Diversity and Inclusion

Ideas for supporting Black women physicists

Fewer than 100 Black women have PhDs in physics. Something needs to change.

Despite producing more innovative work, women and scholars of color are recognized less for that work.

Achievement gaps do decrease for active learning classes, but the amount of active learning matters.

First-gen and low-income Asian/white students fare better than racially underrepresented students.

Older children are more likely to report that both boys & girls usually, should be, and can be good at STEM.

If you guessed lecture, you would be correct. However, students also expect some non-lecturing.

Adding a statement addressing implicit bias seems to reduce the gender gap.

The Universal Design for Learning are a set of guidelines for designing materials for diverse needs, abilities, and interests.

Prior physics preparation seems to be the biggest contributor to the gender gap but a lot is still unknown.

Prior studies have found gender and racial performance gaps in physics. However, might those gaps be the result of gaps in preparation?