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| Abstract Title: | Improving representation in physical sciences using a Departmental Action Team |
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| Abstract: | Women and minority students are largely underrepresented in the physical sciences. Here we describe a faculty-, student-, and staff-led group, called a Departmental Action Team (DAT), created to study the recruitment and retention of women and underrepresented minority (URM) students in one physical sciences department. As a result of the DAT's work, the department has created a new committee on Representation, Recruitment, and Retention (R-cubed) to improve outreach and support for underrepresented students. We describe how the grassroots efforts of the DAT created a departmental context that was able to leverage campus-level diversity efforts to support meaningful, department-wide discussions and an action plan for improving diversity and equity in the major. As such, we present a case study and model for departmental change in other physical science departments. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Katherine Rainey University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Ethan T Neil University of Colorado at Boulder Meredith D Betterton University of Colorado at Boulder Daniel L Reinholz University of Colorado at Boulder Joel C Corbo University of Colorado at Boulder |
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