Equity and Inclusion Journal Club (EIJC)
The Equity and Inclusion Journal Club (EIJC) is hosted by MiPA, but open to everyone. EIJC attendees agree to abide by the MiPA Code of Conduct.
For additional information regarding EIJC events or suggestions for future topics to cover, please email rumipa.docs@gmail.com.
| Date/Time | Location | Speaker | Title |
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| Spring 2025 | |||
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| Fall 2024 | |||
| Wed, Oct 1, 11:00am | Serin 330 | Megan Tillman (Rutgers) | PhD studies hurt mental health, but less than previously feared [ref] |
| Spring 2024 | |||
| Wed, Feb 21, 12:00pm | Meet in Rm 330 then discuss over lunch. | Liam McDermott (Rutgers) | Gender Equity in Physics Labs [ref] |
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Fall 2023 |
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| Wed, Oct 4, 11:00am | Rm 330 or Zoom | Liam McDermott (Rutgers) | Performing Physics, Performing Identity, and Performing Research in a Neurodivergent Way |
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Spring 2023 |
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| Mon, Jan 30, 2:00pm | Rm 330 or Zoom | Conor Larison (Rutgers) | How well-intentioned white male physicists maintain ignorance of inequity and justify inaction. [ref] [Slides] |
| Mon, Feb 13, 2:00pm | Rm 330 or Zoom | Department Union Reps | How unions protect you and your colleagues - how your actions can promote positive change. |
| Mon, Mar 20, 2:00pm | Rm 330 or Zoom | Maxwell Franklin (Drexel University) | Studying Persistence in Undergraduate Women |
| Mon, May 1, 2:00pm | Rm 330 or Zoom | Munira Hoosain (University of Cape Town, South African Astronomical Observatory) | Astronomy for Socio-Economic Development in South Africa |
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Fall 2022 |
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| Mon, Sep 12, 3:30pm | Rm 330 or Zoom | Megan Tillman (Rutgers) | Roe v. Wade and the implications [ref] [Slides] |
| Mon, Oct 3, 4:00pm | Rm 385 or Zoom | Claire Riggs (Rutgers) | Institutional Biases in Higher Education |
| Mon, Nov 7, 4:00pm | Rm 385 or Zoom | Liam McDermott (Rutgers) | Neurodiversity in Research and the Classroom |
| Mon, Dec 5, 4:00pm | Rm 385 or Zoom | Dan Oleynik (University of Central Florida) | TBA |
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Spring 2022 |
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| Mon, Feb 21, 3:30pm | Zoom | Conor Larison (Rutgers) | Disability in Physics and Astronomy [Slides] |
| Mon, Mar 28, 3:30pm | Zoom | Liam McDermott (Rutgers) | The Privilege Degrees of Separation Gives Us: 'The Priesthood', The 'Black Tax', and Formulating Fixes for Fixed Physics Friction [ref] [slides] [additional resources: 1, 2, 3] |
| Mon, April 25, 3:30pm | Zoom | Charlotte Olsen (Rutgers) | Burnout or Breakthrough? Exploring the Psychological Cost of Academia on Grad Students [refs: 1, 2, 3] |
| Mon, May 23, 3:30pm | Zoom | Kaitlin Rasmussen (University of Washington) | Handling Imposter Syndrome as a Marginalized Researcher |
| Mon, June 27, 3:30pm | Zoom | Avery Kiihne (Rutgers) | The State of LGBTQ Physicists and the James Webb Space Telescope [Slides] |
| Mon, July 18, 3:30pm | Zoom | Dilys Ruan (Rutgers) | Fisher v. UT and Racial Equality in Physics [slides] [refs: 1, 2, 3, 4] |
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Fall 2021 |
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| Thu, Sep 9, 1:30pm | Zoom | Avery Kiihne (Rutgers) | Gatekeeping in STEM and Academia [refs: 1, 2, 3, 4] |
| Thu, Oct 14, 1:30pm | Zoom | Alyson Brooks (Rutgers) | Inclusive Name Change Policies for Research Journals [ref] |
| Nov 4, 4:00 pm | Zoom (joint MiPA-SPS Event) | Dilys Ruan & Rujuta Mokal (Rutgers) | Indigenous Lands & Where We Do Science [slides] [refs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] |
| Thu, Nov 11, 1:30pm | Zoom | Sabrina Appel (Rutgers) | Assessing the Impact of the GRE [ref] |
| Thu, Dec 9, 1:30pm | Zoom | Yao-Yuan Mao (Rutgers) | Why Freedom of Speech is Not an Excuse for a Hostile Environment [ref] |
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Spring 2021 |
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| Thu, Feb 4, 1:30pm | Zoom | Grace Telford (Rutgers) | "Tools for Change: Boosting the Retention of Women in the STEM Pipeline" [ref] |
| Thu, Mar 4, 1:30pm | Zoom | Andrew Baker (Rutgers) | "The Mentor's Dilemma: Providing Critical Feedback Across the Racial Divide" [ref] |
| Thu, May 6, 1:30pm | Zoom | Premi Chandra (Rutgers) | Allyship [ref] |
| Thu, June 3, 1:30pm | Zoom | Wayne Brown (Rutgers) | "Where do we go from here" [ref] |
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Fall 2020 |
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| Thu, Sep 10, 1:30pm | Zoom | Sabrina Appel (Rutgers) | First meeting: Code of Conduct, Purpose of EIJC [ref] |
| Thu, Oct 1, 1:30pm | Zoom | Charlotte Olsen (Rutgers) | Nonbinary Fraction and Nonbinary Systems: Whitepapers on the Future of Gender Equity in Space Sciences [ref] |
| Thu, Oct 30, 1:30pm | Zoom | Yssa Camacho-Neves (Rutgers) | Underrepresentation in STEM (Emphasis on Hispanics) |