Minority Issues
These reports provide data on African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans in Physics and the Geosciences.
focus on African Americans & Hispanics among Physics & Astronomy Faculty
This is the third in a series of 5 focus ons which present the findings of the Academic Workforce Survey of 2008. While African Americans and Hispanic Americans continue to be
under-represented among physics faculty members, both the number of African-American and Hispanic faculty members and their proportion among all physics faculty have grown steadily since
2000. In this report, we provide data on the number of departments with African-American and Hispanic faculty members.
Universities that awarded the most degrees
Comparatively few African Americans or Hispanic Americans earned degrees in physics. However,
some physics departments have succeeded in attracting and retaining under-represented minorities
in physics. We are acknowledging the following universities because, since 1998, they have awarded
the largest number of physics bachelor's or physics PhDs to Hispanic Americans or African Americans.
Untapped Talent: The African American Presence in Physics and the
Geosciences
This report provides a wealth of data on the presence of African Americans in physics and the
geosciences. This work was made possible by a grant from the David and Lucille Packard Foundation.
The data show trends over time, as well as comparisons with related disciplines.
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Full report 
Preliminary Findings: Native Americans in Physics and the
Geosciences
We have compiled data collected by the US Department of Education and the National Science
Foundation on the representation of Native Americans in physics and geoscience. The highlights
below provide current data as well as trends over time.
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Preliminary Findings: Hispanic Americans in Physics and the
Geosciences
We are completing a report on the representation of Hispanic Americans in physics and geoscience.
This report will provide trend data over time as well as comparisons with related fields.
We are providing the following preliminary highlights while we finish this report. These highlights
are based on data collected by the US Department of Education and the National Science Foundation.
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Reports on The National Conference of Black Physics Students
The National Conference of Black Physics Students (NCBPS) is held annually,
with the goals of providing a deeper sense of community, a chance to network,
information about further study and careers in physics, and an opportunity
for students to present the results of original research. The Statistical Research
Center has conducted evaluative studies of the Conference for 12 years through 2005.
Report on student participants at the 2004 Joint Annual Meeting of the National Society of Black
Physicists and The National Society of Hispanic Physicists
The National Society of Black Physicists' (NSBP) annual meeting brought together professional
physicists, undergraduate students, and graduate physics students to present recent research,
explore career opportunities, foster contacts, and reinforce a general sense of community among
participants. This report presents findings from an evaluation survey that covered the students
experiences at the meeting, and its effect on their plans to continue in physics.
2004 Report
Report on student participants at
the 2003 Annual Conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and Black Physics Students
The 2003 NSBP annual meeting was held jointly with the NSHP.
2003 Report
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