Mini-Symposium: Current Research on Topics in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Physics

Presentations

• LGBT+ Studies in Physics Education: History, Current Research, and Navigating the New Lavender Scare

  ORAL · Invited

  March 19, 2026, 10:30 AM – March 19, 2026, 11:06 AM

  Publication: See below

  Presenters

  • RAMON S BARTHELEMY

    • University of Utah

  Authors

  • RAMON S BARTHELEMY

    • University of Utah

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• Results from an investigation of neurodivergent introductory physics problem-solving

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 11:06 AM – March 19, 2026, 11:18 AM

  Publication: "The way that I think is very nonlinear" – An investigation of how neurodivergent students do introductory mechanics through a grounded theory approach
  Authors: Liam G. McDermott, Mason D. Moenter, George R. Keefe, Erin M. Scanlon

  Presenters

  • Liam Gregory McDermott

    • University of Connecticut

  Authors

  • Liam Gregory McDermott

    • University of Connecticut

  • Mason D Moenter

    • Texas A&M University
    • Texas A&M University, Cyclotron Institute

  • George R Keefe

    • Rutgers University

  • Erin M Scanlon

    • University of Connecticut - Avery Point

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• Who do REUs help? Results from Surveys of NSF REU Students and Two-Year College Faculty

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 11:18 AM – March 19, 2026, 11:30 AM

  Presenters

  • Jonan-Rohi S Plueger

    • University of Colorado - Boulder

  Authors

  • Jonan-Rohi S Plueger

    • University of Colorado - Boulder

  • Bethany R Wilcox

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Instructors’ Interpretations of Social Exclusion in Undergraduate STEM Course

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 11:30 AM – March 19, 2026, 11:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Md Sanyat Rabby

    • Western Michigan University

  Authors

  • Md Sanyat Rabby

    • Western Michigan University

  • Charles Roy Henderson

    • North Carolina State University

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• How Students Experience and Perceive the Process of Requesting and Using Accommodations

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 11:42 AM – March 19, 2026, 11:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Mariana Rojas-Montoya

    • San Jose State University

  Authors

  • Mariana Rojas-Montoya

    • San Jose State University

  • Brianne Gutmann

    • San Jose State University

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• Layering Theoretical Frameworks in Curriculum Design: An example from the C2C Workshop

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 11:54 AM – March 19, 2026, 12:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Daryl McPadden

    • Michigan State University

  Authors

  • Daryl McPadden

    • Michigan State University

  • Matthew W Guthrie

    • University of Connecticut

  • Xian Wu

    • University of Connecticut

  • Theodore Bott

    • Michigan State University

  • Tanya Adams

    • Michigan State University

  • Erin M Scanlon

    • University of Connecticut - Avery Point

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