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“Our physical abilities may be impaired but

our intellect is still functioning and is

certainly worthy of being tapped into.”

Baccouche says that society struggles with

an “illusion of inclusion,” the idea that ideals and goals in place to protect those with disabilities are simply that: ideals

without functionality or implementation.

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The author thanks Andrea Carter, University of To-ronto Employment Equity AODA Officer, and Per Arne Rikvold, Distinguished Research Professor at Florida State University, for helpful suggestions and analogies.

References[1] Canadians in Context - People with Disabilities, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, http://www4.hrsdc.gc.ca/[email protected]?iid=40

[2] Disability Status: 2000, [U.S.] Census 2000 Brief, http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-17.pdf

[3] Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering, National Science Foundation, http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/digest/theme6.cfm

[4] Council of Ontario Universities Accessibility Toolkit, http://www.cou.on.ca/ issues-resources/key-issues/accessibility/accessible-toolkit-homepage.aspx

[5] Disability Etiquette pamphlet, United Spinal Association, http://www.unitedspinal.org/pdf/DisabilityEtiquette.pdf

[6] American Chemical Society (ACS) Chemists with Disabilities Committee Resources, http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_SUPERARTICLE&node_id=346

[7] Disabilities, Opportunity, Internetworking and Technology (DO-IT) Center, University of Washington, http://www.washington.edu/doit/

[8] Women in STEM On the Air, WAMC NorthEast Public Radio, http://www.womeninscience.org/series.php?seriesID=1

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References[1] An example is Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering, http://darwin.nap.edu/books/0309100429/html/R7.html.

[2] Gender Equity, APS report, May 6-8, 2007, available online in http://www.aps.org/programs/women/index.cfm.

[3] After the meeting, the author found some statistics about women scientists in China in a talk posted online, http://www.aps.org/units/fip/meetings/upload/wu.pdf.

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FiGURe 2. Percentage of physics bachelors employed in private sector STeM and non-STeM jobs, classes of 2009-10

FiGURe 1. employment sector for physics bachelors, classes of 2009-10

FiGURe 3. Field of employment for physics bachelors in private-sector STeM jobs , classes of 2009-10

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FiGURe 4. Physics bachelors’ use of people and management skills, classes of 2009-10, employed in private-sector jobs

FiGURe 6. Physics bachelors’ use of physics, math, research, etc., classes of 2009-10, employed in private-sector jobs

FiGURe 5. Physics bachelors’ use of computer and technical skills, classes of 2009-10, employed in private-sector jobs

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Percentages represent the proportion of physics bachelors who chose “daily”, “weekly,” or “monthly” on a four-point scale that also included “never or rarely.”

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References[1] American Institute of Physics Statistical Research Center, 2009. “What’s a Bachelor’s Degree Worth?” www.aip.org/statistics/trends/reports/fall09a.pdf

[2] Patrick Mulvey and Brandon Shindel, 2010. “Physics Bachelors’ Initial Employment” www.aip.org/statistics/trends/reports/emp2010.pdf

[3] Rachel Ivie and Katie Stowe, 2002. “The Early Careers of Physics Bachelors” www.aip.org/statistics/trends/reports/bachplus5.pdf

[4] Jane Margolis & Allan Fisher, 2003. Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

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A n n o u n c e m e n t sPresidential AppointmentPresident Obama recently announced his intent to appoint Dr. Margaret Murnane for Chairman, President’s Committee on the Na-tional Medal of Science. Dr. Murnane is a Fellow of JILA and a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Physics at the Univer-sity of Colorado. Dr. Murnane is also a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America, and the American Asso-ciation for the Advancement of Science. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2006 and the National Acad-emy of Sciences in 2004. In recognition of her work, she has been awarded the 2011 Royal Dublin Society Irish Times Boyle Medal for Scientific Excellence, the 2010 R.W. Wood Prize of the Optical Society of America, the 2010 Schawlow Prize of the American Physi-cal Society, the 2009 Ahmed Zewail Award of the American Chemical Society, and a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship in 2000.  She was first appointed to the Presi-dent’s Committee on the National Medal of Science in 2010. Dr. Murnane received her B.S and M.S. from University College Cork, Ireland, and her Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.

Blewett FellowshipThe Blewett Fellowship (formerly the Blewett Scholarship) has been established to enable women to return to physics research careers after having had to interrupt those careers.

The fellowship consists of an award of up to $45,000. The applicant must be a legal resident or resident alien of the US or Canada. She must currently be in Canada or the US and must have completed substantial work toward a PhD. The application period will open in the spring with applications due June 1, 2012. Selection will be made by a sub-committee of the APS Committee on the Status of Women in Physics. Announcement of the award is expected to be made by August 1, 2012. Details can be found at www.WomenIn-Physics.org (click on Scholarships & Awards). Contact Deanna Ratnikova in the APS office at [email protected] for more information. This unique award was established from a generous bequest from M. Hildred Blewett, a particle accelerator physicist who died in 2004. Hildred Blewett was passionate about physics and wanted to help women overcome obstacles by establishing the fellowship.

Woman Physicist of the MonthThe APS Committee on the Status of Women in Physics (CSWP) recently began a program to highlight exceptional female physicists. The CSWP Woman Physicist of the Month award recognizes female physicists who have positively impacted other individuals’ lives and careers. Nominations are being accepted on a rolling basis. Each CSWP Woman Physicist of the Month will be featured on the Women in Physics

website, announced in the Gazette, and rec-ognized at a reception at an APS national meeting. CSWP will also work to identify other outlets through which awardees can be recognized for their efforts and contributions. The CSWP Woman Physicist of the Month award is not restricted to just research physi-cists, but open to students, teachers or any woman doing physics-related work. The organizers intentionally kept the criteria for nominees nonspecific in order to encourage a diverse group of nominees. To nominate someone, the name, insti-tution/facility/company, and email of both the nominee and nominator should be emailed to [email protected]. The nominee’s CV and a nomination statement up to three paragraphs should also be included in the email as attachments. The nominee does not need to be an APS member.

Remembering Frostburg State Physics MajorOn November 6, 2011, 19 year- old Kortneigh McCoy died as a result of being involved in an altercation at an off-campus party. The Balti-more native was a physics major at Frostburg State University and a resident assistant in a freshman dorm. Although she hadn’t yet taken many physics courses, Kortneigh re-portedly had a passion for the sciences. In addition to her studies, she loved to sing and was involved in both the university chorale and the university’s gospel choir. Kortneigh’s

friends and family describe her as a smart, likeable young woman who loved life and loved to laugh.

Memorial FundMichele Dufault, a Physics & Astronomy ma-jor (Yale class of 2011, Saybrook College), died in a tragic accident on April 12, 2011, while finalizing her senior thesis project on detectors for low-mass dark matter particles. Michele was a strong supporter of other women in science and a leader among lead-ers. In recognition of her passion for science and for encouraging other women to pursue science careers, her friends and teachers have established the Michele Dufault Summer Re-search Fellowship and Conference Fund. The fund will support a summer fellowship for a Yale undergraduate woman in the physi-cal sciences, especially Physics, Astronomy or Geology & Geophysics, which were the areas of greatest interest to Michele. It will also be used to support conferences that encourage young women to pursue the physical scienc-es, such as the Conference on Undergradu-ate Women in Physics now held annually at Yale. If you would like to contribute to the fund, please write a check payable to Yale University, note on the check that it is for the “Michele Dufault Summer Fellowship and Conference Fund” and mail it c/o Meg Urry, Physics Department, PO Box 208120, New Haven CT 06520-8120. n

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Fellowships New Fellows of APS are elected after careful and competitive review and recommendation by a fellowship committee on the unit level, additional review by the APS Fellowship Committee and final approval by the full APS Council. Only ½ of 1% of the total APS membership is selected for Fellowship in the Society each year. This year, 30 women were named to Fellowship.

Lillian HoddesonRecipient of the Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics (2012)�)�R�U���K�H�U���O�H�D�G�H�U�V�K�L�S���D�Q�G���F�R�Q�W�U�L�E�X�W�L�R�Q�V���W�R���Z�U�L�W�L�Q�J���W�K�H���K�L�V���W�R�U�\���R�I���W�Z�H�Q�W�L�H�W�K���F�H�Q�W�X�U�\���S�K�\�V�L�F�V�����K�H�U���S�L�R�Q�H�H�U�L�Q�J���V�W�X�G���L�H�V�� �R�I�� �$�P�H�U�L�F�D�Q�� �U�H�V�H�D�U�F�K�� �O�D�E�R�U�D�W�R�U�L�H�V�²�S�D�U�W�L�F�X�O�D�U�O�\���%�H�O�O���/�D�E�V�����/�R�V���$�O�D�P�R�V���D�Q�G���)�H�U�P�L�O�D�E�²�D�Q�G���K�H�U���S�H�U�F�H�S���W�L�Y�H���V�F�L�H�Q�W�L�¿�F���E�L�R�J�U�D�S�K�\���R�I���-�R�K�Q���%�D�U�G�H�H�Q��

Sylvia Torres-PeimbertRecipient of the Hans A. Bethe Prize (2012)�)�R�U���R�X�W�V�W�D�Q�G�L�Q�J���Z�R�U�N���R�Q���W�K�H���S�U�L�P�R�U�G�L�D�O���K�H�O�L�X�P���D�E�X�Q���G�D�Q�F�H�� �D�V�� �Z�H�O�O�� �D�V�� �D�E�X�Q�G�D�Q�F�H�V�� �R�I�� �R�W�K�H�U�� �H�O�H�P�H�Q�W�V�� �D�Q�G���W�K�H�L�U���L�P�S�O�L�F�D�W�L�R�Q�V���I�R�U���F�R�V�P�R�O�R�J�\���D�Q�G���I�R�U���W�K�H���F�K�H�P�L�F�D�O���H�Y�R�O�X�W�L�R�Q�� �R�I�� �J�D�O�D�[�L�H�V�� �D�Q�G�� �V�W�D�U�V���� �7�K�L�V�� �Z�R�U�N�� �L�V�� �I�X�Q�G�D���P�H�Q�W�D�O���D�V���D���F�U�L�W�L�F�D�O���W�H�V�W���I�R�U���F�R�V�P�R�O�R�J�L�F�D�O���W�K�H�R�U�L�H�V���D�Q�G���W�K�H���E�D�U�\�R�Q�L�F���F�R�Q�W�H�Q�W���R�I���W�K�H���8�Q�L�Y�H�U�V�H��

Rachel SegalmanRecipient of the John H. Dillon Medal (2012)�)�R�U���I�X�Q�G�D�P�H�Q�W�D�O���D�Q�G���W�H�F�K�Q�R�O�R�J�L�F�D�O���F�R�Q�W�U�L�E�X�W�L�R�Q�V���W�R���W�K�H���¿�H�O�G���R�I���S�R�O�\�P�H�U���V�F�L�H�Q�F�H���D�Q�G���H�Q�J�L�Q�H�H�U�L�Q�J�����H�V�S�H�F�L�D�O�O�\���L�Q���W�K�H���D�U�H�D���R�I���U�R�G���F�R�L�O���E�O�R�F�N���F�R�S�R�O�\�P�H�U�V��

Arian PregenzerRecipient of the Joseph A. Burton Forum Award (2012)�)�R�U���K�H�U���L�Q�W�H�O�O�H�F�W�X�D�O���D�Q�G���P�D�Q�D�J�H�U�L�D�O���O�H�D�G�H�U�V�K�L�S���L�Q���F�U�H�D�W���L�Q�J���F�H�Q�W�H�U�V���W�K�D�W���D�O�O�R�Z���L�Q�W�H�U�Q�D�W�L�R�Q�D�O���W�H�F�K�Q�L�F�D�O���D�Q�G���S�R�O���L�F�\�� �H�[�S�H�U�W�V�� �W�R�� �H�[�S�O�R�U�H�� �F�R�Q�¿�G�H�Q�F�H�� �E�X�L�O�G�L�Q�J�� �P�H�D�V�X�U�H�V���D�Q�G���R�W�K�H�U���D�U�P�V���F�R�Q�W�U�R�O���U�H�J�L�P�H�V��

Bethany JochimRecipient of the LeRoy Apker Award (2011)�6�W�U�R�Q�J���¿�H�O�G���G�L�V�V�R�F�L�D�W�L�R�Q���G�\�Q�D�P�L�F�V���R�I���1�2���������$���P�X�O�W�L���S�K�R�W�R�Q���H�O�H�F�W�U�R�Q�L�F���R�U���Y�L�E�U�D�W�L�R�Q�D�O���H�[�F�L�W�D�W�L�R�Q��

Nadya MasonRecipient of the Maria Goeppert Mayer Award (2012)�)�R�U�� �L�Q�Q�R�Y�D�W�L�Y�H�� �H�[�S�H�U�L�P�H�Q�W�V�� �W�K�D�W�� �H�O�X�F�L�G�D�W�H�� �W�K�H�� �H�O�H�F���W�U�R�Q�L�F���L�Q�W�H�U�D�F�W�L�R�Q�V���D�Q�G���F�R�U�U�H�O�D�W�L�R�Q�V���L�Q���O�R�Z���G�L�P�H�Q�V�L�R�Q�D�O���V�\�V�W�H�P�V�����L�Q���S�D�U�W�L�F�X�O�D�U���W�K�H���X�V�H���R�I���O�R�F�D�O���J�D�W�H�V���D�Q�G���W�X�Q�Q�H�O���S�U�R�E�H�V���W�R���F�R�Q�W�U�R�O���D�Q�G���P�H�D�V�X�U�H���W�K�H���H�O�H�F�W�U�R�Q�L�F���V�W�D�W�H�V���L�Q���F�D�U�E�R�Q���Q�D�Q�R�W�X�E�H�V���D�Q�G���J�U�D�S�K�H�Q�H��

Do you know a female physicist worthy of

recognition?

Nominate her to be the CSWP Woman Physicist

of the Month!

Find more info on page 16.

Deadline to apply for the Blewett Fellowship

is June 1, 2012.

CSWP congratulates Dr. Mildred S. Dresselhaus

on receiving the enrico Fermi Award.

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Are you looking for a graduate school that is

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www.aps.org/programs/women/female-friendly/

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American Physical Society Travel Grant Programs

Travel Grants are available for Physics Departments at U.S. institutions to host Women and Minority Speakers!

The Women and Minorities Speakers Programs are intended to expand the opportunity for physics departments to invite women and minority colloquium/seminar speakers who can serve as role models for undergraduates, graduate students and faculty. The program also recognizes the scientific accomplishments and contributions of these physicists.

For more information and to complete an online application, please visit:

Women Speakers Program Travel Grants: www.aps.org/programs/women/speakers/travel-grants.cfm

Minority Speakers Program Travel Grants: www.aps.org/programs/minorities/speakers/travel-grants.cfm

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Women & Minority Speakers ListNeed a speaker? Consider consulting the American Physical Society’s Speakers List, an online list of physi-cists who are willing to give colloquium or seminar talks to various audiences. This list serves as a won-derful resource for colleges, universities, and general audiences. It has been especially useful for colloquium chairs and for those taking advantage of the Travel Grant Program for Women and Minority Speakers. The online list is searchable by state, field of physics, or speakers’ last names.

To search the list to find a woman speaker, go to: www.aps.org/programs/women/speakers/

To search the list to find a minority speaker, go to: www.aps.org/programs/minorities/speakers/