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What's the Optics? Optical science and more with Dr. Michael J. Williams!
Jana and Jordan interview Dr. Micahel J. Williams about his path into optical science and his current professional life! They also talk about his experiences as a Black optical science from Philadelphia and how that has impacted him.
2:28 Guion Bluford
Fenison, J. 2009. Guion (Guy) Stewart Bluefor Jr. (1942–). Blackpast.org. Retrieved from https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/bluford-guion-stewart-guy-jr-1942/
5:44-Franklin Institute’s Giant Heart.
6:32 -Partnership for Achieving Careers in Technology and Science (PACTS)
10:28- Famous Celebrities from Morehouse and Spelman
Essence. HBCU Love: 15 Celebrities Who Are Apart of the SpelHouse Legacy. Essence Magazine. retrieved from https://www.essence.com/celebrity/spelhouse-spelman-morehouse-college-celebrity-graduates/
10:55- Morehouse College. The Morehouse Man.
13:11-National Society of Black Physicist NSBP
13:14-National Society of Black Engineers
13:27-Optica formerly OSA
13:54-Boston by while Black
14:23 Optics-Basically, the science of light. A branch of physics that studies the behavior and properties of light
14:57- Boston Electronics
16:35-LiDAR stands for Light Infrared detection and radar
25:44-Optica Ambassadors
41:05-Studying Racial Stereotypes in Physics
Eaton, A.A., Saunders, J.F., Jacobson, R.K. et al. 2020. How Gender and Race Stereotypes Impact the Advancement of Scholars in STEM: Professors’ Biased Evaluations of Physics and Biology Post-Doctoral Candidates. Sex Roles 82, 127–141. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11199-019-01052-w
44:11 Dr. Lawrence Crosby, a black PhD student accused of stealing his own car
48:35-Fisk to Vanderbilt Bridge Program