Saint Joseph's University
Women in Physics
Club

Purpose

SJU WiP focuses on supporting, acknowledging, and promoting women in the physics field. We engage with the community using events to educate on topics in physics and issues relevant to underrepresented communities in physics.

UPCOMING EVENTS!

Congratulate our 2025 WiP Officers

Read about our events published in The Hawk:

STEM clubs host poster-making event for women in science

March 31, 2024

Women in Physics club hosts “Physics Storytelling Showcase: Women and Underrepresented Communities in Physics”

April 5, 2023

Gallery

Women in Science Poster Making Event w/ SJU's Biology Club

March 2024: Poster of network engineer Radia Perlman by Tim Trapp '26 & Caroline Curtin '25.

March 2024: Poster of mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani by Deb Duong '24.

March 2024: Poster of physicist Lise Meitner by Haley McMenamin '27 & Jenna Wagner '27 and astronomer Aomawa Shields by Gianna Muhaw '27.

2023 APS Mid-Atlantic Section Meeting at University of Delaware

Nov. 2023: Shayna Sit (Physics '25) presents the poster "Promoting Women in Physics Through Storytelling Poster Session."

Nov. 2023: Deryk McGarry (Physics '25) presents the poster "Ten Years of Physics Wonder Girls Camp."

2023 Physics Storytelling Poster Showcase: Women and Underrepresented Communities in Physics

March 2023: Physics Storytelling Poster Showcase coordinated by WiP and Dr. Ramos - sponsored by APS WiP Group Grant and Constellation.

March 2023: Students presenting about their physicists on the University City campus.

March 2023: Poster presenters and physics faculty on Hawk Hill campus.

Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream and UV Bracelets Event w/ SJU's American Chemical Society

May 2024: Students using liquid nitrogen to make their own ice cream!

May 2024: Students learning about ultraviolet light as they make UV reactive bead bracelets.

2024 APS March Meeting in Minneapolis, MN

March 2024: Dr. Roberto Ramos, Deryk McGarry (Physics '25), and Shayna Sit (Physics '25) at the 2024 APS March Meeting.

March 2024: Shayna Sit (Physics '25) presents the poster "Promoting Women in Physics Through Storytelling Poster Session."

March 2024: Deryk McGarry (Physics '25) presents the poster "Ten Years of Physics Wonder Girls Camp."

March 2024: Dr. Roberto Ramos presents "Physics Wonder Girls Program: Celebrating Ten Years of Supporting Girls in STEM."

Outreach at Kingsway Regional High School

Oct. 2023: Shayna Sit (Physics '25) visits Kingsway Regional High School's Physics Club to talk about being a physics major and the physics of bubbles.

Oct. 2023: Students from Kingsway Regional High School figuring out the physics behind the color and shape of bubbles.

Oct. 2023: Kingsway Regional High School Physics Club.

Outreach at St. Francis de Sales Middle School

Dec. 2023: Middle schoolers from St. Francis de Sales making polages.

Dec. 2023: Middle schoolers from St. Francis de Sales learning about light from their polages.

Dec. 2023: Teaching St. Francis de Sales about telescopes and the stories of astronomers.

Dec. 2023: Dr. Amanda Huon, Julia Oseka (Physics '25), Shayna Sit (Physics '25), Aryn Young (Physics '26), and Dr. Jessie Taylor promoting physics at St. Francis de Sales Middle School.

2023 Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics