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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 Associate1 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 Consultant1 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 Project1 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 Mentor3 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 Service2 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 Member2 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 Traveler1 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 Officer4 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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