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Science is for everyone: Integrating equity, diversity, and inclusion in teaching Rowan Thomson Carleton University

Science is for everyone: Integrating equity, diversity, and inclusion in teaching.

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Actions to Advance Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Physics Thursday, February 16, 2023 • 10:00 AM EST

Rowan Thomson

Canada Research Chair, Professor, and Associate Dean

Carleton University

Rowan Thomson is Canada Research Chair and Professor of Physics at Carleton University, where she is also Associate Dean (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) in the Faculty of Science. She holds a BSc Double Honors in mathematics and physics from Carleton University. Her PhD research, in theoretical high-energy physics (superstring theory) at the Perimeter Institute and the University of Waterloo, was awarded Waterloo’s Pearson Medal.

Post-PhD, Thomson’s research has focused on medical physics; distinctions include Ontario’s Polanyi Prize in Physics (2011), Ontario Early Researcher Award (2015), Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (2020), and Member of the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists (2022). Thomson has great enthusiasm for teaching and mentoring the next generations of scientists and for advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). She recently wrote “Advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion: a how-to guide” (published in Physics Today) and is developing resources for scientists to advance EDI, e.g., “Science is for everyone: Integrating equity, diversity, and inclusion in teaching.” She will soon release an analogous toolkit for research.

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