Issues for Ethnic Minorities and Women in Science and Engineering

Listing of Public Lectures

Announcements

• 3/1 The presentation slides for Meg Urry's and Beverly Hartline's presentations are now posted through the Public Lectures Page. 
• 1/26  The readings for 1/30 have been updated on the readings page.
  
• 1/20  Instructions for the readings for 1/23 have been added to the readings page.
  
• 1/14  The electronic submission area for your reports is now set up.
  
• 1/12  Information on Evelynn Hammonds' Danz Lecture Tuesday night is here.  Her flight is 3 hours late, so she won't make it to class today.  If you would like another chance to meet her, she has a meeting with graduate students on Wednesday sponsored by the Center for Workforce Development and others.  Information on signing up for that is here.
  
• 1/12  You may find the AWIS (Association for Women in Science) Career Panel this Wednesday night interesting. 
  
• 1/5  Please pick up the course reader at the Ave Copy Center, 4141 University Way Suite 103 (basement entrance below credit union).  The Reading Assignments for Friday are from this reader.
  
• 1/2   All students interested in taking or auditing this class should attend the first day (Monday, January 5, 1:30 pm in PAB B156).  
  
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Schedules and Assignments

• Class 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.

Other Class Links

• Course Chat Room.
• Anonymous Email Form.
• Listing of Public Lectures
• First Day Handout
• Assorted Web Links Relevant to the Class

PLEASE send suggestions.

Peer Evaluation Forms

• Generic Form for planning your presentation
• Form for February 9.  A.  Biographies of Women and Minority Scientists
• Form for February 9.  B.  Climate in K-12 Education
• Form for February 23.  Mentoring, Role models and Stereotypes
• Form for March 1.  Impact of Federal Equity Laws
• Form for March 8.  Testing and Standards in Public Education

TIME:

• Winter Quarter 2004. Mondays & Fridays 1:30-3:20 p.m

• Non-public Classes and Events: B156 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: Monday 11-12 and by appointment	685-3031
Physics	Physics-Astronomy Bldg. B-433
	e-mail: olmstd@u.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 taking the course for 5 credits 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) (13% of final grade)
• leading/facilitating a class presentation, and a report on this presentation (25% of final grade, partly by peer evaluation)
• preparing four short reports (52% of final grade)
• summary of one of the panels or visiting speakers (10% of final grade)

• The above requirements (renormalized to total 60% of the final grade).
• research and policy paper (40% of final grade)
  

Prerequisites:

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

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