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APS At-a-Glance
Kate KirbyExecutive Officer
American Physical Society
APS LEADERSHIP CONVOCATIONFebruary 22, 2013
APS Has Offices at 3 Venues
American Center for Physics (ACP) which houses 4 physics organizations• APS (4th Floor)• AIP (2nd & 3rd Floors)• AAPT (5th Floor)• AAPM (5th Floor)
DC Office ‐ Office of Public Affairs (10th Floor, National Press Building at 14th & F Street, NW)
Ridge NY – APS Editorial Office (Long Island, NY)
APS Is NOT AIP!
APS AIPA membership society of physicists An umbrella organization of 10
member societies: APS; AGU; AAPT; OSA; AAS; AAPM; AVS; SOR; ACA; ASA
Publishes: Physical Review; PRL; RMP AIP,LLC Publishes: J. Chem. Phys; J. Appl. Phys; Appl. Phys. Letters; J. Math Phys; Physics of Plasmas; Physics of Fluids, etc.; Physics Today (still published by AIP)
Organizes Physics Meetings Home of SPS Chapters, ∑∏∑
Programmatic Areas: Public Affairs/Advocacy; International Affairs; Outreach; Education & Diversity
Other Services: Media Relations; Statistical Research Center; Niels Bohr Library; Center for History of Physics
The APS (from 30,000 feet!)“Advancing & Diffusing the Knowledge of Physics”
• More than 25% students• Approximately 21% international• Approximately 12% women
>49,000 members
• March – 2013 in Baltimore, over 9,000 attendees
• April – 2013 in Denver, over 1,200 attendees• Unit meetings very strong• DFD, DPP, DAMOP, DPF, DNP• Geographical Sections
Meetings
•19,000 articles published annually•PRL, Rev. Mod. Phys.•Phys. Rev. A‐E, PRST‐AB, PRST‐PER•“Physics”•PRX – Gold open access, on‐line only
Journals
Programmatic Areas
Public Affairs/AdvocacyInternational AffairsOutreachEducation & Diversity• Supported by small excess revenue from publishing plus investment income, member dues (advocacy), and donations.
• Partnering with other Societies:
AAPT AAS
OSA (Laserfest, 2010) AIP (SPS)
ACS International Partners
Critical Functions of APS Units
Contribute scientific vitality; sense of identity –defining common interest groups• Planning programs for APS Meetings
Provide opportunities for leadership, increased recognition
Nominate fellows, prize/award recipients & selection committees
Vital communications link to APS members (emails, newsletters, etc.)
Critical Functions of APS Units
Provide local venues for physics meetings; opportunities for student talks (Sections)
Programmatic areas of APS highlighted (Forums)
Provide focus on new and emerging areas of physics (Topical Groups)
What APS does for units
Membership• Unit membership records• Unit membership campaigns
Accounting• Financial records; Auditing• Investment of funds• Managing Federal Grants
Special Publications• Meetings posters• Newsletter preparation• Brochure preparations
What APS does for units
DC Office• Lobbying and monitoring legislation affecting physicists• Helping unit leaders lobby for their areas of physics within overall APS message
Development• Fund raising and management of unit awards
International• Help with visa issues• International travel grants to unit members
What APS does for units
Information Technology•Unit email messages• Electronic voting•Website maintenance for most units• Newsletter distribution
Meetings• Professional guidance on all contracts• Collection of abstracts and posting them on‐line for unit meetings
• Registration and meeting management for some meetings
Diversity is a top priority
Broadening the APS membership to become more diverse and inclusive is a high priority
•Women•Underrepresented minorities•Must ensure that honors (prizes, awards, fellowship), leadership positions, and opportunities to present invited talks at APS Meetings, exhibit diversity
Diversity is a top priority
APS Executive Board unanimously endorsed the inclusion of this statement on all Society and Unit calls for prize & award, fellowship, program speaker, and unit election nominations:
• “Attracting and serving a diverse and inclusive membership worldwide is a primary goal for APS. In calling for nominations, we wish to remind you how important it is to give full consideration to qualified women, members of underrepresented minority groups, and scientists from outside the United States.”
Diversity is a top priority
Monitoring Diversity within the APS in order to apply metrics•Need to collect Membership Demographics more effectively
•Gender statistics for ~80% of membership
•Racial/ethnic data for ~ 1/3 of US members
Diversity is a top priority
How can Units Help?•Make sure the pool of nominees for prizes, awards and fellowships includes women and underrepresented minorities.
• Make sure programs of APS meetings include diversity among the invited speakers.
• Make sure Nominating Committees consider diversity issues when forming slates of candidates for election to unit offices.
• COM & CSWP can help facilitate nominations for outstanding women and minority physicists for APS honors and recognition.
Female Fraction by DivisionDivision % Female Total Members
Biological Physics 19% 1,996
Polymer Physics 17% 1,471
Astrophysics 17% 2,564
Materials Physics 15% 2,983
Chemical Physics 15% 1,624
Nuclear Physics 13% 2,671
Laser Physics 12% 1,319
Fluid Dynamics 11% 3,233
AMO Physics 11% 3,072
Condensed Matter Physics 10% 6,028
Particles & Fields 10% 3,542
Computational Physics 9% 2,475
Physics of Beams 7% 1,116
Plasma Physics 7% 2,553
Female Fraction by Topical Group
Topical Group % Female Total Members
Energy Research 18% 537
Magnetism 13% 963
Plasma Astrophysics 13% 421
Physics of Climate 13% 596
Hadronic Physics 12% 483
Quantum Information 12% 1,238
Gravitation 11% 1,130
Stat. & Nonlinear 11% 1,013
Measurements & Fundamental Const
10% 463
Shock Compression 8% 376
Few Body 7% 279
Instrument & Measurements 7% 559