A forum for women in physics and astronomy at all levels: professors, graduate and undergraduate students. We discuss our unique experiences as women studying and teaching science, in addition to providing a comfortable and friendly environment for those seeking help (that our collective wisdom provides!) on career development, growth and opportunities in our chosen fields.
Who are we? How to join?
Women...faculty, postdocs, graduate students, undergraduate students
in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Women from the department
are added to a mailing list at the beginning of each academic year,
from then they should start receiving information and invitation to
meetings. If you want to be added to the list please contact Dr
Roche.
We are currently looking for student officers (grad or undergrad) to drive the program of
our group. If you are interrested please do contact Roche.
If you have ideas or requests for new
activities: contact us.
Here are some ideas
on which a volunteer could help:
Arrange
informational
interviews with alumnae (or other contact). This means choosing and
contacting the interviewees.
Under the
Microscope collects stories from women involved with science,
technology, engineering, and math with the goal of publishing a
survival guide for young women in science. Under the Microscope also
publishes news, tips, interviews and profiles.
Career Wise (ASU): CareerWISE helps women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs find ways to better manage the challenges in their immediate environments and expand personal skills for thriving in their future career environments. here
09-2016: Women representation in P&A OU (2009-2019) grad, undergrad
09-2015: JP Morgan Chase and Co. : tech connect program
targeted at young women with diverse educational backgrounds who
possess a passion for technology. Deadline March 2016. here
The group meets on a regular basis. Usually around lunch provided by
the department (thanks!). The idea is to create opportunity to talk about your
work, find out how to get things done at OU, eat lunch, and just get
to know each other better. Discuss physics, homework, teaching,
research, ... and maybe how that all fits into our lives.
Our meetings are informal: the topics listed below are only an
indication of what we spent some time talking about.
February 5, 2021: an informal meeting on zoom. (4
participants: 2 faculty members and 2 undergraduates)
June 22, 2020: a discussion of the movie "Picture a
scientist" (6 participants: 4 faculty members, 2 guests
faculty members and 1 grad student)
May 19, 2020: First WIPHA remote hang-out. (5 participants: 3
faculty members, 1 grad and 1 undergrad)
February 28, 2020: Meeting with E. Bertschinger (MIT). (15
participants, including 4 faculty members, 1 guest and 3
undergraduate students).
February 7, 2020: Ohio University Resources (12 participants
including 2 faculty members and 2 undergraduate students).
January 17, 2020: Working in collaboration. (16 participants including
5 faculty members, 4 graduate students and 7 undergraduate
students. Meeting open to all)
November 22, 2019: Book club (21 participants). Books
discussed:
November 9, 2019: WIPHA participates in the P&A open house
with two activities: a PHYSICS ESCAPE ROOM and a booth open
CAREERS IN PHYSICS.
October 25, 2019: Meeting with Dr. Zainuriah Hassan
(Universiti Sains Malaysia), recipient of the 2019 College of Art
and Science Notable Alumni Award (A&S
forum story). Dr Hassan talked about her career (17
participants, inclusing Dr Hassan and 3 faculty members).
October 18, 2019: "Voice and Speech presentation for improved
pronunciation, vocal resonance, power and range" presented by Ms
Parrotti (10 participants including a guest speaker, 4 faculty
members, 1 undergraduate student)
September 27, 2019: Get to know each others (17 participants
including 2 undergrads, 4 faculty members and 1 alumna)
May 18, 2019: Participation to TechSaavy OU-2019. Held two
one-hour workshop named "Physics escape room". Tech Savvy is a one-day science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) conference for 6th-9th grade girls and their guardians.
April 2019: Book club (13 participants: including 4 males,
one guest, 4 faculty members). Books discussed:
Mapping the Heavens by Dr. P. Natarajan
Silent Sky by L. Gunderson
March 2019: 8 participants (including 3 undergrads, 3 grad
and 2 faculty members), topics discussed: the DNP allies program
and Tech Savvy preparation.
February 2019: 13 participants, topics discussed: recent participation to
CUWIP, letter of recommendations and preparation for TechSavvy.
December 2018: 7 participants (including 1 fac, 4 undergrad,
two guests, 3 regrets), topic discussed: 3 ETHICS case studies
proposed by APS physics.
November 2018, Book club: 14 participants (including 4 males,
5 fac and 5 grad students). Book discussed:
The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People
Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It
by Dr V. Young
The Madame Curie complex: the hidden history of women in
science by V. des Jardins
September 2018: 9 participants (including 2 ung and 2 fac, 1
regret), topic discussed: being a minority in our P&A department
April 2018: 13 participants, topic discussed: Women who
inspired us.
November 30, 2017: 3 of us participated to the Stay out of
our own way workshop organized by the OU women center, here.
November 3, 2017: 7 participants (inc 1 ung, 3 fac, and 1
regret) - topic discussed: Who gets the prize and how did Prof
Sandler became a professor at Ohio U.
September 29, 2017: 10 participants (inc 2 ung and 2 fac + 1
regret) - topic discussed: Elevator speeches
examples and tips
September 19, 2017: 8 participants (or so) - topic discussed: "
Resuming a physics career after an interruption" based on the
testimony of INPP speaker HW Lin.
March 30, 2017: 8 participants- topic discussed: "sources of
frustration in our every day life" and the upcoming March for
science (more info here.
February 24, 2017: 9 participants (in 2 ung) + 3 regrets -
topic discussed: What the Ohio U women center has to offer. (quite a
bit, check it out here).
January 27, 2017: 5 participants (inc 1 ug) + 1 regret - topic
discussed: the movie HERStories
