Diversity and Inclusion

June 29, 2022 Nick Young

Making your departmental more LGBT+ friendly is more just eliminating exclusionary behaviors and policies

Just as important is being explicitly inclusive.

March 23, 2022 Nick Young

Changing your grading strategy could reduce inequities

When it comes to grade inequities between racially minoritized and majoritized groups, the standard grading scale might be part of the problem.

January 26, 2022 Nick Young

Suggestions for picking pseudonyms for research participants

Researchers need to consider a variety of factors when thinking about how to refer to study participants.

March 24, 2021 Elias Euler

The inaccurate feedback of intro physics courses, especially for women

The grades students receive in intro physics don’t predict their grades in advanced physics, pointing to problems of coherency and inclusivity within physics departments.

March 10, 2021 Nick Young

Revisiting demographic gaps may just be preparation gaps

When not aggregating race and ethnicity, prior preparation no longer accounts for demographic gaps.

November 18, 2020 Nick Young

Increasing equity in your course: there’s an intervention for that

Taking a recitation period to explain that adversity in college in common may help in closing gender and ethnic grade gaps.

September 30, 2020 Nick Young

How representative are PER studies?

Not very. The participants are whiter and wealthier than the general college population.

July 15, 2020 Nick Young

Ideas for supporting Black women physicists

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

June 3, 2020 Nick Young

More innovative but less impact: The Diversity-Innovation Paradox

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

May 20, 2020 Nick Young

Active learning may help close the gap between underrepresented & overrepresented students

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