We Need Your Vote! Women of Hopkins (Art Installation)

Our team is proposing a permanent Women of Hopkins art exhibit for the DLC’s 2016 Diversity Innovation Grant. Help us get funding by voting for us (and encouraging your friends to vote!) on the JHU Idea Lab website (https://myidealab.jhu.edu/a/dtd/Women-of-Hopkins/816853-32786) between April 18th and 28th. Here is a preliminary mockup of our vision:

The women we hope to celebrate are alumnae and affiliates of Hopkins, including:

Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1906-1972), Nobel laureate in physics for nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus

Madeleine Albright (1937-) First female secretary of state

Rachel Carson (1907-1964) Marine biologist and conservationist, author of “Silent Spring”

Jody Williams (1950-) Political activist, Nobel Peace Prize for work banning land mines.

Alice Hamilton (1869-1970) Toxicologist and first female faculty member at Harvard University

Linda Cureton (1959-), Applied mathematician, former CIO of NASA.

Grace Endearing (1900-1988), Creator of the whooping cough vaccine.

Helene D. Gayle, CEO of McKinsey Social Initiative, global leader in humanitarian aid

Virginia Apgar (1909-1974) Anesthesiologist, inventor of the Apgar score for assessing newborn health

Bonnie Bassler (1962-) Molecular biologist, identified the genetic circuit that controls quorum sensing

Florence Bascom (1862-1945) Geologist, first woman hired by United States Geological Survey

Nitza Margarita Cintron (1950-) Chief of Space Medicine, NASA

Bernadine Healy (1944-2011) Cardiologist, first female head of the NIH

Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavati (1919-) First female cardiologist in India

Meg Urry- President of the American Astronomical Society, formerly on Hubble Telescope faculty

We welcome more nominations from you. Just write your suggestions in the comments section and help give your heroes the recognition they have earned!

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White Privilege. Male Privilege. In Science.

The next workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, April 12th at 5:30pm in Gilman 55. Professor Jeffrey Gray (ChemBE Dept) will lead a discussion on white male privilege in science. Pizza and drinks provided.

When one considers race and gender equity in science, discussions often focus around barriers faced by women and minorities.  The inverse idea, that men and white people have specific advantages, or “privilege,” in their scientific careers, can be challenging because it suggests that individual achievement arises not only due to individual efforts but also due to structural advantages in the scientific culture for white people and men.

Join us for this workshop where we will discuss the concept of “privilege” specifically in the scientific and academic spheres.  We will review data from social scientists studying privilege and data on NIH funding rates, share personal experiences, and consider appropriate and practical responses.

Suggested reading for the workshop:

1. Peggy McIntosh, “Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack,” Peace and Freedom Magazine (1989).

Other relevant papers that will be presented:

2. Mujcic and Frijters, “Still Not Allowed on the Bus: It Matters If You’re Black or White!” IZA Discussion Paper No. 7300 (2013).

3. Ginther et al., “Race, Ethnicity, and NIH Research Awards,” Science, (2011).

Questions?  Email Prof. Gray (jgray@jhu.edu).  No RSVP required, but if you know you’ll make it, drop Prof. Gray a note for the pizza and drink count.

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