Increasing Diversity in Your Department
Special session 124, 219th AAS Meeting, Austin TX, Monday, Jan 09, 2012, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM. Cosponsored by the AAS Working Group on LGBTIQ Equality (WGLE) and the AAS Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy (CSMA).
Our presenters were as follows. Each person's presentation may be downloaded in PDF format via the link on the presentation title.
- Caroline E. Simpson (Florida International University and member, CSWA) "Best Practices in Hiring: Addressing Unconscious Bias" (922kb)
- Andrew A. West (Boston University) "Tools for Recruiting a Diverse Applicant Pool" (2.12 MB)
- William Van Dyke Dixon (STSci) "Recruitment and Retention of LGBTIQ Astronomers" (1.63 MB)
- Catherine A. Pilachowski (Indiana University) "Getting to Family-Friendly in Your Department" (1.3 MB)