Issues for Ethnic Minorities and Women in Science and Engineering

Listing of Public Lectures

Announcements

• 2/19  There has been a small revision of the Lecture Schedule.  A new reading assignment for 2/25 will be handed out in class on 2/22 (about 5 pages) that will form the basis for small-group discussion during class.
• 2/19  More information on putting together your Personal Reflection assignment (due 2/25) is here.
• 2/12 The Reading Assignments and Lecture Schedule links have again been updated with new information.
• 2/12  If you have trouble accessing the presentation evaluation forms, please send email to Prof. Olmstead.  Please fill out the forms for this week's talks by next Monday.
• 2/12  The compilation of women scientists' contributions presented on Monday is available through the Web Links.
• Older Announcements

Schedules and Assignments

• Lecture Schedule
• Schedule of Student Presentations/Summaries
• List of Reading Assignments by class date (will be added to regularly throughout the quarter).
• List of Written Assignments, with Due Dates
• Detailed Description of Grading and Assignments.
• Submit Assignments Electronically here.
• Course Chat Room.
• Anonymous Email Form.
• Listing of Public Lectures
• First Day Handout
• Assorted Web Links Relevant to the Class

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Peer Evaluation Forms

• Generic Form for planning your presentation
• Form for February 11.  A.  Biographies of Women and Minority Scientists
• Form for February 11.  B.  Climate in K-12 Education
• Form for February 15.  Climate in University Education
• Form for February 25.  Mentoring, Role models and Stereotypes
• Form for March 4.  Impact of Federal Equity Laws
• Form for March 11.  Testing and Standards in Public Education

TIME:

• Winter Quarter 2002. Mondays & Fridays 1:30-3:20 p.m

• Non-public Classes and Events: B164 Physics-Astronomy Building, University of Washington
• Public Lectures: A114 Physics-Astronomy Building, University of Washington.

INSTRUCTORS:

The seminar will be co-taught by a social scientist (Angela Ginorio) and a physical scientist (Marjorie Olmstead):

 

Prof. Angela B. Ginorio	Office hours: Wednesday 1:30-3:00  and by appointment
Women Studies	Padelford B-110P (for office hours)	685-2238
	email:  ginorio@u.washington.edu
Prof. Marjorie A. Olmstead	Office hours: Tuesday 1:45-3:15 and by appointment	685-3031
Physics	Physics-Astronomy Bldg. B-433
	e-mail: olmstead@phys.washington.edu

Seminar Goals:

• Inform students of issues faced by women and ethnic minorities in science and engineering, providing both a national and local context
• Introduce students to expert women and minority practitioners of science, as well as expert social scientists, who study and/or experience these issues
• Enable students to critically evaluate both the framing of issues facing women and minorities in science and engineering and the effectiveness of solutions
• Prepare students to address these issues in the context of their own disciplines and institutions

Seminar Topics:

For specific dates see Schedule.

Status of Ethnic Minorities and Women in Science and Engineering:  Historical Context and Current Issues.

Climate Issues and Successful Interventions:  Identifying Problems and Solutions

Impact and Creation of Policy:  Agenda for Action

Seminar Structure:

The seminar will meet twice weekly. Classes will combine lecture presentations with class discussions (based on both presentations and assigned readings). Presentations will be made by invited (off-campus) speakers, invited UW faculty and staff, course instructors, and students. Each presenter will suggest related readings. Outside (non-UW) speakers will present public lectures in addition to private discussions with the class.

A Schedule of all classes.

A Listing of the Public Lectures.

Grading:

For more complete information, see First Day Handout and Assignment Detail Handout.
All students will be expected to participate in class discussions, write several short reports, and make a class presentation (as part of a group). Students will also do a research project with a corresponding paper. Students who wish to obtain W-credit may do so, but they should check early in the quarter with Profs. Olmstead and Ginorio.  They will have earlier deadlines for reports and papers to allow for feedback on their writing.

This is a reading, writing, and discussion course. These are the major requirements:

• participating in class discussion (with evidence of having completed the readings) (10% of final grade)
• leading/facilitating a class presentation, and a report on this presentation (20% of final grade, partly by peer evaluation)
• preparing four short reports (32% of final grade)
• summary of one of the panels or visiting speakers (8% of final grade)
• final project and paper (30% of final grade)

Prerequisites:

One quarter of natural science or engineering (not including math, computer science, or technical writing).

Old Announcements

1/23  The Reading Assignments, Lecture Schedule and Public Lecture links have been updated with new information from the visiting speakers.

2/5  Note the Walker-Ames Lecture February  12, 2002 - Heidi Hartmann,President and CEO, Institute for Women's Policy Research  "Measuring Women's Status: How Public Policies Improve Women's Lives"  Kane Hall, Room 130 at 6 pm.

1/18  You may be interested to attend Vanessa Gamble's Walker Ames Lecture It's Not Just About Tuskegee: The History of African Americans and Medicine.  Thursday, January 24.  Kane Hall, Room 130 at 7pm.  See Reading Assignments for a link to an article on the same subject by Dr. Gamble.  She will come to our class on January 25 to discuss women and minorities in medicine.

1/16  The Reading Assignments have been updated for the rest of January, and a few are posted for later in the quarter.

1/16  The schedule of Student Presentations/Summaries is now posted.

1/10  Monday January 14 is the Kick-off Reception for ADVANCE.  3:30-5:00 pm at HUB 200BC.  If you are free, please attend.  The draft agenda is here as a pdf file.

1/8  Please try to access the  Electronic Submission Site.  If you are denied access, please send email to wost@u.washington.edu with your UWNetID and try again in 24 hours.

1/6   All students interested in taking this class should attend the first day (Monday, January 7, 1:30 pm in PAB B164).  Add codes will be given out in class to those who need them.

• 1/6   A First Day Handout will be distributed in class.