Watch video vignettes of successful women chemists of color in which they share how they have navigated their career; the importance of mentoring and role models; their experience of being ‘the only one’; and, their advice for other women.
The ACS Women Chemists of Color program aims to broaden awareness of challenges for women of color found at the intersection of gender and ethnicity; to gather more data about women chemists of color; and, to provide a forum for building community.
ACS Women Chemists of Color Networking Social
Monday, March 26, 2012, 10 am–12 pm — San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina Hotel, Room TBD — Spring 2012 ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA
Join us on Monday morning to network, learn about this ACS program, and provide your input. Light refreshments will be served.
The Double Bind: Minority Women in Science and Update Thirty Five Years Later Symposium
Monday, March 26, 2012, 8 am–12:10 pm — San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina Hotel, Boardroom — Spring 2012 ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA
This symposium will look at the progress for minority women in science since the 1975 landmark report, The Double Bind: The Price of Being a Minority Women in Science. Talks include: Double bind for minority women in S&E: Then and now (Y. George); Women of the double bind (J. Brown); Native Americans in science yesterday and today (S. Begay); Inside the double bind: A synthesis of empirical research on women of color in STEM (L. Espinosa); Women chemists of color: An update (Z. Wilson); Swimming against the tide (S. Hanson); Overview of The ScienceMakers Project (J. Richardson).
Book Signing — African American Women Chemists
Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 2 pm — Oxford University Press Booth, San Diego Convention Center — Spring 2012 ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA
The book contains sketches of the lives of African American women chemists from the earliest pioneers up until the late 1960's when the Civil Rights Act was passed and greater career opportunities began to emerge. In each sketch, Brown explores women's motivation to study the field and details their accomplishments.
Network with women chemists of color:
Empirical Studies on Women of Color in STEM Symposium
ACS, with support from NSF*, organized this symposium at the 242nd ACS National Meeting which highlighted quantitative research on women of color in the sciences.
Women Chemists of Color Summit
ACS, with support from NSF*, hosted this Summit at the 240th ACS National Meeting which included a morning symposium on early career issues, an afternoon symposium on mid-career issues, and a reception held jointly with the Women Chemists Committee. View videos of the symposia and interviews with the speakers.
Mini-Symposium on Women of Color in STEM
ACS sponsored the welcome reception and eight participants including Quantitative Research and Analysis panelist Donna Nelson at this Mini-Symposium which focused on paving pathways to success for women of color in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Read the C&EN article about the symposium, Exploring the 'Double Bind'.
Many Faces of Chemistry: Sisters in Science Symposium
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This symposium at the 234th ACS National Meeting featured candid conversation with trailblazing women of color in chemistry and chemical engineering. View the .
ACS, The Dow Chemical Company, and The Lubrizol Corporation sponsored this event at the 2011 NOBCChE (National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers) National Conference to feature networking opportunities and to highlight the need to increase the impact of “Women of Color” on the scientific community.
ACS, with support from NSF*, sponsored this event at the 241st ACS National Meeting to provide an informal opportunity for attendees to network and provide their input to help shape future initiatives. If you would like to contribute your feedback, send your responses to the to wcc@acs.org.
Women Chemists of Color Luncheon
ACS, with support from NSF*, hosted this luncheon at the 66th Southwest/62nd Southeastern Regional Meeting of the ACS which featured a diverse panel of speakers to broaden awareness of challenges for women of color.
ACS C&EN article, ‘Wanted: Role Models’, by Linda Wang
Other Resources on Women of Color in STEM
*This material is based upon work supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation under Grant #1027608. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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