“The mark of a successful departmental climate for women is one in
which the enthusiasm and ambition of the women undergraduates is
transformed smoothly into successful and ambitious women graduate
students, with dynamic, forging-ahead female postdocs, energetic junior
women faculty, and productive, happy, senior women faculty who all serve
as positive role models.”This is a quote from a successful female
physics faculty member who has served on several American Physical
Society Site Visits to Improve the Climate for Women in Physics. So how
can a physics department make this vision a reality?
The Committee on the Status of Women in Physics (CSWP) has developed
a list of suggested “Best Practices” that are intended as an aid to
Physics departments in working towards this goal. From many years of
experience with the Site Visits, implementing such best practices will
improve the climate for both men and women in physics, and is therefore
well worth the effort! The list can be read at this website:
http://www.aps.org/educ/cswp/loader.cfm?url=/commonspot/security/getfile.cfm&PageID=55144
Information about the Committee on the Status of Women in Physics of
the American Physical Society and their many activities on behalf of
women physicists can be found here:
http://www.aps.org/educ/cswp/
