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Meet Luana Maroja: Evolutionary Biology Specialist

Ever wonder how kids whose moms are biologists pass the time? According to Luana Maroja, 2007–08 American Fellow, hiking in the forest collecting animals is how. Although once an avid camper, biker, c… more →

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Meet Luana Maroja: Evolutionary Biology Specialist

mandytoomey wrote 1 day ago: Ever wonder how kids whose moms are biologists pass the time? According to Luana Maroja, 2007–08 Ame … more →

Tags: Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, AAUW Fellowshiops, American Fellow, american fellowships, Biodiversity, Biology, Evolution, Grants and Awards

Meet Kathleen Wood Laurila

mandytoomey wrote 1 week ago: 1988–89 Career Development Grant recipient Kathleen Wood Laurila started breaking through barriers a … more →

Tags: Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, women and work, Career Development Grants, gender barrier, Work

Meet Soamarat Vilaiyuk: Pediatric Rheumatologist

mandytoomey wrote 3 weeks ago: Soamarat Vilaiyuk, a 2005–06 International Fellow, was first inspired to pursue training in pediatri … more →

Tags: Fellowships, Grants and Awards, fellowships, international fellowships, Medicine

Meet Angela Lindner and Jessica Strate Beach: Environmental Engineers

mandytoomey wrote 1 month ago: While 1997–98 Selected Professions Fellow Angela Lindner had never experienced sexism during her und … more →

Tags: Fellowships, Grants and Awards, sex discrimination, women and work, STEM, Mentor, Selected Professions Fellow, Engineering, Engineers without borders, Environmental Engineering

Meet Gail Reimer: Founding Director of the Jewish Women's Archive

mandytoomey wrote 1 month ago: Growing up, Gail Reimer, a 1984–85 American Fellow, knew she was going to have to do something more … more →

Tags: Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Women's History Month, Education, Women's History, American Fellowship, film, Blog, Jewish Women's Archive, Jewish Comedians

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, fellowships and grants, Grants and Awards, film, French, francophile

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, fellowships and grants, Grants and Awards, paleontologist, California Academy of Sciences, Altered State: Climate Change in California

Meet Maria Herminia Graterol: Women's Rights Consultant — 1 comment

mandytoomey wrote 2 months ago: After receiving her first master’s degree from Columbia University, Maria Herminia Graterol traveled … more →

Tags: Social Justice, women and civil rights, CEDAW, Convention on the Elimination on all Forms of Discrimin, Human Rights, international fellowships, IWRAW, Women's rights

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, fellowships and grants, Grants & Awards, National Girls Collaborative Project, NGCP, Project Profiles

Meet Elspeth Slayter: Social Work Researcher and Educator

mandytoomey wrote 3 months ago: I am always interested in learning about the paths that lead women back to school. For me, it was an … more →

Tags: Fellowships, Grants and Awards, women and work, American Fellowship, Social Policy, Social Work

Meet Valentine Khaminwa: Research Coordinator

mandytoomey wrote 4 months ago: In February, I had the privilege of interviewing 2006–07 International Fellow Valentine Khaminwa at … more →

Tags: Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Africa, domestic abuse, HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, international fellowships, Women's rights

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, The AAUW Community, Students and Educational Issues, fellowships, Project Profiles, Community Action Grants, fellowships and grants, Grants and Awards, Girl Scouts

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: Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Educational Programs, Students and Educational Issues, american fellowships, educational achievement gap, fellowships, fellowships and grants, 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, fellowships and grants, 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, fellowships and grants, 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, fellowships and grants, 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, fellowships and grants, 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, fellowships and grants, 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, fellowships and grants, Higher Education, technology, Work/life balance


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