This exciting workshop will lay out the challenges facing women in science, technology, and engineering (STEM) disciplines and the many successful strategies that individuals and institutions have implemented, while exploring issues that require further creative solutions.  Our goals are to raise awareness at Kansas State University among faculty and students in science and engineering disciplines of the challenges that lead to underrepresentation of women and the growing body of knowledge on strategies to alleviate that situation.  The day will feature a poster session highlighting the important scientific contributions of female graduate students on our campus.  We also invite students in our Women's Studies department to document the careers and life stories of the successful women scientists participating in this workshop. 

Panelists

Many distinguished female scientists will join us to discuss the challenges facing women in their fields.

• Distinguished Professor Ellen Williams, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, Distinguished University Professor, Physics, University of Maryland
• Dr. Shireen Adenwalla, Physics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Dr. Danielle Braje, NIST, Boulder
• Professor Meera Chandrashekar, Physics, University of Missouri, Columbia
• Dr. Angela Hubler, Womens Studies & English, Kansas State University
• Dr. Kristine Lang, Physics, Colorado College
• Dr. Jacqueline D. Spears, Secondary Education, Kansas State University
• Professor Sherry Yenello, Chemistry, Texas A& M University [past chair of the Committee on the Status of Women in Physics (CWSP)]

Complete Program (pdf file)

All events will be held at the Kansas State Student Union, across the street from the Holiday Inn.