Websites of Interest to Women in Science

Websites of interest to Women in Science:

www.awis.org

National Association for Women in Science

 

www.mentornet.net

MentorNet is the award-winning nonprofit e-mentoring network that positively affects the retention and success of those in engineering, science and mathematics, particularly but not exclusively women and others underrepresented in these fields

 

www.academicclimate.org

Shares the methods, findings, and resources of its Academic Project with all institutions who are committed to tackling these issues - developed by AWIS to serve as a guide for improving the academic environment for women in the sciences.

 

http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~forsburg/bio.html#index

Susan Forsburg’s Women in Biology Internet Launch Pages

 

http://wiseli.engr.wisc.edu/

Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison.  The long-term goal of WISELI is to have the gender of faculty, chairs, and deans reflect the gender of the student body

 

http://ascb.org/indes.cfm?navid=126

Women in Cell Biology of the American Society for Cell Biology downloadable books and career strategy columns.

 

http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/archivces/columns/catalyst

Chronicle careers advice for scientists, e.g. “The X-Gals Alliance” – a group of nine female biologists began meeting weekly over beers in 2000 with a mission of friendship and support – where they are now.

 

http://chronicle.com/jobs/jobs3.htm/

Chronicle of Higher Education Career News and Advice

 

http://www.survival.pitt.edu/library/documents.asp

Handouts and manuals from the University of Pittsburgh Survival Skills and Ethics Programs to assist in the development of the “survival skills” needed for success in research and related careers.

 

http://www.mssm.edu/forfaculty/development/

The website focuses on Research, Professional Development, Writing and Presenting, and Teaching.

 

Bibliography related to women in science and academia:

 

  1. Why So Slow?  The Advancement of Women.  Virginia Valian.  MIT Press. 1999
  2. Has Feminism Changed Science?  Londa Schiebinger. Harvard Univ. Press. 1999
  3. Door in the Dream. Elga Wasserman. John Henry Press, Washington DC, National Academy of Sciences. 1999
  4. Ms. Mentor’s Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia. Emily Toth. University of Pennsylvania Press. 1997
  5. Women Don’t Ask:  Negotiation and the Gender Divide.  Linda Babcock, Sara Laschever. Princeton University Press. 2003.
  6. J. Handlesman et al., “More Women in Science”. Science 309: 1190-91, 2005.
  7. Beyond Bias and Barriers:  Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering, http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11741.html.  Committee on Maximizing the potential of women in academic science and engineering. (downloadable)
  8. The Win-Win Potential for Motherhood and Science.  Marlene Belfort. Cuttent Biology 11(2): R41. 2001
  9. Career development for women in academic medicine:  Multiple interventioins in a department of medicine.  Fried LP, et al. JAMA. 1996 Sep 8;276(11):898-905.
  10. Does Gender Matter?  Ben A. Barres. Nature (Commentary) 443:133-6, 2006.
  11. Men, Women, and Ghosts in Science. Peter A. Lawrence (Essay) PloS Biol 4(1):e19, 2006.
  12. Every Other Thursday:  Stories and strategies from successful women scientists, by Ellen Daniell, Yale University Press 2006
  13. “The Opt-Out Revolution” Lisa Belkin, October 26, 2003 Featured in the New York Times
  14. Universities Urged to Improve Hiring and Advancement of Women. Andrew Lawler. Science (Commentary) 313:1712 (2006)
  15.  A National Analysis of Diversity in Science and Engineering Faculties at Research Universities Executive Summary. Donna J. Nelson and Diana C. Rogers (2004) http://cheminfo.chem.ou.edu/faculty/djn/diversity/briefings/Diversity%20Report%20Final.pdf

 

 


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