From the APLS Syllabus: “In consultation with faculty, each student will choose a historical or current physical scientist (or mathematician) and produce a poster that describes the scientist and their work. The scientist chosen should expand our view of the breadth and diversity of physical scientists, compared to the view that is reinforced by traditional representations in texts and media. Students will research their chosen “hidden figure” and produce a simple poster, starting from a provided template. In each of weeks 13 – 19, several students will do very brief (<5 minutes) presentations of their draft poster via slideshow, getting an opportunity for feedback to revise their poster. The presentation order was arbitrarily chosen; students may always present early (on consultation with faculty to make sure sufficient class time is provided) or may trade with another student as long as faculty is informed in advance. Students may complete their final poster as soon as they have presented it in class and received feedback; final posters are due at the week 20 APLS session, where we will have a full poster tour.“

Resources for discovering Figures (comments are turned on, so please suggest other resources and I will promote them up after approving them):

• Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), particularly the SACNAS Biography Project (found under the Our Stories tab)
• National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP), particularly Black History Month Profiles (scroll to the bottom for links to 2017 Profiles and 2018 Profiles, don’t just stop at first page of each year – there are many other pages), and NSBP members honored in Essence Magazine, which led to 15 Black Women Who Are Paving the Way in STEM and Breaking Barriers.
• National Society of Hispanic Physicists (NSHP), particularly Hispanic Americans in Physics: Past, Present, and Future.
• Minority Physicists Profiles from the American Physical Society.
• lgbt+physicists, particularly its OutList.
• “Approaching disability like a scientist” from Symmetry magazine.
• Woman Physicist of the Month, from the American Physical Society (no longer updating, and former nominee profiles no longer available, but names still listed)
• Speakers List from the recent Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics at UW-Seattle.
• African-American Scientists, from Biography.com.
• Mathematicians of the African Diaspora, Physicists of the African Diaspora, and Computer Scientists of the African Diaspora.
• African American Women in Physics.
• I look forward to your contributions!