Just an hour ago, I was on Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod, a radio show that my mother hosts on Pacifica-affiliated KPFK, which serves southern California. She was doing a youth roundtable that focused on education, so she asked me to join in and talk about the experiences of women of color in science.
You can listen to an archive of the show by downloading an mp3. I was part of a lively group of engaged people, and it was a real pleasure to hear what everyone had to say.
Now it’s possible that some of the people reading this are people who heard about this blog on the show. If you’re looking for more information on women of color in science, let me point you in a few handy directions:
Check out the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists websites. Also there is an NSBP Blog, Vector.
There is also the Women in Astronomy Conference, which took place last year.
Next year, South Africa will be hosting the International Conference on Women in Physics.
If you’re looking for statistics: Webcaspar will allow you to create custom tables with the data you are looking for. For example, you can make a table that lists the numbers for women earning PhDs in astronomy by race between 1975-2006. The American Institute of Physics also has some useful numbers.
The powerpoint presentations from the TERC/NSF Mini-Symposium on Women of Color in Science are also quite interesting.
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