We seek to create a diverse community that embraces inclusion and participation of persons of different race, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, religion, socio-economic status, country of origin and citizenship, ethnic background, disability, career stage and professional status.
2024 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Programs
Short Course: Managing Diversity Teams in STEM
Tuesday, 07 May, 10:30 - 14:30
Instructor: Arti Agrawal, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
This interactive, workshop-style short course will give you practical skills and tips and tools to work with, manage and lead diverse teams in a STEM workplace. Read the full description.
DEI: Mentoring Across Differences Meetup
Wednesday, 08 May, 11:00 - 12:30
This meetup will include a panel where mentors in the photonics field share ways to approach and implement cross-difference mentoring relationships, i.e., make differences discussable, set boundaries, support gender and generational understanding, foster multicultural communication and more. Networking with the group will follow the panel discussion. RSVP to attend. >
Diversity & Inclusion Task Force Members
Mercedeh Khajavikhan, University of Southern California, USA, Co-Chair
Nataliia Mysko-Krutik, B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine, Co-Chair
Tatevik Chlyan, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium
Tara Fortier, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
Juliet Gopinath, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
Michael Mielke, L3 Harris, USA
Nataliia Mysko-Krutik, B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine
Irina Novikova, College of William & Mary, USA
Viktor Podolskiy, University of Massachusettes, Lowell, USA
Rohit Prasankumar, Intellectual Ventures, USA
Stephanie Tomasulo, US Naval Research Laboratory, USA
Michael Williams, Boston Electronics Corp., USA