Ivory ceiling of service work

Academe, the magazine of the American Association of University Professors, recently printed this article detailing the large difference in the amount of time male and female faculty members spend on service activities. Service activities include tasks like serving on committees (search committees, seminar speaker invitation committees, curriculum revision committees, etc.), …

2011 Women in Science and Engineering Conference

High school, community college, and university women are invited to explore opportunities in engineering and science careers at the 20th annual WiSE conference, a day devoted to celebrate women in the engineering and sciences. Women with vision and design on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers come together to …

Mommy Scientist

This popular blog is written by the online persona MommyScientist. While keeping her identity and exact scientific field a mystery, MommyScientist shares her experiences balancing her career and personal life, dealing with difficult male colleagues, teaching, and running her research lab. Posts are more infrequent of late, but the archives …