Special Events

• • • Lactation Room

    • LR01
    • Sat 07/20, 7:00AM - 11:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event

  • • Quiet Room

    • QR01
    • Sat 07/20, 7:00AM - 11:00AM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event

  • • Lactation Room

    • LR02
    • Sun 07/21, 7:00AM - 11:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event

  • • Lactation Room

    • LR03
    • Mon 07/22, 7:00AM - 11:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event

  • • Quiet Room

    • QR03
    • Mon 07/22, 7:00AM - 11:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event

  • • Quiet Room

    • QR05
    • Mon 07/22, 7:00AM - 11:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event

  • • K-12 Teacher’s Lounge Presence

    • SPEC
    • Mon 07/22, 5:00PM - 6:00PM
    
    
    • Anne Kornahrens
      
    • Type: Event
    • Join physics teachers, physics education researchers, and STEP UP leadership for networking fun and discussion around women in physics. Refreshments will be available! Open to every attendee of the 2019 AAPT Summer Meeting.

  • • K-12 Teachers' Lounge

    • SPEC89
    • Mon 07/22, 5:00PM - 6:00PM
    
    
    • Anne Kornahrens
      
    • Type: Event
    • Please join physics teachers, physics education researchers, and STEP UP project leadership for networking fun and discussion around women in physics. STEP UP wants to collaboratively drive cultural change toward inclusivity by involving more women in undergraduate physics. Refreshments will be available! This is a gathering for ALL physics educators and open to every attendee of the 2019 AAPT Summer Meeting.

  • • Lactation Room

    • LR04
    • Tue 07/23, 7:00AM - 11:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event

  • • Quiet Room

    • QR04
    • Tue 07/23, 7:00AM - 11:00AM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event

  • • PERTG Town Hall (Live Stream)

    • PERTGTH
    • Tue 07/21, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
    
    
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    • Type: Event

• Land Acknowledgement with Franci Taylor

  • • Land Acknowledgement with Franci Taylor

    • SPEC101
    • Sun 07/21, 8:00PM - 8:15PM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event
    • Franci Taylor, Executive Director of the American Indian Resource Center (AIRC) at University of Utah and a cross-cultural consultant for University Health Sciences. She will conduct a Land Acknowledgement at the beginning of the Welcome Reception on Sunday, July 21, 2019. This land acknowledgment recognizes the traditional territory of the Indigenous people who called the land home before the arrival of settlers, and in many cases still do call it home. Ms. Taylor earned a B.F.A. and a B.S. in Anthropology/Sociology at Montana State University. She earned her Ph.D. in American Indian Studies through the Faculty of Archaeology program at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. She has taught American Indian Studies and Culture for over 25 years locally, nationally, and internationally at all educational levels. She has worked on creating American Indian curriculum for public schools. Land Acknowledgment is a way to recognize that the land on which we hold this meeting has a very long history, reaching beyond the establishment of European colonies, as well as its significance for the Indigenous peoples who lived and continue to live upon this territory, and whose practices and spiritualities were tied to the land and continue to develop in relationship to the land and its other inhabitants today.

• 78th Annual Spanish Fork Fiesta Days Rodeo PRCA Extreme Bull Riding

  • • 78th Annual Spanish Fork Fiesta Days Rodeo PRCA Extreme Bull Riding

    • SPEC01
    • Sat 07/20, 7:00PM - 10:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event
    • The 78th Annual Spanish Fork Fiesta Days Rodeo PRCA Extreme Bull Riding American bull riding has been called "the most dangerous eight seconds in sports. To receive a score, the rider must stay atop the bull for eight seconds with the use of one hand on a rope, touching the bull or themselves with the free hand, or failing to reach the eight-second mark, results in a no-score ride. Grab your boots and hat and join in the fun at the 78 Annual Spanish Fork Fiesta Rodeo. This is your chance to experience the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Xtreme Bulls bull-riding event. The PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour showcases the PRCA's top bull riders and some of the rankest bulls the world has to offer. $30 includes transportation and reserved seating.

• AAPT Fun Run/Walk

  • • AAPT Fun Run/Walk

    • SPEC20
    • Tue 07/23, 6:00AM - 8:00AM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event
    • Get up and get going! Lace up your shoes and enjoy the fresh air with your colleagues. T-shirts will be provided, as well as water and fruit. Specific details about the route will be emailed to all Fun Run/Walk participants. Registration is required.

• AAPT Tweet-up

  • • AAPT Tweet-up

    • SPEC03
    • Sun 07/21, 5:00PM - 6:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event

• Break

  • • Break

    • SPEC55
    • Mon 07/22, 1:00PM - 1:30PM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event

  • • Break

    • SPEC56
    • Mon 07/22, 5:00PM - 5:15PM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event

• Demo Show

  • • Demo Show

    • SPEC26
    • Tue 07/23, 8:30PM - 9:30PM
    
    
    • BYU BYU
      
    • Type: Event

• Disability/Accessibility Meet-up

  • • Disability/Accessibility Meet-up

    • SPEC18
    • Mon 07/22, 8:30PM - 10:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event
    • Are you a physicist with a disability? Are you looking to improve the accessibility of your teaching or the physics and astronomy community? Please join the first Disability/Accessibility Meet-Up at AAPT! The purpose of this space is to build community through networking, dialogue, and shared interest in accessible physics education, as well as present AAPT members with disabilities an opportunity to discuss the accessibility issues they have encountered. At the meet-up, you will have the opportunity to follow up with presenters and organizers from sessions on disability/accessibility, meet new people, make plans for upcoming national or regional AAPT meetings, or relax with your colleagues.

• Drying ‘White Tears:’ Interrogating Whiteness and Racism in a Multiracial Classroom

  • • Drying ‘White Tears:’ Interrogating Whiteness and Racism in a Multiracial Classroom

    • DIV01
    • Sat 07/20, 7:00PM - 9:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event
    • Faculty of color teach and do work on race and ethnicity are in a particularly difficult situation, being marginalized across multiple settings. As a white, anti-racist scholar and activist, I have seen but cannot speak to their struggle. What I have done explicitly in my pedagogy is employ an intersectional lens, rooted in black and post-colonial feminist thought. Doing so results in an effective intervention that helps students have a productive conversation about racial inequality. I would like to offer strategies for addressing the privileging of white narratives in a multiracial classroom that may take form of ‘white tears,’ or complaints regarding hearing ‘too much about race,’ if not explicitly racist comments. One way to dry ‘white tears’ and decenter whiteness is to radicalize the curriculum and make required reading that which is never assigned: work by women and trans people that addresses racism, imperialism, colonialism and migrations. The next step is to radicalize the classroom by encouraging people of color to speak first and trust their lived experience, which requires white students to participate through listening. It also requires a professor that can maintain control when classroom dynamics shift during a candid conversation on race and racism. This presentation is meant for professors who want to develop their pedagogy in a multiracial classroom and for anyone interested in addressing whiteness and racial tension in a classroom setting.

• Early Career Professional Speed Networking

  • • Early Career Professional Speed Networking

    • SPEC10
    • Mon 07/22, 11:30AM - 1:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event
    • Career development and networking can be time consuming, so AAPT is offering a fun and exciting way to get connected to a large number of early career and seasoned physics professionals in a short amount of time. Speed networking provides the opportunityto discuss career goals and challenges with a new contact for five minutes, exchange information, and then move on to the next person. By the end of the event each participant will have meaningful interactions with over half a dozen colleagues and the opportunity to meet many more. If you think you made a good contact, follow up with the person and schedule a time to meet for coffee. It's that simple! By the end of the first day of the conference, you would have already made several personal connections with other attendees. If you have business cards, don't forget to bring them. Registration is required.

• Einstein! Celebrating 100 Years of General Relativity

  • • Einstein! Celebrating 100 Years of General Relativity

    • SPEC16
    • Mon 07/22, 6:45PM - 8:30PM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event
    • Jack Fry’s new solo show Einstein! explores Einstein’s earlier years in war torn Berlin as he struggles to prove his theory of General Relativity and prove his relativity as a father. This is the multi-award winning and critically acclaimed show that hasover 150 performances under its belt. Albert Einstein comes to life as Jack Fry revitalizes one of the most intriguing icons of all time.

• First Timers and Early Career Meet-up

  • • First Timers and Early Career Meet-up

    • SPEC22
    • Tue 07/23, 12:00PM - 1:30PM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event

• First Timers' Gathering

  • • First Timers' Gathering

    • SPEC06
    • Mon 07/22, 7:00AM - 8:30AM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event
    • Are you new to an AAPT National Meeting? If so, this is the best time to learn about AAPT and the Summer Meeting, as well as meet fellow attendees. AAPT leadership will be represented to discuss ways to get more involved with AAPT. You are also welcome to participate in any of AAPT's Area Committee meetings. Please reference the program for a committee meeting that piques your interest.

• Game Room Night

  • • Game Room Night

    • SPEC99
    • Mon 07/22, 9:00PM - 11:59PM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event

• High School Physics Share-a-thon

  • • High School Physics Share-a-thon

    • SPEC19
    • Mon 07/22, 8:30PM - 10:00PM
    
    
    • Jay Bagley
      
    • Type: Event

• K-12 Teachers' Luncheon

  • • K-12 Teachers' Luncheon

    • SPEC11
    • Mon 07/22, 11:30AM - 1:00PM
    
    
    • Dan Crowe
      
    • Type: Event
    • Join this special luncheon for K-12 physics teachers attending the conference for the first time. This luncheon is open to anyone who would like to attend. Registration is required.

• LGBTQ Meet-up

  • • LGBTQ Meet-up

    • SPEC12
    • Mon 07/22, 11:30AM - 1:30PM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event
    • Relax, network and share your experiences and resources with members and friends of the LGBTQ/Physics Community. Light refreshments will be provided.

• Lactation Room

  • • Lactation Room

    • LR05
    • Wed 07/24, 7:00AM - 11:00AM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event

• Laura Greene: Leadership Skills and Networking for Women Workshop

  • • Laura Greene: Leadership Skills and Networking for Women Workshop

    • SPEC15
    • Mon 07/22, 5:15PM - 6:45PM
    
    
    • Chandralekha Singh
      
    • Type: Event
    • Women scientists take on leadership roles everyday, in the classroom, in their department or institution and in their professional organizations. This workshop is designed to give participants the basic concepts of leadership, describe some research on leadership qualities that lead to success and failure, provide techniques and strategies for career advancement into leadership roles, and assist in developing and maintaining strong leadership networks. Topics also include effective communication styles for women, projecting confidence and credibility through voice, image and body language, dealing with difficult conversations and questions, using powerful rather than weak words, and effective scientific presentations. Role-playing activities provide practice in using learned strategies and practices.

• Laura Greene: The Art of Effective Negotiation Workshop

  • • Laura Greene: The Art of Effective Negotiation Workshop

    • SPEC08
    • Mon 07/22, 8:30AM - 10:00AM
    
    
    • Laura Greene
      
    • Type: Event
    • Negotiations occur everyday in the scientific laboratory and workplace and often involve issues that are key to research success and career advancement. This workshop teaches the fundamentals of negotiation relevant to a variety of one-on-one conversations and group settings. Topics include the importance of negotiation to advance research and career objectives, identification of negotiables including start-up packages, space, authorship, supplies, etc., necessary elements of a successful negotiation, the importance of developing alternatives to an agreement, techniques for handling difficult people and conversations, the importance of listening and appreciating different viewpoints and identification of short and long-term negotiation goals.

• PERTG Town Hall

  • • PERTG Town Hall

    • SPEC23
    • Tue 07/23, 12:00PM - 1:30PM
    
    
    • PERTG PERTG
      
    • Type: Event

• PIRA Resource Room

  • • PIRA Resource Room

    • PIRA01
    • Sun 07/21, 7:30PM - 9:30PM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event

  • • PIRA Resource Room

    • PIRA02
    • Mon 07/22, 10:00AM - 5:00PM
    
    
    • 
      
    • Type: Event

  • • PIRA Resource Room

    • PIRA03
    • Tue 07/23, 10:00AM - 4:00PM
    
    
    • 
      
    • Type: Event

• President Town Hall

  • • President Town Hall

    • SPEC24
    • Wed 07/24, 11:00AM - 11:45AM
    
    
    • Mel Sabella
      
    • Type: Event
    • AAPT is excited to work with all our members to enact our new Strategic Plan. During the next few years we have decided to focus on the following subset of strategies: Develop programs, products, and services that meet the needs, build on the strengths and pique the interest of physics educators throughout their careers. Provide and support professional development for physics educators and physics education researchers locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. Develop, improve and support programs to increase the number of physics students and retain these students in our physics classes, at all levels and from all academic, socio-economic, and cultural backgrounds. Develop, improve and support efforts to recruit and provide professional development for educators of under-represented and marginalized students in physics. One way to tie these synergistic strategies is to work toward addressing AAPT’s priority of supporting equity, diversity and inclusion in physics through the development of programs, products, and services for students and teachers at all levels. Please join us at the 2019 Summer President Town Hall Meeting to engage in a working session on how best we can move forward on these priorities in a way that allows input from all members. The AAPT Executive Office, Staff and the Board of Directors are excited to support the ideas from our community that align with our mission, values, and priorities.

• Quiet Room

  • • Quiet Room

    • QR02
    • Sun 07/21, 7:00AM - 11:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event

• Retired Physicists Luncheon

  • • Retired Physicists Luncheon

    • SPEC13
    • Mon 07/22, 11:30AM - 1:00PM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event

• SPS Undergraduate Awards Reception

  • • SPS Undergraduate Awards Reception

    • SPEC17
    • Mon 07/22, 7:00PM - 8:30PM
    
    
    • Brad Conrad
      
    • Type: Event

• Simone Kolysh: Chasing Objectivity, Failing at Diversity: Physics and its Discontents

  • • Simone Kolysh: Chasing Objectivity, Failing at Diversity: Physics and its Discontents

    • SPEC14
    • Mon 07/22, 1:30PM - 3:30PM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event
    • Less than 5% of Physics PhD degrees are granted to Black, Latinx, and Indigenous people and less than 20% are granted to women. In this workshop, we address how STEM fields like Physics are failing to attract and sustain diverse populations of students. Part of the problem rests with measures like the GRE that are not predictive of PhD success or completion and part of the problem rests with academia, which refuses to acknowledge that chasing objectivity and science for science’s sake usually fails to acknowledge issues of diversity and equity and structural inequality. First, I want to talk about whether objectivity and neutrality are productive concepts. Next, I want to work through what is left out when students (including undergraduates) only receive a STEM education without learning about society at large or how science and academia are deeply flawed human institutions with a lot of racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and so on. Finally, I want to workshop about how we get at truth as scientists and which epistemologies are privileged over others in a white Western world. In that discussion, I will include expanding our theoretical frameworks, research methods, and interdisciplinarity.

• Spouse/Guest Gathering

  • • Spouse/Guest Gathering

    • SPEC09
    • Mon 07/22, 9:00AM - 10:00AM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event
    • Join other spouses and guests of AAPT attendees for light refreshments and conversation.

• Summer Meeting Picnic

  • • Summer Meeting Picnic

    • SPEC25
    • Tue 07/23, 7:00PM - 8:30PM
    
    
    • AAPT AAPT
      
    • Type: Event
    • Join friends and colleagues at the indoor summer picnic, which will be held on the campus of Brigham Young University. The food will be prepared by the Physics Department staff. The picnic will be followed by the Demo Show that will be held at BYU from 8:30 - 9:30 pm. Round trip transportation will be provided to the picnic from the convention center. There will also be a return trip for those that have to return to the convention center right after the picnic. The buffet style menu will include; dinner ham, cheesy potato casserole, salad bar, rolls, juice, and assorted desserts. Registration is required.

• Two Year College Breakfast

  • • Two Year College Breakfast

    • SPEC07
    • Mon 07/22, 7:00AM - 8:30AM
    
    
    • Nathan Quarderer
      
    • Type: Event
    • Two Year College staff begin their day by breaking bread and sharing ideas. Registration is required.

• Undergraduate Meet-up

  • • Undergraduate Meet-up

    • SPEC04
    • Sun 07/21, 6:00PM - 7:00PM
    
    
    • Brad Conrad
      
    • Type: Event

• Welcoming Reception in the Exhibit Hall

  • • Welcoming Reception in the Exhibit Hall

    • SPEC05
    • Sun 07/21, 7:30PM - 9:30PM
    
    
    • Dan Cooke
      
    • Type: Event

• Workshop: Commute of Power and Oppression: Teaching Intersectionality Across the Curriculum

  • • Workshop: Commute of Power and Oppression: Teaching Intersectionality Across the Curriculum

    • SPEC02
    • Sun 07/21, 4:00PM - 6:00PM
    
    
    • Simone Kolysh
      
    • Type: Event
    • In this workshop, we address intersectionality and how it can help fight inequality. I work through its definition, which I put forth as an academic theory that states one’s race, gender, and class intersect to determine one’s relationship to power and oppression. We will rely on a visual exercise to ‘see’ intersectionality in our lives by drawing train tracks on the board (The Commute of Power and Oppression) where power (and privilege) would be at the top and oppression (and discrimination) would be at the bottom. Specific train tracks will include ‘Race,’ ‘Gender,’ ‘Class,’ ‘Sexuality,’ ‘Education,’ ‘Age,’ ‘Ability,’ ‘Citizenship,’ ‘Religion’ and others depending audience interest. For each of the train tracks, we would place groups that hold power at the top and groups that face oppression at the bottom while placing others in the middle. At the end of the workshop, participants will see themselves as both marginalized and in positions of power, depending on the social axis under discussion. Finally, we would discuss how viewing the world through an intersectional lens can fight inequality in classrooms and society.