Gettysburg College

Mikayla Cleaver

SPS Programs Coordinator

Monday, July 8, 2019

Anna Perry

Before this internship, my whole life was spent in rural areas. This means I had never had access to public transportation, or to the large array of social and political events on constant rotation in major cities.

Monday, July 1, 2019

Anna Perry

My goal with this internship has been to research past efforts to improve the physics climate so that we can better understand the current climate-- to draw parallels between the world then and the world now.

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Sunday, June 23, 2019

Anna Perry

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Sunday, June 16, 2019

Anna Perry

“Ciencia para qué y para quiénes?”

“Science for what and for whom?”

Monday, June 10, 2019

Anna Perry

I’ve found that, in physics spaces, the less I speak, the more popular I am. Something about my voice or my mannerisms or the way I see the world is displeasing to the average physicist; and though I can change how I act so that they’ll think I’m someone I’m not, silence is easier.

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Sunday, June 2, 2019

Anna Perry

Dear reader,

Do you think I deserve this position? Would you credit my landing this internship to my hard work? If you were me, would you be congratulating yourself?

To me, SPS is an institution meant to connect and support physics students. It represents belonging in the physics community.

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Anna Perry

Gettysburg College

AIP Center for History of Physics Intern

Anna Perry

AIP Center for History of Physics Intern

Monday, August 13, 2018

Mikayla Cleaver

Me on the Tuesday after getting home from DC at 10PM at night talking to my boyfriend: “I NEED TO DO MY BLOG!”  The first three days of the week went quickly with me finishing up anything I had left to do- collecting pictures of better quality of Bingham Medal winners, finishing up any edits Gare

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