[Sci-tech-public] CONFERENCE THIS WEEKEND: Women Scientists on Gender, Race, and Nationality

[Debbie Meinbresse]

>From: Emily Meghan Morrow  Howe <emmh at MIT.EDU>
>Subject: Re: Women Scientists on Gender, Race, and Nationality
>
>Saturday, April 30th
>The MIT Program in Women's Studies presents a 20th Anniversary Conference on
>Women Scientists on Gender, Race, and Nationality
>Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
>8:30am-6:00pm.
>Registration is free, but required.
>Information: womens-studies at mit.edu, 617.253.8844
>
>
>CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
>
>  8:30-9:00am
>  Breakfast
>
>  9:00-9:30am
>  Welcoming Remarks
>  Elizabeth Wood,
>  Director of Women's Studies, and Associate Professor of History, MIT
>  Dr. Donna Nelson,
>  Associate Professor of Chemistry, The University of Oklahoma, and 
> Diversity in Science Association (DISA)
>
>  9:30-11:30am
>  Panel I (Physics)
>  Nai Chang Yeh,
>  Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology
>  Talat Rahman,
>  Distinguished Professor of Physics, Kansas State University
>  Josephine A. Beoku-Betts,
>  Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Sociology, Florida Atlantic 
> University
>  Lisa Dyson, Business Consultant, Boston Consulting Group
>
>  11:30-12:30pm
>  Lunch
>
>  12:30-2:30pm
>  Panel II (Engineering)
>  Kristala Jones Prather,
>  Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, MIT
>  Gilda A. Barabino,
>  Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University
>  Lourdes Salamance-Riba,
>  Professor of Material Science and Engineering, University of Maryland
>  Nguyen Phuc,
>  Nuclear Engineering and Planning Department, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
>
>  2:30-2:45pm
>Coffee/Snack Break
>
>  2:45-4:45
>  Panel III (Biology)
>  Elma González,
>  Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA
>  Francie Chew,
>  Professor of Biology and Director of American Studies, Tufts University
>  Shuk-Mei.Ho,
>  Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School
>  Banu Subramaniam,
>  Associate Professor of Women's Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
>
>  4:45-6:00pm
>  Closing Remarks and Reception for Conference Attendees and Participants
>  Abha Sur,
>  Lecturer, Women's Studies, MIT

Debbie Meinbresse
STS Program, MIT
617-253-4062 
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