: Special Programs Panelists: Judy Franz, APS Download remarks (PDF) Alice Hogan, Program Officer, NSF Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate Sharon Wyatt, Attorney-Advisor, DOE Office of Civil Rights & Diversity Patricia Hyer, Associate Provost, Virginia Tech Download remarks (PDF) |
9:45 a.m. | Break |
10:15 a.m. | Breakout Sessions B: Recommendations to Funding Agencies Presiding: Patricia Rankin, University of Colorado 8 breakout sessions with groups focusing on issues relevant to DOE and NSF funding. |
11:15 a.m. | Reports from Breakout Group leaders |
11:45 a.m. | Panel Discussion: Issues and Findings Relevant to Funding Agencies Moderator: Artie Bienenstock, Stanford University, APS President-Elect Panelists: Eric Rohlfing, Director, DOE Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division Beverly J. Berger, Director, DOE National Nuclear Security Administration University Partnerships Division Joseph Dehmer, Director, NSF Physics Division W. Lance Haworth, Director, NSF Materials Research Division G. Wayne Van Citters, Director, NSF Division of Astronomical Sciences |
12:45 p.m. | Summary of Breakout Sessions A: Sherry Yennello Download presentation* (PDF) |
1:15 p.m. | Concluding Remarks: Co-Chairs, Arthur Bienenstock, Stanford University, APS President-Elect, and Nora Berrah, Western Michigan University, CSWP Chair 2007 |
1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
2:15 p.m. | Open Session for the Press and Public Summarizing the Results of the Workshop Co-chairs, Steering Committee and Panelists will summarize the results of the workshop and be available for questions. |
* These presentations are not for general distribution without the permission of the author.
Support for this conference is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy.