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Tag: Diversity and Inclusion

December 5, 2019 Nick Young

Yes Virginia, there is a way to reduce gender bias on your student evaluations of teaching

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

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October 23, 2019 Nick Young

Supporting all students through Universal Design for Learning

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

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October 9, 2019 Nick Young

Can we explain the physics conceptual inventory gender gap?

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

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September 4, 2019 Nick Young

Demographic gaps may just be preparation gaps

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

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July 29, 2019 Briley Lewis

Thinking Beyond ADA Compliance: How to Make Astronomy Accessible

Title: Accessible Astronomy: Policies, Practices, and Strategies to Increase Participation of Astronomers with Disabilities Authors: Alicia Aarnio et al. First

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July 10, 2019 Nick Young

Gender and racial biases still a problem in physics post-doctoral hiring

Even when the CVs are otherwise identical, physics faculty preferred applicants from majority groups as opposed to candidates from minority groups.

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June 26, 2019 Nick Young

Research-backed advice for mentoring researchers

Mentoring an undergraduate researcher for the first time or looking to improve your mentoring ability? See what the literature has to say.

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May 1, 2019 Nick Young

Sexual harassment is a problem in physics

75% of undergraduate women in physics report experiencing some form of sexual harassment.

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February 27, 2019 Nick Young

Hey instructors, your beliefs can affect students’ grades (and not in a positive way)

Minority students in classes with fixed-mindset instructors do worse than in classes with growth-mindset instructors.

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January 16, 2019 Nick Young

Who feels more capable of doing physics: women with “A”s or men with “C”s? The answer probably won’t surprise you.

Yep, women who perform the same as men perform don’t feel they are as capable of doing physics.

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