Edmund Bertschinger

Edmund Bertschinger is a Professor of Physics and an affiliated faculty member in the Program in Women’s and Gender Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Originally a theoretical cosmologist, he has shifted his efforts into improving equity, diversity, and inclusion in STEM. He was a co-author of the 2019 report on Diversity and Inclusion in Astronomy Graduate Education of the American Astronomical Society. He was also co-chair of the American Institute of Physics Task Force to Elevate the Representation of African Americans in Undergraduate Physics and Astronomy, whose report The Time is Now was released in January 2020. He is co-PI of the APS Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Alliance.