TEAM-UP

The AIP National Task Force to Elevate African American Representation in Undergraduate Physics & Astronomy (TEAM-UP) was formed to investigate the causes of the continued underrepresentation of African Americans in physics and astronomy. The TEAM-UP report outlines the results from an extensive two year study of student experiences across many institutions, and describes systemic changes that can be taken within departments and across the field in order to increase the number of African Americans with physics and astronomy Bachelor’s degrees. 

At UMN (and at many other institutions nationwide), a TEAM-UP working group has been formed to implement TEAM-UP recomendations within our own department. Further updates about these initiatives will be added here. 

Resources:

Tips for increasing diversity in colloquium speakers: 

• Segarra, Verónica A et al. “Scientific societies fostering inclusivity through speaker diversity in annual meeting programming: a call to action.” Mol Biol Cell. vol. 31,23 (2020): 2495-2501. doi:10.1091/mbc.E20-06-0381