One-Minute Talk
“When you meet someone new in a professional context, your goal should be to communicate four things: who you are, what you do, why you’re meeting them, and most of all, why they should care that they are meeting you.” …
NASA MPOWIR Speaker Series
With generous support from NASA, MPOWIR is soliciting applications for the NASA MPOWIR Speaker Series. The goal of NASA’s MPOWIR speaker series is to familiarize junior women in the field of physical oceanography with the research conducted at the NASA …
MPOWIR at the Ocean Studies Board
I gave a presentation on MPOWIR activities to the Ocean Studies Board (OSB) on Wednesday, March 18th, at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. Members of OSB were very supportive of our efforts and particularly interested in how …
ASCENT: Atmospheric Science Collaborations and Enriching NeTworks
Storm Peak Laboratory was recently funded by the NSF ADVANCE to create ASCENT,a program for women in Atmospheric Science and Meteorology. Atmospheric Science Collaborations and Enriching NeTworks (ASCENT) is a program focusing on women in atmospheric science/meteorology and is designed …
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Women in Science
This paper was published in the french journal Le Monde last October about women in science. Each article is translated to English. Download the Article
Cutting Edge Workshop Schedule
A message from the Earth Science Women’s Network On the Cutting Edge is offering the following four workshops in 2009 Three of these workshops are for faculty (Teaching about Energy in Geoscience Courses, Teaching Paleontology, and the workshop for early …
TOS Articles
The March issue of Oceanography Magazine features two articles about the Pattullo Conference. The articles are also available online at http://tos.org/oceanography/index.html Download the article by Susan Lozier Download the article by Martini, Frajka-Williams and Mouw
Advice on going to sea
One of the mentor groups recently discussed advice for those going to sea for the first time. The conversation resulted in the document below, written by Heather Deese. Download Advice on going to sea
Online Career Basics
The Earth Science Women’s Network (ESWN) sent a link to a new publication of AAAS/Science. Career Basics, the 2009 Edition is a collection of the best advice and resources from Science Careers. You can get the whole publication or specific …
Tenure articles
Stop trying to get tenure and start trying to enjoy yourself, an article by Gary Lewandowski, was sent to the ESWN list and provides advices to early career scientists concerned about tenure. The article is available at http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2008/09/22/lewandowski Another recommended …