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Success Strategies From Women in STEM (2nd Ed.) A Portable Mentor

Langue : Anglais

Coordonnateurs : Pritchard Peggy A., Grant Christine

Couverture de l’ouvrage Success Strategies From Women in STEM
Success Strategies from Women in Stem: A Portable Mentor, Second Edition, is a comprehensive and accessible manual containing career advice, mentoring support, and professional development strategies for female scientists in the STEM fields.This updated text contains new and essential chapters on leadership and negotiation, important coverage of career management, networking, social media, communication skills, and more. The work is accompanied by a companion website that contains annotated links, a list of print and electronic resources, self-directed learning objects, frequently asked questions, and more.With an increased focus on international relevance, this comprehensive text contains shared stories and vignettes that will help women pursuing or involved in STEM careers develop the necessary professional and personal skills to overcome obstacles to advancement.

1. Career Management Peggy A. Pritchard 2. Networking Jodie L. Rummer 3. Mentoring:Empowering Your Success Christine S. Grant 4. Mental Toughness Peggy A. Pritchard 5. Time Stress Peggy A. Pritchard 6. Personal Style M. Elizabeth Cannon and Kathleen Sendall 7. Communicating Science Jodie L. Rummer and Lori L. Isom 8. Strategically Using Social Media Emily S. Darling and Jodie L. Rummer 9. Negotiating with Emotional Intelligence Joretha G. Johnson 10. A Call to Leadership Pamela McCauley and Elizabeth Lee 11. Climbing the Ladder Ilene J. Busch-Vishniac 12. Balancing Professional and Personal Life Wendy M. Williams, Susan M. Barnett and Elaine Wethington 13. Transitions Margaret-Ann Armour and Dorothy Tovell

Women pursuing careers or involved in careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics

Peggy A. Pritchard is a career information specialist and academic librarian highly experienced in designing and delivering innovative curricula to foster the development of a range of academic literacies and professional competencies. In her current position at the University of Guelph (Canada) she works collaboratively with faculty colleagues, educational developers, and writing and learning specialists to support undergraduate students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and Psychology. She has been formally recognized for excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching at two top-tier universities in Canada.

Ms. Pritchard has presented seminars and facilitated workshops for women in STEM at all academic levels in North America and Europe. The hosting institutions have included the University of California Berkeley (USA), the University of Leicester (UK), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), and the Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal). Her work has also been presented at international, national and regional scientific conferences, women in science meetings, and education conferences. Ms. Pritchard is one of the editors of the first and second editions of Success Strategies from Women in STEM: A Portable Mentor

Dr. Christine Grant catalyzes women influencers (and their male allies) in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to successfully navigate their academic and career pursuits. This book is the culmination of Grant’s over 30 years of leadership broadening the participation of diverse populations in STEM fields. A Full Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular (CBE) engineering at North Carolina State University (NC State), she is the Associate Dean of Faculty Advancement in NC State’s College of Engineering. She obtained her degrees in Chemical Engineering (B.S., Brown University; M.S. and Ph.D. , Georgia Institute of Technology) prior to joining NC State. Grant is one of only four African-American women in the U.S.

  • Preserves the style and tone of the first edition by bringing together mentors, trainees and early-career professionals in a series of conversations about important topics related to careers in STEM fields, such as leadership, time stress, negotiation, networking, social media and more
  • Identifies strategies that can improve career success along with stories that elucidate, engage, and inspire
  • Companion website provides authoritative information from successful women engaged in STEM careers, including annotated links to key organizations, associations, granting agencies, teaching support materials, and more