A comprehensive and accessible manual that provides valuable strategies, tools, and sucess tips for women pursuing and involved in STEM careers
1. Career Management
Peggy A. Pritchard
2. Networking
Jodie L. Rummer
3. Mentoring:Empowering Your Success
Christine S. Grant
4. Mental Toughness
Peggy A. Pritchard
5. Time Stress
Peggy A. Pritchard
6. Personal Style
M. Elizabeth Cannon and Kathleen Sendall
7. Communicating Science
Jodie L. Rummer and Lori L. Isom
8. Strategically Using Social Media
Emily S. Darling and Jodie L. Rummer
9. Negotiating with Emotional Intelligence
Joretha G. Johnson
10. A Call to Leadership
Pamela McCauley and Elizabeth Lee
11. Climbing the Ladder
Ilene J. Busch-Vishniac
12. Balancing Professional and Personal Life
Wendy M. Williams, Susan M. Barnett and Elaine Wethington
13. Transitions
Margaret-Ann Armour and Dorothy Tovell
Peggy A. Pritchard is a career information specialist and academic
librarian highly experienced in designing and delivering innovative
curricula to foster the development of a range of academic
literacies and professional competencies. In her current position
at the University of Guelph (Canada) she works collaboratively with
faculty colleagues, educational developers, and writing and
learning specialists to support undergraduate students in science,
technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and Psychology. She
has been formally recognized for excellence in undergraduate and
graduate teaching at two top-tier universities in Canada.Ms.
Pritchard has presented seminars and facilitated workshops for
women in STEM at all academic levels in North America and Europe.
The hosting institutions have included the University of California
Berkeley (USA), the University of Leicester (UK), Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), and the Universidade de Lisboa
(Portugal). Her work has also been presented at international,
national and regional scientific conferences, women in science
meetings, and education conferences. Ms. Pritchard is one of the
editors of the first and second editions of Success Strategies from
Women in STEM: A Portable Mentor Dr. Christine Grant catalyzes
women influencers (and their male allies) in science, technology,
engineering and math (STEM) to successfully navigate their academic
and career pursuits. This book is the culmination of Grant’s over
30 years of leadership broadening the participation of diverse
populations in STEM fields. A Full Professor of Chemical and
Biomolecular (CBE) engineering at North Carolina State University
(NC State), she is the Associate Dean of Faculty Advancement in NC
State’s College of Engineering. She obtained her degrees in
Chemical Engineering (B.S., Brown University; M.S. and Ph.D. ,
Georgia Institute of Technology) prior to joining NC State. Grant
is one of only four African-American women in the U.S. at the rank
of Full Chemical Engineering Professor. Her research has focused on
interfacial phenomena and more recently biomedical systems. A
recipient of the NSF Presidential Award for Excellence in Science,
Math and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM), Grant has been recognized
for broadening the participation, promotion and retention of
underrepresented minorities (URM) in STEM. She has received the
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Minority Affairs Committee
Distinguished Service Award, the Council for Chemical Research
Diversity Award, the American Chemical Society’s SERMACS Diversity
Award and the NCA&T Urban Education Institute NCA&T
Exemplar Award.
She has been recognized for her advocacy for women in science and
her educational outreach to Ghana, West Africa, by induction into
the YWCA Academy of Women in Science and Technology, Sigma Iota
Rho, an International Honor Society, and the Sigma Xi Scientific
Research Society. She is a Life Member of the Society of Women
Engineers and AIChE. She has also provided professional leadership
as a member of the Board of Directors, and Chemical Technology
Operating Council of AIChE and was elected to AIChE Fellow in
2013.
Her work in the arena of STEM policy resulted in her appointments
as a Visiting Senior Scholar at the American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS), an Expert in the National Science
Foundation’s (NSF) Engineering Directorate, and a Boeing Senior
Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering’s Center for the
Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE).
An international speaker, she conducts career coaching and
professional development workshops across the United States of
America, Ghana and Australia empowering both women and
underrepresented minorities on the STEM pathway. Grant’s company,
Leveraged Empowerment, a unit of CoolSci Productions LLC
(www.drchristinegrant.com), designs custom, targeted programming
for corporate and academic environments. A change agent, she has
been featured in National Science Foundation funded ADVANCE
programming at Texas A&M, Cornell, Purdue, University of
Toledo, UVA, Prairie View A&M, the University of Cincinnati and
the University of New Hampshire promoting institutional
transformation in STEM fields.
"...ideal for people at an early stage of their career (typically
the first five years) and, although written for women working in
STEM, the majority of the material would be useful for men as well
as those pursuing careers outside of STEM." - 5 Stars --The
Chemical Engineer
"...contains some very useful information, especially for PhD
students, postdocs and early career scientists intending to
continue in academe." --Bulletin of the Entomological Society of
Canada
"This book is extremely useful and is strongly recommended… I
suggest that all young academics and STEM professionals should have
this book as a reference to use as they embark on their careers."
--South African Journal of Science
"Speaking from a decade of research experience in science, this is
an important book…does a good job of covering the many facets of a
successful career in STEM...Women at all stages of their career
will find something useful...an encouraging and inspirational
book." --Universe Today
"...we need women to fully participate in this industry...morally
and ethically, it’s simply the right thing to do. This book will
undoubtedly help." --Network Security
“I think most scientists at early stages in their careers would
find this book extraordinarily useful, and many scientists at later
stages would benefit enormously from the advice as well. …one of
the strengths of this book is the array of perspectives provided by
the diverse collection of authors. …This book is both introspective
and inspirational, driving readers to examine their own values and
goals but providing ample illustrations of successful women
scientists. I particularly appreciate the emphasis on
self-awareness and the understanding that every scientist has their
own path to follow; that no one sets of rules applies to everyone.
Although the book is primarily meant for beginning scientists, it
will be valuable to many women (and men) at various stages of their
careers. I wish I had such a resource at the outset of my own
scientific life.--Ann M. Flower, University of North Dakota School
of Medicine for MICROBE (2006)
"…aimed at women embarking on a career in science or in their final
years of training for such a role. The prologue is quite inspiring
and so are the women profiled..." --Chemistry Word, 2006
"...this book contains useful advice for women and men at all
stages of their careers." --Journal of Chemical Education, 2006
"...valuable career guide which is relevant not only to scientists
and academics but also women in other fields. Their enthusiasm,
commitment, courage and willingness to share their experiences are
what makes this book so readable. Full of useful tips and advice,
it also provokes thoughtful reflection while providing inspiration
and encouragement through the distillation of their insights and
advice. As its title suggest, this guide is a book to be dipped
into again and again as women face different transition points and
its structured approach and excellent index makes it easy to find
the relevant sections." --Margaret Dane, Association of Graduate
Careers Advisory Services, CEO (2006)
"One of the key strengths of the book is that each chapter stands
on its own and can be read separately... I highly recommend the
book to young female scientists, in particular those in academia.
It is well written and covers all critical topics on how to manage
your career."--The Leading Edge
"...provides broad, general information on common experiences that
the reader will be familiar with but had not perceived as
'significant' in their efforts toward success... I highly recommend
this book to early-career female professionals in the STEM
fields..."--The Leading Edge
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