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Session I: Saturday, 9:45-10:30am

Session/ RoomSession TitleSession Speaker(s)Session Chair/Discussion Leader

A:

NH 170

Careers outside of academia    Dr. Erin Cooper, Dr. Rhiannon Griffin, Li Murphy, Dr. Amanda SchillingJoseph Hyunseop Choi

B:

NH 270

Women in leadership roles / Women as role modelsDr. Sara Barber, Dr. Jane Irungu, Dr. Renu Malhotra, Dr. Margaret Murnane,  Dr. Risa WechslerDr. Doerte Blume

C:

NH 103

Modeling low dimensional functional materials  Dr. Talat RahmanDelaram Nematollahi
D: NH 203Transferring to a four-year collegeThe Transfer Team from the Office of Admissions & Recruitment at OUAndrea De La Torre
E:
NH 251
Bias and gender issues   Dr. Ferah Munshi    London Willson

Session II: Saturday, 11:00am-11:45am

Session/ RoomSession TitleSession Speaker(s)Session Chair/Discussion Leader

A:

NH 170

Engineering/Physics Engineering Graduate SchoolDr. Jessica Ruyle, Dr. Bin Wang, Dr. Binbin WengDr. Desmond Villalba, Dr. Mike Santos, Dr. Randa Shehab

B:

NH 270

Hands-on networking workshopDr. Rhiannon Griffin, Dr. Amanda Schilling, Dr. Elizabeth Behrman, Dr. Sara Barber, Jessica Burgess, Dr. Erin Cooper, Capt. Zhanna A Shirshikova, Cheryl McGee, Li MurphyDr. Doerte Blume

C:

NH 103

REU application workshopBrenda MoralesDr. Melissa Halford
D: NH 203The proton radius puzzleDr. Evangeline DownieBijay Shrestha
E:
NH 251
Elements of Student Success and Retention   Dr. Sherri IrvinLondon Willson

    F:

NH 302

Academic Life Coaching: From Surviving to ThrivingDr. Kathleen Shea Smith and teamAJ Yates

Session III: Saturday, 3:00-3:45pm

Session/ RoomSession TitleSession Speaker(s)Session Chair/Discussion Leader

A:

NH 170

A glimpse at the APS Bridge Program at UCF  Talat RahmanSarah Stangl

B:

NH 270

Careers outside of academiaDr. Amanda Schilling, Dr. Sara Barber, Capt. Zhanna A. ShirshikovaJoseph Hyunseop Choi

C:

NH 103

Experimental Trends and Opportunities in Condensed Matter PhysicsDr. Giti Khodaparast Dr. Ann Viano
D: NH 203

LGBTQIA+ session

LGBTQIA+ stands for “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer/questioning, asexual and many other terms (such as non-binary and pansexual)

Cheryl McGeeElizabeth Ellithorpe
E:
NH 251
Undergraduate research opportunities – OK-LSAMP as an exampleBrenda L. MoralesDr. Allison Kirkpatrick
F:
NH 302

Academic Life Coaching: From Surviving to ThrivingDr. Kathleen Shea Smith  and teamAJ Yates

Session IV: Sunday, 8:50am-9:35am

Session/ RoomSession TitleSession Speaker(s)Session Chair/Discussion Leader

A:

NH 170

Hands-on networking workshopDr. Elizabeth Behrman, Dr. Sara Barber, Dr. Amanda Schilling, Dr. Erin Cooper, Capt. Zhanna A ShirshikovaDr. Doerte Blume

B:

NH 270

Career outside of academia: High school teacherKeely Cox, Chelsea Foo, Anna WilliamsDr. Kieran Mullen

C:

NH 103

Work-life / work-family balanceDr. Julie Gunderson, Dr. Ann Wright, Dr. Desmond VillalbaDr. Allison Kirkpatrick
D: NH 203

Mental health

Dr. Brittany StewartDibyashree Sengupta
E:
NH 251
Alternative Career Path: From Physics to Atmospheric SciencesDr. Petra KleinAndrea De La Torre

Session V: Sunday, 9:45am-10:30am

Session/ RoomSession TitleSession Speaker(s)Session Chair/Discussion Leader

A:

NH 170

Science Policy in CongressDr. Sara BarberSarah Stangl

B:

NH 270

Navigating traditional white spaces with marginalized identitiesDr. Rodney BatesElizabeth Ellithorpe

C:

NH 103

Quantum Machine LearningDr. Elizabeth BehrmanBijay Shrestha
D: NH 203

How to write a successful CV/Resume/Letter of interest?

Dr. Kieran MullenDr. Melissa Halford
E:
NH 251
Communicating Science: Effective Delivery to Any AudienceJessica BurgessSaloni Bhatiani

Session VI: Sunday, 11:00-11:45am

Session/ RoomSession TitleSession Speaker(s)Session Chair/Discussion Leader

A:

NH 170

Importance of staying involved – campus and communityDr. Rodney Bates, Javad Dowran, Evelyn Vargas-OlmosMaria Schutte

B:

NH 270

Impostor syndrome --- interactive Bingo game Dr. Ferah Munshi, Dr. Nate Kaib

C:

NH 103

Nuclear PhysicsDr. Flera RizatdinovaVeena Balakrishnan
D: NH 203

Careers in academia panel: Faculty at two- and four-year colleges

Dr. Julie Gunderson, Dr. Ann Viano, Dr. Ann Wright, Dr. Mary KiddDr. Deborah Watson
E:
NH 251
Applying to graduate schoolAmber Roepe, Hannah Day, Dr. Arne SchwettmannDr. Eric Abraham
pdf Parallel Session Agenda (pdf)
PDF document containing the CUWiP@OU 2020 Parallel Session agenda.