Rama Bala, Ph.D’s Post

Years of hard work with Matthew Fleenor and Danielle Findley-Van Nostrand to change the climate for women in physics has been selected as one of the10 articles showcased in a Special Editorial on Women in STEM Education in Frontiers journal Here is an excerpt from publication " Balasubramanian et al.’s case study shows how the retention of women in STEM careers in the US can be met by programmatic innovations. Various innovations were tried out over a period of 8 years, both curricular (colloquium, laboratory) and co-curricular (community building, junior review and conference participation). They concluded that a combination of several innovations resulted in an increased number of successful female major students, increasing degree completion by 200% (over 10 years) and resulting in an average graduation rate far above national standard. Another important outcome was that 80 % of the women physics majors maintained careers within the field greater than 5 years postgraduation." #womeninstem #womenempowerment #physics #stemeducation #stemcareers