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| Abstract Title: | The Intersection of Identity and Performing Arts of Black Physicists |
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| Abstract: | How one negotiates their physics identity is crucial to gaining and maintaining membership in the physics community. However, there is an exclusive culture of physics that has marginalized Black people and leads them to feel that they do not fit the criteria of who a physicist is supposed to be. Therefore, to understand what keeps Black physicists in the field, we must analyze their physics experiences. Studies show that the arts can act as an identity mediator or coping mechanism for underrepresented groups in STEM. In this work, we collect and analyze interviews of thirteen Black physicists, building on previous studies. We find themes in the ways that Black physicists participate in the performing arts. We map those themes onto the previously-developed Critical Physics Identity (CPI) framework in order to understand how the arts have impacted their physics identities. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Session Time: | Poster Session III |
| Poster Number: | C95 |
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Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Tamia Williams Department of Physics, Mount Holyoke College |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Simone Hyater-Adams, ATLAS Institute, University of Colorado Boulder Claudia Fracchiolla, School of Education, University College Dublin Kathleen Hinko, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Lyman Briggs College, Michigan State University Kerstin Nordstrom, Department of Physics, Mount Holyoke College Noah Finkelstein, Physics Department, University of Colorado Boulder |
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