APS Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Alliance

Overview

The ASU Department of Physics is honored to be part of the APS Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Alliance, whose mission is to empower and support physics departments, laboratories, and other organizations to identify and enact strategies for improving equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). 

The goals and ideals of the APS-IDEA network support and promote the ASU charter, which resolves to measure itself "not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed."

How APS-IDEA Works

Our vision is that as a result of collective efforts, physics and related fields will become more inclusive of all social identities, with a diversity reflective of the nation, and with an equitable distribution of opportunities and resources.

The network will provide a supportive environment to:

• exchange ideas, information, and experiences
• deepen knowledge of research and effective practices
• develop or improve EDI strategic plans
• discuss various EDI initiatives and reports from physics and related disciplines
• learn about theories of change
• begin planning IDEA’s programs

This is achieved through guiding principles of:

• centering people whose identities are marginalized
• utilizing sensemaking, including creating brave spaces
• implementing research-based transformational methods
• sharing leadership across levels; from students up to faculty