Invited Talks and Papers on Women and Minorities in Science

  1. “How Physics Can Get to Gender Parity” National University of Singapore, October 2023
  2. “Broadening Participation in Science,” Yale Educational Travel Eclipse Trip to Western Australia, April 2023
  3. “Imposter Syndrome and Women in Physics” Women of Hopkins Series, Johns Hopkins University, March 2023
  4. “The Universe of Women in Physics” Resident’s presentation, Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center, February 2023
  5. “The Sky Is for Everyone” Fieldstone Village Seminar, Orange CT (with Priya Natarajan), January 2023
  6. “The Sky Is for Everyone” Colorado Yale Association, Denver, October 2022
  7. “What Did You Mean By That” Workshop Discussion (with Larry Gladney, Phyllis A. Wallace Dean of Diversity & Faculty Development and Dean of Science), Ivy+ Faculty Advancement Network conference, Yale University, September 2022
  8. “The Gentlemen and Me” C. M. Urry, in The Sky is for Everyone, eds. D. Weintraub, V. Trimble, Princeton University Press, July 2022
  9. “Black Holes, Galaxies, and the Evolution of the Universe, and Women in STEM” Annual Distinguished Lecture, Hill-Lopes Scholars Program, Towson University, October 2021
  10. “Addressing sexual harassment in astronomy” Sexual Harassment in Science Symposium, American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, August 2021
  11. “Why So Few Women in Physics” University of Maryland, Baltimore County, March 2021
  12. “Diversity and Inclusion Panel” Northeast Zone Meeting, Society of Physics Students, October 2020
  13. “How Physics Can Get to Parity” Physics Colloquium, University of Tennessee, September 2020
  14. “Equity and Inclusion in STEM” Dark Energy Survey Plenary Talk, May 2020
  15. “Making Astronomy More Inclusive” American Institute of Physics Assembly, March 2020
  16. “Equity and Inclusion in Physics and Beyond” Physics Colloquium, University of Chicago, February 2020
  17. “Women in Physics” Welcome Address, Yale Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics, January 2020
  18. “The Growth of Supermassive Black Holes over Cosmic Time” Invited talk, Indian Physics Association National Conference Towards Gender Equity in Physics, Hyderabad, India, September 2019
  19. “What I Love (and Don’t) About Physics” Invited Opening Talk, Indian Physics Association National Conference Towards Gender Equity in Physics, Hyderabad, India, September 2019
  20. “Women in STEMM” Panel discussion, Yale Alumni Association, September 2019
  21. “Beyond Awareness: What Actions Can Be Taken to Improve Diversity in STEM?” Presentation and panel moderator, Annual CLEO meeting, San Jose, May 2019
  22. “How to Succeed in Science: Talking about AWIS at Yale” Inaugural meeting of Yale AWIS Chapter, April 2019
  23. “My Road to Black Holes” Plenary talk, Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics, William & Mary, January 2019
  24. “Black Holes and Women in Science” Yale Women Boston, October 2018
  25. “Equity and Inclusion in STEM: Where we are, why & how to get to parity” Invited talk, NASA Advisory Council, October 2018
  26. “Equity and Inclusion in STEM: What, Why, How” Rorschach Memorial Lecture, Rice University, October 2018
  27. “Women in STEM” Keynote address, Maria Mitchell Observatory’s Celebration of Maria Mitchell’s 200th birthday, October 2018
  28. “Black Holes, Astrophysics, and How to Get to Equity in STEM” Keynote Lecture, Science and Gender Equality Symposium, Hamburg, Germany, March 2018
  29. “Imposter Syndrome: How to succeed as an Outsider” Yale University Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity Graduate Student Workshop, February 2018
  30. “Sexual Harassment: What It Means and What We Can Do About It” Invited Talk, American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, February 2018
  31. “Black Holes and Women in Science” University of Maryland, Baltimore County ADVANCE Distinguished Speaker Lecture, November 2017
  32. “The Challenges of Covering Sexual Harassment in Science” World Conference of Science Journalists meeting, October 2017
  33. “Women in Science: Why So Few, and What Can We Do About It?” Brooke Army Medical Center & San Antonio Area Foundation, October 2017
  34. “Equity and Inclusion in STEM: What¹s Stopping Us?” Astronomy Colloquium, Boston University, September 2017
  35. “Black Holes and Women in Science” talk to Girls Who Code, New York, July 2017
  36. “Being ‘The Only Woman in the Room’ 40 Years Ago – and What’s Changed” Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, May 2017
  37. “What Can Be (and Is Being) Done to Increase Diversity?” Panel discussion, Equity in the Job Search: Tools for Navigating the (Hidden) Barriers Facing Women in STEM, Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, May 2017
  38. “Equity and Inclusion in STEM: What’s Stopping Us?” Washington University in St. Louis, March 2017
  39. “Vera Cooper Rubin” C. M. Urry, Science, 355, 462, 2017
  40. “Black Holes and Physics” Women of Earth Science Symposium, Yale University, February 2017
  41. “Equity and Inclusion in STEM: What’s Wrong and How Do We Change?” Understanding and Addressing STEM Inequalities Speaker Series, University of California, Merced, January 2017
  42. “Why Physics Is Still a Boy’s Club and How to Change It” Invited Talk, Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics, Princeton University, January 2017
  43. “Strategies for Reducing Unconscious Bias and Sexual Harassment” Invited Talk, Annual Conference on Gender/Equal Opportunities in Science, University of Copenhagen, December 2016
  44. “Equity and Inclusion in STEM: How Do We Get There?” Annual Lecture, WISE Inspirations Network at Stanford, November 2016
  45. “How to Build a More Excellent Department by Recruiting and Retaining Underrepresented Physicists” Physics Department, Stanford University, November 2016
  46. “Breaking the Silence: A discussion on sexual harassment in science and how institutions can move forward” Panel Discussion, Learn Serve Lead 2016, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Medical Colleges, Seattle, November 2016
  47. “How to Succeed as a Woman in Science” University of Cincinnati, October 2016
  48. “STEM, Yale and Life” Keynote talk, Association of Yale Alumni Workshop on STEM CAREERS: Formulae and Solutions for Success, October 2016
  49. “The Role of Scientific Societies in Establishing the Desired Climate and Culture in Science—Lessons from the front lines of change: the AAS experience” American Geophysical Union Workshop on Sexual Harassment in the Sciences: A Call to Respond, Washington DC, September 2016
  50. “Making STEM Environments More Inclusive” Panel Discussion, NASA MissionSTEM Summit, August 2016
  51. “Why So Few Women in Science?” Yale-National University of Singapore, August 2016
  52. “Why We Must Worry About Harassment” Interactive Lecture, Annual Empowering Women in Science and Engineering Symposium, Cornell University, May 2016
  53.  “Do You Have to be a Genius to be an Astrophysicist?” Annual WiSETI/Schlumberger Lecture, Women in Science, Engineering and Technology Initiative, Cambridge University, March 2016
  54. “Vera Rubin: Bringing the Dark to Light” Remarks at the premiere, Fiske Planetarium, University of Colorado at Boulder, January 2016
  55. “Challenges and Benefits of Equity and Inclusion for Academic Success” University of Colorado at Boulder, January 2016
  56. “Why Physics Is Still a Boys’ Club—And how to change it” Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics, Georgia Tech, January 2016
  57. “Forward Focused Ethics – What is the Role of Scientific Societies in Responding to Harassment and Other Workplace Climate Issues?” Panel at the American Geophysical Union Annual Conference, San Francisco, December 2015
  58. “Science and gender: Scientists must work harder on equality” C. M. Urry, Nature, 528, 471-473, December 2015
  59. “Why Physics Is Still A Boys’ Club – and how to change it” Physics Colloquium, Aarhus University, and keynote talk for Kvinder i Fysik (Women in Physics) Annual Meeting, November 2015
  60. “My Journey through the Cosmos: Taking on supermassive black holes and the invisible barriers facing women in science” Invited Speaker for Yale Scientific, Yale University, November 2015
  61. “Implicit Bias and Gender in Astronomy” Space Telescope Science Institute, Caroline Herschel Discussions, October 2015
  62. “How to End Sexual Harassment in Astronomy: The case against Geoff Marcy must be a wake-up call to reform our field” Scientific American, October 2015
  63. “A (U.S.) Woman’s View of Astronomy at Age 30, 40, 50 and nearly 60” Women in Astronomy Workshop, Brisbane, July 2015
  64.  “Women in a Man’s World: Why It Matters and How to Succeed” Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, June-July 2015
  65. Panelist, “Sexism, Science and Science Writing: Promoting Women Leaders in the Lab and Newsroom” Harvard Kennedy School, April 2015
  66. “Why So Few? The Dearth of Women in Science” College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas, Austin, December 2014
  67. “Hidden Gender Bias Still Influences Physics Field” Fermi Today, August 2014 issue, p. 1
  68.  “Women in Physics and Astronomy – Why So Few? And How to Get to Parity,” Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, July 2014
  69. “How Workplace Climate Changes the Knowledge We Generate” STATUS, June 2014 issue, p. 12-15 (2014)
  70. “Black Holes, Galaxies and the Evolution of the Universe: An Observer’s View” Russell Women in Science Lecture, Mills College, April 2014
  71. “Women in Science: Why So Few (and How to Move Toward Normal)” Mills College, April 2014
  72. “How Workplace Climate Changes the Knowledge We Generate” Keynote address, University of California Office of the President ADVANCE Roundtable, UC Davis, April 2014
  73. “Women in Science” ETH Zurich, April 2014
  74. “Women in Science: Why So Few?” University of Zurich, April 2014
  75. “Unconscious Bias - Current Status and the Way Forward” Panel on Women in Physics and Astronomy: Past, Present, and Future, Iowa State University, February 2014
  76. “Understanding Black Holes and Active Galaxies” Public Lecture, Women in STEM Series, Iowa State University, February 2014
  77. “Why We Resist Unconscious Bias” STATUS, January 2014 issue, p. 10 (2014)
  78. “Why So Few? The Dearth of Women in Physics and Astronomy” University of California at San Diego, October 2013
  79. “Why So Few? The Dearth of Women in Physics and Astronomy” 6thAnnual Fall Luncheon, Graduate Women in Science and Engineering, Boston University, October 2013
  80. “Raising the Bar in Physics Graduate Education” STATUS, p. 1 (June 2013)
  81. “Raising the Bar in Physics Graduate Education” APS Newletter “Back Page” (May 2013)
  82. “Raising the Bar in Physics Graduate Education” Keynote Address, American Physical Society Conference on Graduate Education, February 2013
  83. “Black Holes, Galaxies, and Cosmic Evolution” Keynote address, Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics, Colorado School of Mines, January 2013
  84. “The Cosmic Growth of Black Holes & Why There Are Too Few Women in Science” University of Denver, January 2013
  85. “Many steps ahead, a few steps back: U.S. women in physics” K. Coble, B. Cunningham, E. Freeland, T. Hodapp, A. K. Hodari, R. Ivie, L. J. Martínez-Miranda, M. Ong, S. Petty, S. Seestrom, S. Seidel, E. Simmons, M. Thoennessen, M. Urry, H. White, AIP Conf. Proc. 1517, 162–163 (2013)
  86. “Women in Physics: Why So Few?” Drexel University, November 2012
  87. “Women in Science” STEM Panel, Fifth Annual Women’s Leadership Initiative Conference, Yale University, November 2012
  88. “Why Are We Biased Against Women In Science?” CNN.com, October 2012
  89. “Thank You, Sally Ride” CNN.com, July 2012
  90. “Women in Science: Why So Few?” University of Chicago, January 2012
  91. “Women in Science: Why So Few?” Northeast Regional Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics, Yale University, January 2012
  92. “The James Webb Space Telescope” Women in Aerospace, Capitol Hill, December 2011
  93. “Women in Science: Why So Few?” Distinguished Women Scholars Seminar, University of Maryland, October 2011
  94. “Girls and the Future of Science” Huffington Post, July 2011
  95. “The Fourth International Conference on Women in Physics” STATUS, p. 5-11 (June 2011)
  96. “Physics Chairs at Harvard and Yale”, with Melissa Franklin), National Symposium for the Advancement of Women in Science, Harvard University, February 2011
  97. “Supermassive Black Hole Growth and Galaxy Evolution” ADVANCE Distinguished Women Scholars Lecture, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, January 2011
  98. “Women in Science” 3rd Annual Yale Women’s Leadership Initiative Conference, November 2010
  99. “Women in Science – Why So Few?” Women in Math and Science, Ohio State University, November 2010
  100. “Women in Space Science” Keynote address, Adler Planetarium, Chicago, May 2010
  101. “Women in Science – Why So Few?” WISELI/WOWSA Invited Speaker, University of Wisconsin, May 2010
  102. “Women in Science – Why So Few?” American Association of University Women, Guilford CT, January 2010
  103. “Women in Science – Why So Few?” Yale University Women’s Organization, December 2009
  104. “Women in Science – Why So Few?” Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, September 2009
  105. “Women in, European) Astronomy” Invited talk, Joint European National Astronomy Meeting, Vienna, September 2009) Published in Reviews Modern Astronomy, vol. 21, P. 249 (2009)
  106. “Women in Science” Westover Academy Centennial, April 2009
  107. “Falling into a Black Hole” Women and Science Distinguished Speaker Series University of North Carolina, March 2009
  108. “Women in Physics - Why So Few?” National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, March 2009
  109. “Why I’m Talking to You at NSAWS: What I learned over 30 years as a woman in science” National Symposium on the Advancement of Women in Science, Harvard University, February 2009
  110. “Women in Physics: Why Aren’t There More of Us?” National Keynote address, Regional Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics, January 2009
  111. “In Praise of Daycare” STATUS, January 2009 issue, p. 8 (2009)
  112. “A Report from the Gender Equity Conference for Physics” AAPT/APS Physics Department Chairs’ Conference, June 2008
  113. “Closing the Gender Gap” Brookhaven RHIC/AGS User’s Meeting Forum on Women in Physics, May 2008
  114. “Keeping Women in Physics” American Physical Society, April 2008
  115. “In Search of Supermassive Black Holes” Keynote address, 3rd Nordic Women in Physics Workshop, Copenhagen, August 2007
  116. “Affecting the Climate for Women in Physics: The CSWP Site Visit Program” STATUS, June 2007 issue, p. 13 (2007)
  117. “A Supermassive Black Hole at the Heart of Every Galaxy” Distinguished Speaker Series University of Maryland Baltimore County ADVANCE, September 2006
  118. “Why So Few Women in Science?” American Women in Science Meeting, Washington DC, April 2006
  119. “Hidden Black Holes — and Where are the Rest of ‘Me’?” Goddard Space Flight Center, January 2006
  120. “The Sky’s Not the Limit: Women in Astronomy” Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, November 2005
  121. “Why So Few Women in Science? The Myth of ‘Innate Differences’” Cornell University, October 2005
  122. “Women in Science: Speeding up the Long, Slow Path to Change” Haverford College, October 2005
  123. “Photons Have No Gender: A Woman’s View of Physics” Invited talk, Gendered Innovations in Science and Engineering, Stanford University (April 2005), written version in Gendered Innovations in Science and Engineering, ed. L. Schiebinger (Stanford University Press), p. 150 (2005)
  124. “Women in Science” National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, NM, May 2005
  125. “Women in Science” University of Minnesota, April 2005
  126. “Discussion of Women in Science” National Public Radio Science Friday, January 28, 2005
  127. “Women in Astronomy” University of Texas, March 2004
  128. “Women in Science: Speeding up the Long, Slow Path to Change” University of Washington, Lecture Series on Issues for Ethnic Minorities and Women in Science and Engineering, February 2004
  129. “Summary of Women in Astronomy II Conference Part 2. Where Do We Go from Here?” 2003, American Astronomical Society Newsletter, #118, p. 10, December 2003
  130. “Summary of Women in Astronomy II Conference Part 1. Where Do We Stand?” 2003, American Astronomical Society Newsletter, #117, p. 6 (October 2003)
  131. “Toward Equality: Challenges and Strategies” National Symposium on the Advancement of Women in Science, Harvard University, April 2003
  132. “Women in Physics” University of Maryland, March 2003
  133. The Status of Women in Physics – An International Meeting on What, Why, and How to Change” Forum on Physics and Society of the American Physical Society, Vol. 31, No. 3 (July 2002)
  134. “Physics: For Women, the Last Frontier” S. Tobias, and A. Venkatesan, Science, 296, 1201 (2002)
  135. “National Culture and Women in Physics: Liberté, egalite, ‘Sororité’” S. Stephenson and Radiations, Vol. 8, Issue 2, p. 5–7 (2002)
  136. “IUPAP Conference Highlights” Radiations, Vol. 8, Issue 2, p. 8 (2002)
  137. “The Persistent Dearth of Women in the Physical Sciences” BAPS, APR02, #E7, 001 (2002)
  138. “Speeding up the Long Slow Path to Change” CSWP Gazette, Vol. 21, No. 2, p. 1 (2002)
  139. “IUPAP Chair’s Report” BAPS, MAR02, #Q5, 001 (2002)
  140. “The IUPAP Conference on Women in Physics” American Astronomical Society, June 2002
  141. “The IUPAP Conference on Women in Physics” US National Committee of the IUPAP, June 2002
  142. “Women Faculty: Improving the ‘Chilly Climate’ “APS Physics Chairs’ Conference, June 2002
  143. “The IUPAP Conference on Women in Physics” American Physical Society, April 2002
  144. “The Persistent Dearth of Women in the Physical Sciences” American Physical Society, April 2002
  145. “The Culture of Physics – Can There be Space for Women?” Yale University Women’s Center, April 2002
  146. “Gender and Science” Women Faculty Forum, Yale University, December, 2001
  147. “Women in Astronomy: Past, Present, and Future” Canadian Astronomical Society Graduate Student Symposium, McMaster University, May 2001
  148. “Women in Astronomy: Statistics, Reasons, and the Future” The Johns Hopkins University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, March 2001
  149. “The Status of Women in Astronomy” STATUS, p. 6 (June 2000)
  150. “The Demographics of Women in Astronomy” K. B. Marvel, and B. Blacker, BAAS 31, #121, 01 (June 2000)
  151. “The Gendered Mind: Women in Math, Engineering, Physics, Astronomy, and Computer Science” National Symposium on the Advancement of Women in Science, Harvard University, April 2000
  152. “Women in Astronomy Today” American Physical Society, Atlanta, April 2000
  153. “Giving a Talk and Getting a Job” Space Telescope Science Institute, December 1999
  154. “Women in Astronomy – The Latest Statistics” Harvard Center for Astrophysics, October 1999
  155. “Women in Science” University of Pennsylvania, September 1999
  156. “The Baltimore Charter and Women in Astronomy” STATUS, p. 6 (June 1999)
  157. “My Career as a Woman Astronomer” Towson State University, May 1999
  158. “The Baltimore Charter and its Impact” Centennial Meeting of the American Physical Society, Atlanta, March 1999
  159. “Behind the Scenes, Behind the Screens” (with Lisa Frattare) STATUS, p. 15 (January 1999)
  160. “The Status of STATUS” (with Lisa Frattare) STATUS, p. 1 (January 1999)
  161. “The Demographics of Women in Astronomy” American Astronomical Society, Atlanta, January 1999
  162. “Women in Physics and Astronomy” The Johns Hopkins University, March 1998
  163. “Women in Astronomy” Pennsylvania State University, December 1997
  164. “Highlights from the Hubble Space Telescope” Annual Hypatia Society Dinner, College of Notre Dame, May 1997
  165. “Women in Science” American River College, Sacramento, November 1994
  166. “The Baltimore Charter for Women in Astronomy” Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, October 1994
  167. “The Baltimore Charter for Women in Astronomy” CSWP Gazette, Vol. 13, p. 14 (1993)
  168. “The Baltimore Charter for Women in Astronomy” Harvard Center for Astrophysics, April 1994
  169. “Women in Astronomy” Australian National University, June 1993
  170. “Introduction to the Women in Astronomy Meeting” in Women in Astronomy, ed. L. Danly, L. E. Sherbert, and S. Gonzaga (STScI), p. 5 (1993)
  171. “Preface” in Women in Astronomy, ed., L. Danly, L. E. Sherbert, and S. Gonzaga (STScI), p. i (1993)
  172. Women in Astronomy, ed. L. Danly, L. E. Sherbert, and S. Gonzaga (STScI) (1993)
  173. “The Baltimore Charter for Women in Astronomy” L. Danly, E. J. Schreier, and S. Tobias, BAAS 25, 182, #65, 01 (1993)
  174. “The STScI Workshop on Women in Astronomy” Space Telescope Science Institute, September 1992