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 …
University of California Survey
A survey of more than eight thousand doctoral student respondents was recently completed across the University of California system to better understand the attitudes of the current generation of students. The survey found that 84 percent of women and 74 …
Writing Skills Workbook
Our 3 mentor groups are up and running. Each group of 8 people meets via conference call once a month. In a conversation today on writing skills, one of the members of mentoring group 3 (lead by Victoria Coles and …
Maximizing Productivity and Recognition
Science Careers, a division of Science Magazine contains a three part series to provide junior scientists with strategies for increasing research productivity, recognition, and impact. In part 1, the authors focus on publications and citations. The next article offers tips …