Success Strategies From Women in STEM (eBook)

A Portable Mentor

Christine Grant, Peggy A. Pritchard (Herausgeber)

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2015 | 2. Auflage
518 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-12-397775-5 (ISBN)

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Success Strategies from Women in Stem: A Portable Mentor, Second Edition, is a comprehensive and accessible manual containing career advice, mentoring support, and professional development strategies for female scientists in the STEM fields.

This updated text contains new and essential chapters on leadership and negotiation, important coverage of career management, networking, social media, communication skills, and more. The work is accompanied by a companion website that contains annotated links, a list of print and electronic resources, self-directed learning objects, frequently asked questions, and more.

With an increased focus on international relevance, this comprehensive text contains shared stories and vignettes that will help women pursuing or involved in STEM careers develop the necessary professional and personal skills to overcome obstacles to advancement. 

• Preserves the style and tone of the first edition by bringing together mentors, trainees and early-career professionals in a series of conversations about important topics related to careers in STEM fields, such as leadership, time stress, negotiation, networking, social media and more
• Identifies strategies that can improve career success along with stories that elucidate, engage, and inspire
• Companion website provides authoritative information from successful women engaged in STEM careers, including annotated links to key organizations, associations, granting agencies, teaching support materials, and more

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About the Contributors

Margaret-Ann Armour, PhD, Associate Dean of Science (Diversity), Faculty of Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Dr. Margaret-Ann Armour is an internationally recognized expert in chemical safety and the disposal of hazardous wastes and an award-winning educator, mentor, and advocate for the promotion and advancement of girls and women in STEM. Born in Scotland and trained at the University of Edinburgh, she worked for five years as a research chemist in the paper-making industry before emigrating to Canada to complete her PhD in physical organic chemistry at the University of Alberta. A member of the American Chemical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the New York Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada, she currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Pacific Basin Consortium on Hazardous Wastes and is President of the Board of the Canadian Centre for Women in Science, Engineering, Trades and Technology.

Many prestigious awards and honors have been bestowed on her, including the 3M Teaching Fellowship from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, the McNeil Medal of the Royal Society of Canada, and the Governor General’s Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case. The latter recognizes Dr. Armour’s work in improving the situation of Canadian women in science and engineering and remembers the 1929 landmark decision of Canada’s highest court to recognize women as “persons.” She is a member of the Order of Canada. In spite of all her achievements, Dr. Armour is eminently approachable and unassuming.

Her love of science and passion for teaching led naturally to a career in academe, where she has inspired generations of undergraduate and graduate students to pursue their dreams. As one of the founding members of WISEST (Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science and Technology), an organization established over 30 years ago at the University of Alberta to address gender inequities in science, she has dedicated herself in particular to encouraging and supporting girls and young women. She grew up assuming that women can do anything they wish. Her hope is for all women to believe this.

Susan M. Barnett, PhD, Visiting Fellow, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

Dr. Susan Barnett is a retired business consultant, a part-time academic researcher and writer, a competitive runner, and the mother of three. She earned her undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from Cambridge University and her MBA from Harvard. After several successful years pursuing a demanding business career she returned to academia to earn an MA and PhD from Cornell in Developmental Psychology. She was a Visiting Scholar in the Faculty of Education at Cambridge University, and is now back at Cornell as a Visiting Fellow. Dr. Barnett studies the development and application of reasoning ability (intelligence and transferable learning) and their educational, societal, and policy implications, including the relationship to women’s career paths. Her publications include articles in Psychological Bulletin on transfer of learning and women’s underrepresentation in science, as well as numerous other articles and chapters. When not busy with these endeavors, Dr. Barnett also serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations working to improve educational and career opportunities for underprivileged children and women.

In her spare time she likes to run (a lot), ski, play soccer (badly), walk her dog, and hang out with friends and family. She lives in lovely Ithaca, NY, a place populated by interesting people from all around the world and surrounded by beautiful countryside.

Ilene J. Busch-Vishniac, PhD, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

A widely respected scientist and dynamic and inspiring leader, Dr. Ilene Busch-Vishniac’s passion for excellence in engineering research and education has been a positive driving force in every context in which she has worked. Her success in advancing all aspects of her career, while enjoying a fulfilling personal and family life, is a tribute to her vision, commitment, and wonderful sense of humor.

An early interest in music inspired Dr. Busch-Vishniac to pursue a career as a pianist. But a first-year course on the physics of music at the University of Rochester so captivated her imagination and intellectual curiosity that she immersed herself in the sciences and graduated with degrees in physics and mathematics. Her fascination with acoustics and the engineering problems associated with sound led her to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she earned her master’s and doctorate degrees in mechanical engineering. After two years at Bell Laboratories in the Acoustics Research Department, she joined the faculty at the University of Texas, Austin, and for nearly two decades dedicated herself to research, teaching and mentoring. Her excellence was recognized by the Society of Women Engineers in 1997, when they presented her with their highest honor: the Achievement Award.

The following year, Dr. Busch-Vishniac was appointed Dean of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University—one of the first female deans of engineering in the United States. There, she continued to distinguish herself. During her tenure, she was named the Lemelson-MIT Program Inventor of the Week (2001) and awarded the Silver Medal in Engineering Acoustics (Acoustical Society of America, 2001). The Whiting School of Engineering was ranked one of the top engineering schools in the country (US News and World Report).

She resigned her Deanship in 2003 to take up the Presidency of the Acoustical Society of America and return to research. Over the next few years, she and her colleagues did groundbreaking work on noise control in hospital environments. In 2007 Dr. Busch-Vishniac became the Provost and Academic Vice-President of McMaster University in Ontario—at the time the only female Provost of a research-intensive university in Canada. After just a few years Dr. Busch-Vishniac was asked to Chair the Ontario Council of Academic Vice-Presidents.

After serving a 5-year term at McMaster, Dr. Busch-Vishniac left to assume the Presidency of the University of Saskatchewan, another of the research-intensive Canadian universities. She served in that capacity from 2012 to 2014 and then joined the faculty of the Mechanical Engineering Department.

M. Elizabeth Cannon, PhD, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

An internationally recognized expert in geomatics engineering, Dr. Elizabeth Cannon's research has been on the forefront of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) since 1984 in both industrial and academic environments, and she has commercialized technology to over 200 agencies worldwide. In 2006, Dr. Cannon was named the Dean of the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary and in 2010, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calgary. She is the first woman to hold both of these positions. Dr. Cannon was selected in 1998 as one of Canada's Top 40 Under 40; in 2006 she was named one of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women's Executive Network; and in 2009 was recognized with the ASTech Outstanding Contribution to Alberta Science and Technology Community award.

Dr. Cannon is a Professional Engineer, a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and an elected foreign associate of the National Academy of Engineering. Currently, she serves as the Chair of the Canada Research Knowledge Network, as Vice-Chair of Universities Canada, and of the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities. She is also member of the Federal Minister of Industry's Science, Technology and Innovation Council.

Dr. Cannon's work has been recognized with many honors, including the Johannes Kepler Award from the US Institute of Navigation and the Gold Medal Award from Engineers Canada in 2013. From 1997 to 2002, she held the NSERC/Petro-Canada Chair for Women in Science and Engineering for the Prairie Region. In this capacity, she worked to raise public awareness about science and engineering careers for women, and conducted research exploring which factors influence men and women to select these careers. She also developed several innovative programs, including Cybermentor and Explore IT, to encourage women to explore careers in STEM fields. Dr. Cannon has received Honorary Doctorates from the University of Ottawa and Acadia University.

Born and raised in Prince Edward Island, Dr. Cannon was an active athlete who competed as a Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) swimmer during her undergraduate career. She is married to geomatics engineering Prof Gérard Lachapelle and has two children.

Emily S. Darling, PhD, David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellow, Biology Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Emily Darling is a marine ecologist and conservation biologist motivated to find conservation solutions for coral reef ecosystems and the societies they support. Emily is currently a David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellow at the University of North Carolina where she is leading a large collaboration of scientists to identify climate refuges for coral diversity in the Indo-Pacific. Emily completed her PhD at Simon Fraser University where she made key discoveries about multiple stressor interactions, life histories, and climate change...

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• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.6.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Bewerbung / Karriere
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• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
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• ISBN-10: 0-12-397775-4 / 0123977754
• ISBN-13: 978-0-12-397775-5 / 9780123977755