Climate in Physics Departments

• Susan White ^[1] ; Rachel Ivie ^[1]
  1. [1] American Institute of Physics

     American Institute of Physics

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: The Physics Teacher, ISSN 0031-921X, Vol. 59, Nº. 1, 2021, págs. 10-14
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A recent TPT call for papers asks for “more research … about how to tear down and/or overcome the barriers to success that the world, and science, and academia, and the culture of physics put in the way of those who are not white and male.” Women make up only 20% of bachelor’s degree recipients in physics. Hispanic people comprise less than 8%, with Black people accounting for less than half that number. While the representation of Hispanic people appears to be increasing over the last 10 years, the same is not true for Black people, nor is it true for women