Minority Issues
These reports provide data on African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans in Physics and the Geosciences.
How to cite and extract our data
focus on Under-Represented Minorities in High School Physics (March 2011)
We examine physics taking by race and ethnicity. We also consider factors that affect physics taking. Differences in physics taking by race
are likely driven more by socioeconomic factors than by race and ethnicity.
focus on African Americans Among Degree Recipients in Physics & Geoscience (October 2010)
Current data and trends over time on the representation of African Americans among physics and geoscience degree recipients. We compiled data
collected by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education. Universities that are the top producers of African Americans
among bachelor's degrees in physics and geoscience are identified.
focus on Hispanic Americans Among Degree Recipients in Physics & Geoscience (September 2010)
Current data and trends over time on the representation of Hispanic Americans in physics and geoscience. We compiled data collected by the
National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education. The universities that are the top producers of Hispanic Americans among
bachelor's degrees in physics and geoscience are identified.
focus on Native Americans Among Degree Recipients in Physics & Geoscience (August 2010)
Current data and trends over time on the representation of Native Americans in physics and geoscience. We compiled data collected by the National
Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education.
focus on African Americans & Hispanics Among
Physics & Astronomy Faculty(February 2010)
This is the third in a series of 5 focus ons which present the findings of the Academic Workforce Survey of 2008. While African Americans
and Hispanic Americans continue to be under-represented among physics faculty members, both the number of African-American and Hispanic faculty
members and their proportion among all physics faculty have grown steadily since 2000. In this report, we provide data on the number of departments
with African-American and Hispanic faculty members.
Universities that awarded the most degrees
Comparatively few African Americans or Hispanic Americans earned degrees in physics. However,
some physics departments have succeeded in attracting and retaining under-represented minorities
in physics. We are acknowledging the following universities because, since 1998, they have awarded
the largest number of physics bachelor's or physics PhDs to Hispanic Americans or African Americans.
Untapped Talent: The African American Presence in Physics and the Geosciences
This report provides a wealth of data on the presence of African Americans in physics and the geosciences. This work was made possible by a
grant from the David and Lucille Packard Foundation. The data show trends over time, as well as comparisons with related disciplines.
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Preliminary Findings: Native Americans in Physics and the Geosciences
We have compiled data collected by the US Department of Education and the National Science Foundation on the representation of Native
Americans in physics and geoscience. The highlights below provide current data as well as trends over time.
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Preliminary Findings: Hispanic Americans in Physics and the Geosciences
We are completing a report on the representation of Hispanic Americans in physics and geoscience. This report will provide trend data over
time as well as comparisons with related fields. We are providing the following preliminary highlights while we finish this report.
These highlights are based on data collected by the US Department of Education and the National Science Foundation.
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Reports on The National Conference of Black Physics Students
The National Conference of Black Physics Students (NCBPS) is held annually, with the goals of providing a deeper sense of community, a chance
to network, information about further study and careers in physics, and an opportunity for students to present the results of original research.
The Statistical Research Center has conducted evaluative studies of the Conference for 12 years through 2005.
Report on student participants at the 2004 Joint Annual Meeting of the National Society of Black
Physicists and The National Society of Hispanic Physicists
The National Society of Black Physicists' (NSBP) annual meeting brought together professional physicists, undergraduate students, and
graduate physics students to present recent research,explore career opportunities, foster contacts, and reinforce a general sense of
community among participants. This report presents findings from an evaluation survey that covered the students experiences at the
meeting, and its effect on their plans to continue in physics.
2004 Report
Report on student participants at the 2003 Annual Conference of the National Society of Black Physicists
and Black Physics Students
The 2003 NSBP annual meeting was held jointly with the NSHP.
2003 Report
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