During the Fall 2022 semester, we will meet on Fridays at noon, on September 2, October 7, November 4 and December 2nd.

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Why WIPHA?

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 Sandler.

We are currently looking for student officers (grad or undergrad) to drive the program of our group. If you are interested please do contact Prof. Sandler. 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.
• Hold a session of the Communication and Negotiation Skills Seminar for Women workshop. This means contact APS, arrange for a room, advertise.

• Undergrad: attend the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWIP). Get ready for the 2023 APS Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics, which will be held at 14 different universities across the United States and Canada! The conferences will be held in person and onlineon January 20 - 22, 2023, and applications open in just a few days! CUWiP is an opportunity to experience a professional conference, gain information about graduate school and professions in physics, and provide students access to other women in physics of all ages with whom they can share experiences, advice, and ideas. Applications openAugust 29. To learn more, visit: this link . We have had multiple OU students attend and like it. The department usually cover your transportation expense while CUWIP covers your local expenses (hotel and food).

• Grants and fellowship: AAUW fellowship , OU GSS travel grant, AWIS travel grant , GWIS fellowship
• Workshops (some of them provide support for travel): Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics , Professional Skills Development .
• Women in Physics Groups a list compiled by the APS.
• The Women in Physics APS group
• The Association for Women in Science
• The Ohio University Women center
• Women in Physics at FermiLab
• American Association of University Women
• Graduate Women in Science
• 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

• 09-22: Women representation in P&A OU (2009-2021) both grad and undergrad (these data)
• 09-21: Communicating your research and career goals (APS)
• 04-18: Avoid Gender Bias in Letter of Reference Writing
• 03-18: Effective Practices for Recruiting and Retaining Women in Physics
• 02-18: Calculated steps to Success An article about our own female students.
• 01-18: President Nellis announces Ohio U Parental Paid Leave program for graduate students
• 11-2016: Refuse to take part to all male panels.
• 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
• October 2015- January 2016:
  • Astronomy Community Mounts Stronger Response In Sexual Harassment Case Than UC Berkeley J. Stemwedel, 10-9-15.
  • Deciding Whether To Report Harassment In Science , J. Stemwedel, 1-29-16.
  • Ohio University policy and ressource directory
  • Office of Equity and Civil Rights Compliance link to "report sexual misconduct".
  • Not alone - White house initiative
  • Anti-Harassment Policy for AAS & Division Meetings & Activities
  • Distractingly sexy in response to 2001 Nobel prize winner T. Hunt's comments about his trouble with girls.
• April 2015: Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World
• Feb 2015: PIONEERING WOMEN OF PHYSICS
• Fall 2013: Blazing the Trail: Essays by Leading Women in Science by E. Ideal and R. Meharchand, published in July 2013.
• Fall 2013: Why Are There Still So Few Women in Science? By EILEEN POLLACK, The New York Times, October 2013.
• fall 2012: Announcement of the 2013 Professional Skills Development workshops by the APS women group
• spring 2012: Gender equity: strengthening the physics enterprise in universities and national laboratories.
• spring 2012: Start smart, negotiating salaries a workshop organized at OU by the graduate college.
• fall 2011: Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP)
• fall 2011: Interviewing Without the Angst a webinar from the APS
• fall 2010: Survival tips for women in STEM
• 2007: Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering

• April 8, 2022: At the last meeting of the Spring semester WIPHA hosted Prof. Emerita Natalie Chieffe from the College of Business. (10 participants: 1 faculty member, 2 undergrads, 6 grads, 1 postdoc, 1 visiting professor, 1 external speaker). Prof. Chieffe talked about financial advice for women in general and students in particular. She gave advice on different types of investment strategies and offered to visit again!
• February 25, 2022: We returned to in-person meetings in Clippinger (10 participants: 1 faculty member, 1 undergrad, 5 grads, 1 postdoc, 1 visiting professor, 1 external speaker). We hosted Prof. Michelle O'Malley from the Department of Linguistics at OU. We learned about the impact of cognitive and cultural/gender constructs on speech and language development.
• January 28, 2022: Spring semester began with a zoom meeting again! (10 participants: 2 faculty members, 3 undergrads, and 5 graduates) We discussed potential topics to focus on future meetings among them: financial advice for graduating students, imposter syndrome, networking in the time of COVID, advice for introverts to network, zoom burnout, etc.
• September 28, 2021: We resumed meetings with an informal chat on zoom. (6 participants: 4 graduate students and 2 faculty)
• 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:
  • "Lost in math" by S. Hossenfelder, GoodRead entry
  • "Women in Physics and Astronmy 2019" by AIP, AIP web site on Women
• 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.
• March 2018: 7 participants, topic discussed: "Effective practices for recruiting and retaining women in physics" how does our department fair?
• February 2, 2018: 7 participants, topic discussed:"so few women in STEM: nature or nurture?"

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