2007–08 American Fellow K. Maria D. Lane’s strong affinity for coastal southwest Florida, the region in which she grew up, led to her interest in maps and places. Although she was exposed to multiple cultural and environmental landscapes there, Lane’s career goal was not to become the academic geographer she is today. Her interest in [...]
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Meet Maria Lane: Historical Geographer
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, American Fellowship, education, Fellowships and Grants, Florida, Following the Fellows, Geographies of Mars: Seeing and Knowing the Red Planet, National Science Foundation, Organization of American States, University of New Mexico, University of Virginia on November 16, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
White House and AAUW Work to Increase Women in STEM
Posted in AAUW in the News, AAUW research, Equity in the News, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged adoption, birth, Carolyn Garfein, federal grants, Linda Hallman, Lisa Maatz, Michelle Obama, National Science Foundation, NSF Career-Life Balance Initiative, Parental leave, President Obama, White House, Why So Few? on September 30, 2011, | 1 Comment »
At a National Science Foundation event on Monday, the White House took a significant step toward advancing women’s and girls’ participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs. AAUW President Carolyn Garfein, Executive Director Linda Hallman, and Director of Public Policy and Government Relations Lisa Maatz attended the event, which featured a speech by [...]
AAUW NGCP Liaison in Action at STEMtech 2010!
Posted in Educational Programs, S T E M, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged National Girls Collaborative Project, National Science Foundation, Why So Few?, STEMtech, Community College of Baltimore County on December 21, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
On November 1, I presented at the STEMtech 2010 League for Innovation conference in Orlando, Florida (STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). I’m an electrical engineer and an AAUW regional liaison to the National Girls Collaborative Project. My presentation was titled “Increasing the STEM Pipeline: Why So Few and What to Do?” The focus of the [...]
Recruiting Women to Teach Physics
Posted in S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged Jesslica Rosedberg, National Science Foundation, NSF, Why So Few?, women in science on April 13, 2010, | 1 Comment »
While AAUW’s new research report, Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, brings attention to a significant problem that clearly calls for improvement, it is important to recognize some of the “few” who are out there already doing their part to make sure there are “more” — lots more — women in [...]
Meet Elaine Hale: Chemical Engineer
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, S T E M, Women and Work, tagged engineering, Fellowships, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, grants and awards, green building, National Science Foundation, science, Selected Professions Fellow, STEM on October 17, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
Elaine Hale, a 2003–04 Selected Professions Fellow, considers herself a jack-of-all-trades, a character trait that works in her favor in her new position at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. As a member of the Commercial Building Research Team, Elaine examines the integration of various technologies. “It is important to look at a building as a [...]
The Science of Title IX
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, Title IX, tagged National Science Foundation, New York Times JohnTierney, science, Title IX, Where the Girls Are on July 17, 2008, | 4 Comments »
In Tuesday’s Science section of the New York Times, John Tierney looks at the effects Title IX could have in the science field, noting that the National Science Foundation, NASA, and the Department of Energy have begun using existing Title IX laws to enforce prohibitions against sex discrimination in education programs and activities receiving public [...]
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