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The Importance of Female Mentors

Common among the former fellows I’ve interviewed is that having a mentor and being a mentor play important roles in these women’s lives. This message was reiterated in the speech given by … more →

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The Importance of Female Mentors

mandytoomey wrote 1 month ago: Common among the former fellows I’ve interviewed is that having a mentor and being a mentor pl … more →

Tags: Equity in the News, NCCWSL, The AAUW Community, women and work, Career, Math, Mentor, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, Role Models

Meet Robin Blaetz: Women's Avant-Garde Cinema Researcher

mandytoomey wrote 2 months ago: After graduating with a bachelor of arts in English and French, 2004–05 American Fellow Robin Blaetz … more →

Tags: women and work, sexism, American Fellowship, Grants & Awards, Following the Fellows, Grants and Awards, film, French, francophile

Graduates Need All the Help You Can Give

christyjones wrote 2 months ago: Graduations are upon us, many a campus this week will be filled with caps and gowns and smiling fam … more →

Tags: Educational Programs, Students and Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, college grads, give-a-grad-a-gift, job hunt difficult, the Princeton Review, Top Jobs

Meet Carol Tang: Paleontologist and Research Associate — 1 comment

mandytoomey wrote 2 months ago: Carol Tang strains the mud from the bottom of Puente Orosco stream looking for live Mexipyrgus snail … more →

Tags: Fellowships, Grants and Awards, fellowships, Grants & Awards, Following the Fellows, Grants and Awards, paleontologist, California Academy of Sciences, Altered State: Climate Change in California

Project Profile: GEMS

mandytoomey wrote 2 months ago: I hadn’t been in a school setting since saying goodbye to the American School of Campinas an … more →

Tags: Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Students and Educational Issues, Education, Following the Fellows, Grants & Awards, National Girls Collaborative Project, NGCP, Project Profiles

Meet Josan Feathers: Civil Engineer and Political Activist

mandytoomey wrote 3 months ago: How often do we hear or voice concerns about the state of the world, seeming or feeling hopeless to … more →

Tags: Fellowships, Grants and Awards, women and work, Social Justice, STEM, fellowships, Grants & Awards, Grants and Awards, Josan Feathers, Ameican Fellow

Meet Jean Elson: Sociologist, Sexual Behavior Professor, and AAUW Member

mandytoomey wrote 4 months ago: Jean Elson This semester, like most semesters, Jean Elson, a 1998-99 American Fellow, has about 200 … more →

Tags: Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Social Justice, Students and Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, American Fellowship, Gender Identity, Global Gag Rule, Grants and Awards, jean elson

Project Profile: The Ophelia Project — 1 comment

mandytoomey wrote 4 months ago: When I first started teaching, bullying was evident everywhere I turned. In the Bronx one of our stu … more →

Tags: Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Students and Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Bullying, Community Action Grants, fellowships, Following the Fellows, Girl Scouts, Grants and Awards

Meet Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz: Professor, Researcher, and Mentor — 3 comments

mandytoomey wrote 4 months ago: Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz: Professor, Researcher, and Mentor I first entered the teaching profession throu … more →

Tags: Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Students and Educational Issues, american fellowships, educational achievement gap, fellowships, Following the Fellows, Grants and Awards, Improving Education

Meet Allison Rautman: Archeologist and Professor

mandytoomey wrote 5 months ago: The site was catastrophically abandoned; people left their food and tools and apparently fled with … more →

Tags: Fellowships, Grants and Awards, women and work, Educational Programs, fellowships, Grants & Awards, Following the Fellows, Grants and Awards, Girl Scouts, archeologist

Meet Denise Decker: Senior Program Analyst for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — 2 comments

mandytoomey wrote 5 months ago: Denise Decker and her seeing eye dog. I am always in awe of people who not only face adversity, but … more →

Tags: Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, women and work, American, American Fellowship, Disability Rights, fellowships, Following the Fellows, Grants & Awards

Meet Dian Belanger: Historian, Writer, and AAUW Member — 2 comments

mandytoomey wrote 5 months ago: Dian with a party exploring the "IMAX Crevasse" not far from McMurdo Sound. It is called t … more →

Tags: Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Antarctica, Deep Freeze, Dian Belanger, fellowships, Following the Fellows, Grants and Awards, international fellowships, STEM

Meet Wendy Crone: Engineering Professor and Mentor

mandytoomey wrote 6 months ago: It was an engineering summer camp during high school that really piqued Wendy Crone’s interest … more →

Tags: Fellowships, Grants and Awards, women and work, Students and Educational Issues, sexism, Mentor, Research, Following the Fellows, Engineering

Meet Shelly Westebbe, Peace Corp Staffer and World Traveler — 1 comment

mandytoomey wrote 6 months ago: Shelly Westebbe, a 2002–03 American Fellow, grew up overseas in the 1960s. Her subsequent internatio … more →

Tags: Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Social Justice, fellowships, Following the Fellows, Grants & Awards, Human Trafficking, peace corps

Meet Felicia Battle: Information Security Officer — 4 comments

mandytoomey wrote 6 months ago: This year, Felicia Battle, a 2007–08 Career Development Grantee, returned to school after six years, … more →

Tags: Students and Educational Issues, women and work, Career Development Grants, Education, Following the Fellows, Higher Education, technology, Work/life balance

Meet Carmen Wickramagamage: University Lecturer — 1 comment

mandytoomey wrote 7 months ago: Carmen Wickramagamage, a 1991–92 International Fellow, combines her experiences here in the United S … more →

Tags: Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Following the Fellows, international fellowships

Meet Kimberly Ennico

mandytoomey wrote 7 months ago: Kimberly Ennico, Project Scientist, Ames Research Center For Kimberly Ennico, a 1997–98 American Fel … more →

Tags: Fellowships, Grants and Awards, women and work, Students and Educational Issues, STEM, Science, American Fellowship, Following the Fellows

Bridging the Gap Between Incarcerated Mothers and Their Daughters

mandytoomey wrote 8 months ago: Tammy Butler-Phelps While conducting research for her final project in the organizational management … more →

Tags: Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Social Justice, fellowships, Project Profiles, Community Action Grants, Grants and Awards, Samaritan Women, Incarcerated women

So Many Good Books, So Little Time — 2 comments

mandytoomey wrote 8 months ago: Fellow students in my graduate program often tell me they have stopped reading for fun because of th … more →

Tags: Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, Educational Programs, Research, fellowships, Grants and Awards, Barnes & Noble, Member Benefits, Recommended Reading


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