Session:
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Challenges Faced by LGBT Physicists
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Paper Type:
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Contributed
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Title:
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Creating Space for Mental Health at CUWIP
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Meeting:
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2017 Winter Meeting: Atlanta, Georgia |
Location:
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Date:
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Time:
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1:30PM
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Author:
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Andrea J. Welsh,, Georgia Institute of Technology,
6786508017, awelsh8@gatech.edu
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Co-Author(s):
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None
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Abstract:
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As a college sophomore in 2009, I attended a Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWIP) at Yale. While I learned some valuable things, what should have been a great experience was tempered by my social anxiety and depression spending the conference feeling scared and unsuccessful. In 2016, I had an opportunity to chair a CUWiP. Remembering my difficulty at my first CUWiP, I decided to take a risk: we would host a breakout session on mental health. The session was well-attended, with over 30 students in the audience. This demonstrated to me and other CUWiP facilitators that this was a necessary topic to cover, and in 2017, a few sites have chosen to include this workshop. This talk will discuss the trial of creating a space to specifically talk about mental health topics and how to help students get the most out of new and stressful opportunities.
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Footnotes:
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None
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Presentation:
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Creating Space for Mental Health at CUWIP.pptx
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