Workshops & Meetings in 2004
March Meeting Sessions
- Christiane A. Helm (Institut fur Physik, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universitat, Greifswald, Germany), Agnes Pockels: Life, Letters and Papers - view pdf file
- Charles Knobler (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles), 100 Years of Monolayers at the Air/Water Interface: Agnes Pockels Scientific Legacy
- Katharine Gebbie (National Institute of Standards and Technology), Katharine B. Blodgett: Aunt, Friend and Physicist - view pdf file
- Daniel Schwartz (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder), 70 Years of Built-Up Films: Katharine Blodgett’s Scientific Legacy
- Mary Pavone (Dartmouth College), Feeding – Not Weeding: A Strategy to Grow More Women Scientists - view powerpoint file (Dartmouth College web site)
- Laurie McNeil (Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Recruitment and Retention of Female Graduate Students: What Have We Learned from the APS Climate for Women Program? - view powerpoint file (UNC web site)
- Gerhard Sonnert (Dept. of Physics, Harvard University), Gender Differences in the Careers of Former Postdoctoral Fellows
- Barbara L. Whitten (Colorado College), What Works for Women in Undergraduate Physics? - view pdf file
- Elizabeth Simmons (Michigan State University), Pathways into Science for High-School Girls.
- Elizabeth Whitelegg (The Institute of Physics and The Open University), Retention of Young Female Post-Doc Physics Researchers in the UK
- CSWP and the Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics (FIAP) co-sponsored a networking breakfast on March 23, 2004 at the APS meeting in Montreal featuring a talk by Joanna Batstone of IBM on "Transitions and Survival Skills" (pdf)
- CSWP offered a half day workshop covering such issues as establishing a scientific identity, combining work and family, and negotiation skills.
Program and Presentations
April Meeting Sessions
- Marla Dowell (National Institute of Standards and Technology), Switching Fields in Physics: Finding the Right Job
- Charles Day (Physics Today), Science Journalism: Reporting and Writing for Science Today.
- Benn Tannenbaum (Federation of American Scientists), Science Advising
- Gordon Thomas (New Jersey Institute of Technology), Critical Behavior of Two Liquids
- Gerhard Sonnert (Harvard University), Thresholds and Glass Ceilings: Career Pattern of Women Scientists - view pdf file 1, view pdf file 2
- Barbara L. Whitten (Colorado College), What Works for Women in Undergraduate Physics? - view pdf file
- Patricia Rankin (University of Colorado, Boulder), Leadership Education for Advancement and Promotion (LEAP) - view pdf file
