Each class involving an outside speaker or panel will be written up by a team of two students in a form that can be linked to this site.
Choices of speaker summaries and presentation topics will be made in class Friday, January 11.
The schedule lists date, topics, and who is responsible for that segment
(in parentheses) . "A" denotes the first hour (1:30-2:20) and "B" the second
hour (2:30-3:20) for each class period. The dates are organized around
the three parts of the course: Historical and Current Status, Climate
Issues and Succesful Interventions and Policy Issues and Agenda
for Action
| Jan 7 | A. Introductions and Goals. Definitions.
B. Logistics and Assignments. Web Tutorial. |
Jan 11 | A. Historical Overview -- Women
B. Historital Overview -- Minorities reading assignment |
| Jan 14 | Changes in a Lifetime
[Choose Summary and Presentation Dates] Student Presentations listed here. reading assignment |
Jan 18 | **Helen Remick: History of U of Washingtonís
women and ethnic minorities in Science since 1970
reading assignment |
| Jan 21 | HOLIDAY-- no class | Jan 25 | *Vanessa Gamble. Women and Minorities in Medicine.
class discussion.
reading assignment |
| Jan 28 | A. Status of Women Faculty
B. Discussion/Summary of Status Section [Statistics Report Due] reading assignment |
Feb 1 | *Anne MacLachlan:
A. The Graduate Experience of Women and Minorities in SMET and How it Could be Improved. Public lecture in PAA A114. abstract B. Discussion with class in PAB B164 reading assignments |
| Feb 4 | A. Introduction to Climate/Interventions
Interventions for Women Faculty B. discussion [Project Proposal Due] reading assignments |
Feb 8 | *Richard Tapia
A. Minority Mathematics Professor: Confessions of a Round Peg in a Square Hole. Public lecture in PAA 114. B. discussion with class in PA B164 abstract reading assignments |
| Feb 11 | A. ïStudent Presentation: Major Contributions of Women/Minority
Scientists
B. ïStudent Presentation: Climate at K-12 Level reading assignements |
Feb 15 | A. Panel: Comparison of US and Europe Climate
B. ïStudent Presentation: Climate at University Level [UW Department Report Due] reading assignments |
| Feb 18 | HOLIDAY | Feb 22 | *Ramon Lopez:
A. Systemic Change and Physics Education. Public lecture in PAA 114. abstract B. discussion with class in PAB 164 reading assignments |
| Feb 25 | A. Student Presentation: Mentoring, Role Models and Stereotypes
B. Class discussion on Climate and Interventions [Personal Reflection Due] reading assignments |
March 1 | *Sue Rosser:
A. Key Barriers for Academic Institutions Seeking to Retain Women Scientists and Engineers. Public lecture in PAA 114 abstract B. discussion with class in PAB 164 reading assignments |
| March 4 | A. ïStudent Presentation: National Equity Laws (FMLA, Nepotism,
Title IX)
B. Climate and Policy in Industry, Impact of Government Policy. reading assignments |
March 8 | *J. Scott Long
A. Public lecture in PAA A114 B. discussion with class in PAB 164 [First Draft Policy Memo Due] reading assignments |
| March 11 | A. Panel: Use of Research Knowledge in Setting Policy at Government
and University Level
B. ïStudent Presentation: Testing and Standards in K-12 reading assignments |
March 15 | Final Summary and Discussion
reading assignments |
| March 18 | Final Project
Due
Policy Memo Due |