Programs 2005-2006
- Monday, May 8, 2006: General Discussion and brief report from
Christine Forman-Jones on the progess of the CfA Gender Equity Study.
- Monday, June 5, 2006: Discussion led by Saku Vrtilek on the
book by Virginia Valian, 'Why So Slow?'.
There is a web site with a synopsis
of the book. Also, Valian leads a Gender Equity Study Program at Hunter College
with some
interesting materials.
Another reference discussed at this meeting was the recent article
in 'Science' summarizing the new faculty numbers
at MIT tabulated by Nancy Hopkins. See 'Women Science Faculty'
in Volume 312, No. 5772, 21 April 2006, p. 347 (Reported by
Saku Vrtilek).
- Monday, July 10, 2006, Pratt, 12:30 pm: Kelly Korreck will lead a discussion of
websites, ideas, and tips about things that can help in a career
path. To start, Kelly has compiled a list of Good Links. Saku Vrtilek will continue
with discussion from last time, for our reprise and second
thoughts on
Virginia Valien's book: 'Why so Slow?'
- Monday, August 7, 2006, Pratt, 12:30 pm: Sukanya
Chakrabarti, Karen Masters,
and Cara Rakowski will lead a discussion: 'What I Wish I Knew
Before Graduate School.' Women undergraduates and REU students
at CfA for the summer are especially invited to come. Suggestions
for Grad School Applicants resulting
from that discussion and good links are summarized.
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