TEAM-UP January 2021 Workshop

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The AIP TEAM-UP Implementation Workshop will be held virtually:

Thursday, January 28, 2021 from 12:00-5:30 pm EST, and 

Friday, January 29, 2021 from 12:00-5:00 pm EST

This two-day workshop brought together teams of faculty, administrators, and students from 47 physics and astronomy departments to gain knowledge, resources, and support in developing and executing actions in line with the TEAM-UP report recommendations.

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Workshop 1 Agenda

All Times are Eastern Standard Time

Day 1 – January 28, 2021

12:00pm EST

Welcome from AIP CEO
Dr. Michael Moloney

10 minutes

12:10pm

Welcome, TEAM-UP overview & Framing of the Day

Dr. Dara Norman, NSF NOIRLab & Dr. Thomas Searles, Howard University

10 minutes

12:20pm

Plenary A - Avoiding Metaphorical Black Holes – An Honest Conversation about Culture and Change in Physics Departments

Dr. Renetta Tull, Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, University of California, Davis (30 min talk +15 min Q&A)

45 minutes

1:05pm

Breakout A 

45 minutes

1:50pm

Report Out

20 minutes

2:10pm

Break (10 minutes)

10 minutes

2:20pm

Plenary B - Physics So White: The Role of Race, Racism, and Whiteness in Physics

Dr. Taharee Jackson, Diversity, Equity, Belonging, Accessibility Officer, AIP
(30 min talk +15 min Q&A)

45 minutes

3:05pm

Breakout B

30 minutes

3:35pm

Report Out

20 minutes

3:55pm

Break (10 minutes)

10 minutes

4:05pm

Plenary C - Equity-Minded Approaches to Creating Racial Equity in Physics and Astronomy Learning Environments

Dr. Lindsey Malcom-Piqueux, Assistant Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Assessment, Caltech (30 min talk +15 min Q&A)

45 minutes

4:50pm

Breakout C

30 minutes

5:20pm

Report Out & Closing

15 minutes

5:35pm

Adjourn

  

Evening of Day 1 or Morning of Day 2

Segment D - Light Homework
Each Team Meets Independently

(suggested meeting time - 60 min)


Day 2 - January 29, 2021

12:00pm EST

Welcome - Recap of Day 1 and Framing of the Day
Dr. Dara Norman, NSF NOIRLab & Dr. Thomas Searles, Howard University

10 minutes

12:10pm

Breakout D - Discussion of Homework

45 minutes

12:55pm

Plenary E - Creating a Culture of Change to Retain African American Students in Physics and Astronomy 

Dr. Maria (Mia) Ong, Senior Research Scientist & Evaluator, TERC
(30 min talk +15 min Q&A)

45 minutes

1:40pm

Breakout E 

35 minutes

2:15pm

Report Out

20 minutes

2:35pm

Break (10 minutes)

 10 minutes

2:45pm

Panel Discussion - Academic and Personal Support for African American Students

Dr. Austin Harton, Chicago State University
Xandria Quichocho, Michigan State University​
Dr. Eddie Red, Morehouse College
(30 min talk +15 min Q&A)

45 minutes

3:30pm

Break (10 minutes)

10 minutes

3:45pm

Panel Discussion - Leadership Structures

Dr. Erin De Pree, St. Mary's College of Maryland
Dr. Tabbetha Dobbins, Rowan University

(30 min talk +15 min Q&A)

45 minutes

4:30pm

Wrap-Up, Closing and Survey

30 minutes

5:00pm

Adjourn

  


These workshops are being organized by the TEAM-UP Workshop Organizing Committee (WOC), which includes representatives from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), the American Astronomical Society (AAS), the American Physical Society (APS), the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP), the National Society of Hispanic Physicists (NSHP), the Optical Society of America (OSA), and the AIP TEAM-UP Project Staff with generous funding from the Heising-Simons Foundation.

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