Events

Joan C. Williams, University of California

Featuring

Davíd Carrasco

Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University

Evelynn M. Hammonds

Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and of African and African American Studies, Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity, Harvard University

John L. Jackson

Richard Perry University Associate Professor of Communication and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania

David Kyuman Kim

Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Director of the Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity, Connecticut College

Stacey Floyd-Thomas

Associate Professor of Ethics and Director Black Church Studies at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University

Moderated by

Ronald Thiemann

Bussey Professor of Theology, Harvard Divinity School

For information contact Terence Keel at tkeel@fas.harvard.edu

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Tony Kushner is best known for his two-part epic, Angels In America.  He also co-wrote the Oscar nominated screenplay for Steven Spielberg’s Munich, and his books include The Art of Maurice Sendak, 1980 to the Present, and Wrestling With Zion:  Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict, co-edited with Alisa Solomon.  He is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, an Emmy Award, two Tony Awards, and three Obie Awards.

The purpose of the Tanner Lectures is the advancement of scholarly and scientific learning in the field of human values. That purpose embraces the entire range of moral, artistic, intellectual, and spiritual values, both individual and social -- the full register of values pertinent to the human condition, interest, behavior, and asperation.

The Tanner Lectures on Human Values is a nonprofit corporation administered at the University of Utah (www.tannerlectures.utah.edu). They are funded by an endowment and other gifts received by the University of Utah from Obert Clark Tanner and Grace Adams Tanner.

For more information please contact tanner_lectures@harvard.edu.

Moderator: Sanford Kwinter, Panelists include: Andrea Leers, Amale Andraos, Mack Scogin, Alex Anmahian, Sheila Kennedy

Professional design partnerships between male and female designers are by now common practice. However, the issue of women partnering with men and with other women holds certain assumptions, ones that in many cases espouse a lingering double standard for men and women in design today. This panel seeks to open up this discussion and address the idea of gender roles and different types of professional partnerships within the design practice.

http://studentgroups.gsd.harvard.edu/wid

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The Biomedical Science Careers Program (BSCP) will hold the ninth biennial BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS STUDENT CONFERENCE for postdoctoral fellows; medical, dental and graduate students; post-baccalaureates; college and community college students; and high school seniors and juniors. The conference will take place at The Boston Park Plaza Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts on Saturday, April 5, 2008 from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. All postdoctoral fellows, medical, dental, graduate and out-of-town post-baccalaureates, college and community college students are also welcome to join us (There is no registration fee for the conference but pre-registration is required) on Friday evening, April 4, for dinner and keynote address by Henri Termeer, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Genzyme Corporation. Dinner will be followed by interactive workshops.

Students interested in receiving an application form and tentative agenda need to e-mail us their current postal mailing address as soon as possible at: fahri_ercem@hms.harvard.edu.

Moderator: Ana Maria Duran, Panelists include: Farshid Moussavi, Winka Dubbeldam, Hashim Sarkis, Smita Srinivas

This panel is invited to respond to the particulars of how international practice is shaping spaces that affect change for women worldwide, and on how the internationalization of design practice is affecting women who are trying to compete for work, win commissions, and practice cross-culturally.

http://studentgroups.gsd.harvard.edu/wid

Event Flyer (PDF)

Panelists will include: Denise Scott Brown, Beatriz Colornina, Beverly Willis, Monica Ponce deLeon

Toshiko Mori, Moderator

The panel is invited to take a closer look at how we approach the question of women as a constituency in the design fields today. The discussion will focus on the current lack of cohesion largely brought about by our reluctance towards a collective identity and our desire to be recognized for our work and not our gender, as possible impediments for our problems. It is our hope that this panel will open up channels for discussion and heklp pose questions that have heretofore been stifledby these inadequate and stagnent positions.

Women in Design works to increas the visibility of practicing women designers and to further incoporate their experiences into our education at the GSD. It offers a supportive network and a critical forum in which students discuss topics ranging fromstudying at the GSD to operating in the professional environment. Other activites, including conversations with faculty and visiting designers, connect current students to practicing designers and address issues students fae when they transition to the professional world.

http://studentgroups.gsd.harvard.edu/wid

Event Flyer (PDF)

Carol Gilligan is a weiter best known for her book in a Different Voice. She was a member of the Harvard Faculty for thirty-four years and held the university's first chair in gender studies. Gilligan's first nobvel, released this January, is set in Cambridge, MA, in the mid-1980's, where the narrator, Kyra, is an architecture professor at the GSD who works to design a new city off the Massachusets coast.

http://studentgroups.gsd.harvard.edu/wid

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Join Professor Ben Barres for a personal and intellectual analysis of the obstacles faced by women in academic science and what individuals and institutions can do to increase opportunities in the sciences for women. Professor Barres brings a unique perspective to this discussion: Professor Barres is transgender, and has experienced life as both a female and as a male scientist. His seminal article in the Journal Nature, “Does gender matter?” posits the challenge: “To paraphrase Martin Luther King, a first-class scientific enterprise cannot be built upon a foundation of second-class citizens. If women and minorities are to achieve their full potential, all of us need to be far more proactive. So what can be done?”

Ben Barres, MD, PhD is a Professor of Neurobiology, Developmental Biology, and Neurology at Stanford University. Dr. Barres earned a PhD in Neurobiology from Harvard, an MD from Dartmouth, and a BS in Biology from MIT. He is Associate Chair of Neurobiology at Stanford Medical School.

This event is sponsored by the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity, The Harvard College Women’s Center, the Committee on Degrees in Women, Gender and Sexuality, The Harvard Graduate Women in Science and Engineering, The Women’s Network of Harvard, and the Postdoctoral Affairs Office (anyone else?). For more information about this event, please call 5-4292 for more information of email hcwc@fas.harvard.edu

Event Flyer (PDF)

Webcast of the Presentation (Real Player)

For information contact Terence Keel (G2) at tkeel@fas.harvard.edu

Event Flyer (PDF)

Webcast of the Presentation (Real Player)

Mark your calendars for this great event, as four successful women share their career stories to show you how it's done. They'll discuss

• How they decided where they were going,
• How they got there, and
• The challenges they faced along the way, and how they tackled them.
After the panel, you'll have time to talk one-on-one with them as well as other alumnae in your field(s) of interest.
Our panelists include:

Alice Yang '03
Five years at the non-profit organization Partners In Health have flown by for Alice. How did she find such a compelling job right out of college, and why is she now contemplating graduate school?

Eugenia Balodimas Friedlander '88
Eugenia has found her calling as a self-employed developer of a wellness and yoga social-networking website and wellness product. But first she was a Washington lobbyist. Did taking time off to be a mom have something to do with her finding her path to entrepreneurship?

Essence McGill '94
What's it like to be in corporate law and travel around the world for your job? And how can you combine an active social life with time for non-work activities? This international corporate lawyer will share secrets to a well-balanced life.

Leslie Shaff '67, HMS 84, HBS 2006
Leslie is a multi-degree mother who went back to HMS 20 years after graduating from Harvard, and then 20 years later, went back to HBS. Now administrative director of a local hospital, she'll talk about bringing all her expertise together through the business side of medicine.

To reserve your space for this event, please RSVP to the Harvard College Women's Center at hcwc@fas.harvard.edu by February 4th, or by calling 617 495 4292.

We hope to see you there!

Emma J. Teng is an associate professor of Chinese studies in the Foreign Languages and Literatures Section and an affiliate of women’s studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research interests include Chinese frontiers and contact zones and constructions of race, ethnicity, and gender in Chinese and Asian American literature. She is the author of Taiwan’s Imagined Geography: Chinese Colonial Travel Writing and Pictures, 1683–1895 (Harvard University Asia Center, 2004).
 
At Radcliffe, Teng will work on a comparative study of Chinese and Chinese American representations of Chinese-Western interracialism—interracial marriage and biracial identity—at the turn of the twentieth century. Through an interdisciplinary analysis of racial theory, literature, and visual texts, she will examine divergent understandings of race, culture, nationality, and gender-informed constructions of the Eurasian as a biracial subject among Chinese and Chinese American authors. A central focus of the project will be literary works, including memoirs, written by Eurasian authors. Her work asks how we might reevaluate discourses of hybridity in contemporary cultural politics from historical and cross-cultural perspectives. Teng seeks to bridge the divide between Asian and Asian American studies by critically engaging the intersections and tensions between the two fields.
 
Teng earned her AB and PhD in East Asian languages and civilizations from Harvard University. She has received fellowships from the J. Paul Getty Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). Her residence at Radcliffe is supported by a Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowship for Recently Tenured Scholars from the ACLS.

For more information, call the Institute Reception Desk, 617-495-8212.

Join Dr. John Matsui at this informative and practical discussion on the topic of mentoring in the sciences. Dr. Matsui will discuss his considerable experience helping undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows develop mentoring networks in a diverse scientific community, focusing particularly on issues such as establishing mentoring relationships, the mentoring process and how effective and more inclusive mentoring practices at all stages of the scientific training pipeline is critical to the scientific enterprise.

Dr. Matsui is a professor of molecular and cellular biology at UC Berkeley and is the Director of the renowned Biology Scholars Program, which was honored with the prestigious White House Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring in 1998.

The event is free and open to the entire Harvard community. Space is limited, RSVP to adrian_hoquee@harvard.edu by Tuesday, December 11.

Event Flyer
Dr. Masui's Presentation (PDF)

The Office of the Senior Vice Provost and the Dual-Career Research Initiative will sponsor a panel discussion on dual-career academic couples.

Lisa Wolf-Wendel, author of The Two-Body Problem; Laura Fisher, Associate Dean for Faculty Development; and dual-career couples will discuss this growing phenomenon and talk about how to address related complex challenges from an institutional and personal perspective.

The event is free and open to the entire Harvard community

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Directions and Parking Instructions

This day-long conference should be of interest to faculty, graduate students, administrators and others concerned with making it possible for academic scientists and engineers to have work lives and family lives that are positive and fulfilling.

Speakers will include:

Stephanie Coontz, sociologist, historian of the family and author of The Way We Never Were and Marriage: A History.

Jody Heymann, public health expert and author of The Widening Gap and Forgotten Families.

Robert Drago, labor economist and author of Striking a Balance: Work, Family, Life.

Talks on productive individual strategies, family strategies, and management strategies as well as ideas for institutional reform will be followed by facilitated brainstorming sessions on these topics.

This conference is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is suggested. Please email the dedicated rsvp line (wiservp@bu.edu) to reserve a place at the conference, including lunch and refreshments throughout the day, and to receive further information about the conference schedule.

The conference is sponsored by Boston University Women in Science and Engineering

The Office of Faculty Development and Diversity and the Office for Work/Life Resources will host a panel event on November 6 to discuss domestic partnership benefits policies in the workplace.

Panelists will discuss Harvard's definition of domestic partnership as it pertains to new policies at the University and assess the impact that states' legalization of same-sex marriage will have on similar policies. Speakers at the event will be:

Marilyn Hausammann, Harvard University's Vice President for Human Resources

Willis Emmons, Director of the C. Roland Christensen Center For Teaching & Learning and Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School

Brad Epps,  Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University

Nnena Odim, Clinical Instructor in the Family and Children's Law Practice Unit of the WilmerHale Legal Services Center, Harvard Law School.

The discussion will be moderated by Nancy Costikyan, Director of the Office for Work/Life Resources

All members of the Harvard community are welcome to attend

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Directions and Parking Instructions

Rudy Busto, Associate Professor of Asian/Pacific American & Chicano/Latino Religions at the University of California Santa Barbara

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A symposium sponsored by the Harvard Graduate Women in Science and Engineering which will bring together the authors of the National Science Foundation'sBeyond Bias and Barriers, along with members of the Harvard community to discuss how to improve the status of women in science and engineering.

Senior Vice Provost Evelynn Hammonds will moderate a panel discussion following the conference.

Brigham and Women's Hospital Calendar Page

Dr. Elisabeth Märker-Hermann, first female president of the German Society of Rheumatology

HGWise Calendar Page

The Harvard College Program for Research in Science and Engineering (PRISE) has been created from the recommendation of the Task Force on Women in Science and Engineering (WISE), to establish a stimulating, collegial, and diverse residential community for Harvard undergraduates engaged in summer research in life science, physical science, applied science, mathematics, and engineering.

PRISE is a 10-week program for students working with Harvard Faculty in relevant academic departments and research centers in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, as well as program directors and principal investigators in the Harvard Medical School, the School of Public Health, affiliated research institutes and hospitals, and other academic and administrative units throughout the University.

The Harvard College Program for Research in Science and Engineering (PRISE) has been created from the recommendation of the Task Force on Women in Science and Engineering (WISE), to establish a stimulating, collegial, and diverse residential community for Harvard undergraduates engaged in summer research in life science, physical science, applied science, mathematics, and engineering.

PRISE is a 10-week program for students working with Harvard Faculty in relevant academic departments and research centers in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, as well as program directors and principal investigators in the Harvard Medical School, the School of Public Health, affiliated research institutes and hospitals, and other academic and administrative units throughout the University.

The Harvard College Program for Research in Science and Engineering (PRISE) has been created from the recommendation of the Task Force on Women in Science and Engineering (WISE), to establish a stimulating, collegial, and diverse residential community for Harvard undergraduates engaged in summer research in life science, physical science, applied science, mathematics, and engineering.

PRISE is a 10-week program for students working with Harvard Faculty in relevant academic departments and research centers in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, as well as program directors and principal investigators in the Harvard Medical School, the School of Public Health, affiliated research institutes and hospitals, and other academic and administrative units throughout the University.

The Harvard College Program for Research in Science and Engineering (PRISE) has been created from the recommendation of the Task Force on Women in Science and Engineering (WISE), to establish a stimulating, collegial, and diverse residential community for Harvard undergraduates engaged in summer research in life science, physical science, applied science, mathematics, and engineering.

PRISE is a 10-week program for students working with Harvard Faculty in relevant academic departments and research centers in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, as well as program directors and principal investigators in the Harvard Medical School, the School of Public Health, affiliated research institutes and hospitals, and other academic and administrative units throughout the University.

The Harvard College Program for Research in Science and Engineering (PRISE) has been created from the recommendation of the Task Force on Women in Science and Engineering (WISE), to establish a stimulating, collegial, and diverse residential community for Harvard undergraduates engaged in summer research in life science, physical science, applied science, mathematics, and engineering.

PRISE is a 10-week program for students working with Harvard Faculty in relevant academic departments and research centers in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, as well as program directors and principal investigators in the Harvard Medical School, the School of Public Health, affiliated research institutes and hospitals, and other academic and administrative units throughout the University.

The Harvard College Program for Research in Science and Engineering (PRISE) has been created from the recommendation of the Task Force on Women in Science and Engineering (WISE), to establish a stimulating, collegial, and diverse residential community for Harvard undergraduates engaged in summer research in life science, physical science, applied science, mathematics, and engineering.

PRISE is a 10-week program for students working with Harvard Faculty in relevant academic departments and research centers in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, as well as program directors and principal investigators in the Harvard Medical School, the School of Public Health, affiliated research institutes and hospitals, and other academic and administrative units throughout the University.

The Harvard College Program for Research in Science and Engineering (PRISE) has been created from the recommendation of the Task Force on Women in Science and Engineering (WISE), to establish a stimulating, collegial, and diverse residential community for Harvard undergraduates engaged in summer research in life science, physical science, applied science, mathematics, and engineering.

PRISE is a 10-week program for students working with Harvard Faculty in relevant academic departments and research centers in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, as well as program directors and principal investigators in the Harvard Medical School, the School of Public Health, affiliated research institutes and hospitals, and other academic and administrative units throughout the University.

Dr. Noam Elkies will be doing a reprise of his very unique presentation "Canonical forms: A mathematician's view of musical canons," a research talk and classical piano performance rolled into one.  Here is a brief abstract:

Musical canons, from simple rounds like Three Blind Mice to the compendium of canons Bach compiled in his Musical Offering, have a history almost as long as that of Western music itself, and continue to fascinate musical composers, performers and listeners. In a canon the same melody is played or sung in two or more parts at once; this melody must therefore make musical sense both as a tune and in harmony with a delayed or otherwise modified copy of itself. How does one go about constructing such a melody? This challenge has a mathematical flavor. It turns out that some kinds of canons are so easy to create that they can be improvised in real time, while other kinds are more demanding, and in some cases only a handful of examples are known. The talk will be illustrated with both abstract diagrams and specific musical examples, and may also digress into generalizations of canons (the forms known collectively as "invertible counterpoint") and the reasons -- besides showing off -- that so many composers incorporate canons into their music.

The Harvard College Program for Research in Science and Engineering (PRISE) has been created from the recommendation of the Task Force on Women in Science and Engineering (WISE), to establish a stimulating, collegial, and diverse residential community for Harvard undergraduates engaged in summer research in life science, physical science, applied science, mathematics, and engineering.

PRISE is a 10-week program for students working with Harvard Faculty in relevant academic departments and research centers in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, as well as program directors and principal investigators in the Harvard Medical School, the School of Public Health, affiliated research institutes and hospitals, and other academic and administrative units throughout the University.

Professor Bryan Gaensler, affiliated with the high energy astrophysics division of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and the University of Sydney, Australia. Professor Gaensler has authored or co-authored over 100 scientific papers on neutron stars, black holes, supernova explosions and cosmic magnetic fields, has edited two books on pulsars, and has written dozens of popular articles on science and astronomy.

The Harvard College Program for Research in Science and Engineering (PRISE) has been created from the recommendation of the Task Force on Women in Science and Engineering (WISE), to establish a stimulating, collegial, and diverse residential community for Harvard undergraduates engaged in summer research in life science, physical science, applied science, mathematics, and engineering.

PRISE is a 10-week program for students working with Harvard Faculty in relevant academic departments and research centers in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, as well as program directors and principal investigators in the Harvard Medical School, the School of Public Health, affiliated research institutes and hospitals, and other academic and administrative units throughout the University.

Dr. Margrit Betke is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at Boston University. She has been an outspoken advocate for women in computer science as well as for young faculty.

Dr. Betke will discuss her work in computer science academia as well as her work in artificial intelligence and Webcams.

The Harvard Graduate Women in Science and Engineering group, along with the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity, is presenting this year-long seminar series featuring women scientists and social scientists whose research examines the relationship between gender and science.

Dr. Betke's presentation (PDF)
The poster for Dr. Betke's lecture
Press Release
Directions and Parking for Maxwell Dworkin

The Joint Committee on the Status of Women 2007 Life-Cycle Seminars Presents Sumru Erkut, Ph.D., Associate Director and a Senior Research Scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women
All events are free and open to the entire HMS, HSDM, HSPH and Affiliated communities
No RSVP necessary; Please call (617) 432-0719 with questions.

The poster for Dr. Erkut's lecture

Sylvia Ann Hewlett is an expert on gender and workplace policy. She is the founding president of the Center for Work-Life Policy, a non-profit organization that works to develop policies that enhance work-life balance. Hewlett is also Director of the Gender and Policy Program at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University.

Dr. Hewlett is the author of several books, including Creating a Life: Professional Women and the Quest for Children and The War Against Parents (with Cornel West), and she has published in the New York Times, the Financial Times, and the Harvard Business Review. Her forthcoming book, Off-Ramps and On-Ramps: Keeping Talented Women on the Road to Success, will be published May 15 by Harvard Business School Press.

She has appeared on 60 Minutes, The Today Show, Good Morning America, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Charlie Rose, ABC World News, Oprah, The View, All Things Considered, and Talk of the Nation. Dr. Hewlett is a graduate of Cambridge University and she earned her Ph.D. in economics at London University.

HBR IdeaCast 44: Retaining Talented Women with Dr. Hewlett
The poster for Dr. Hewlett's visit
Press Release
Directions and Parking for Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard
Wall Street Journal article featuring Dr. Hewlett, "A Different Track"

Saturday, April 28

ASPIRE is presenting the 2007 Asian American Women in Leadership Conference, with the theme of "Meaningful Leader: Shaping Our World." The conference will gather a group of successful Asian American women who are leaders in their communities helping to make positive changes.

Conference topics include the effectiveness of different leadership skills and styles, and helping attendees to seek out future leadership opportunities.

ASPIRE's Website

Saturday, April 21, through Sunday, April 29

Celebrate Science in the City at the first annual Cambridge Science Festival, presented by the MIT Museum. This public celebration showcasing Cambridge's contributions to science and technology features 9 fun-filled, action-packed days of science-and technology-related events including creative exhibitions, plays, animals, robots, concerts, lectures, debates, and demonstrations. A multifaceted event based on themes including Innovations, Science & the Arts, Energy & the Environment, and Science of Everyday Life, the Festival makes science accessible, interactive and FUN, and highlights the excitement of discovery and the impact of science in all our lives.

For more information please contact the Cambridge Science Festival organizers at (617) 253-6914.

Cambridge Science Festival website
Schedule of Events
Map of Events

The MIT9 group of top research universities will convene its annual to further its work on lowering career barriers in higher education for women and underrepresented minorities.  This year’s focus will be on faculty of color in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.

Participants will discuss data from national diversity surveys and data collected at each university, and hear presentations from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, as well as other groups.

In 2001, leaders from the California Institute of Technology, Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Michigan, the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University met at MIT to discuss the equitable treatment of women faculty in science and engineering.  Subsequently, the group began to meet annually to determine how each can work toward a faculty that reflects the diversity of the student body and address other specific initiatives.

Dr. Elizabeth Watkins will be discussing material from her forthcoming book The Estrogen Elixir: A History of Hormone Replacement Therapy in America, including the issues of aging, gender, and scientific research in the United States. She’ll also discuss the general history of women as researchers and subjects in the United States.

Dr. Watkins is an Associate Professor in the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

The Harvard Graduate Women in Science and Engineering group, along with the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity, is presenting this year-long seminar series featuring women scientists and social scientists whose research examines the relationship between gender and science.

The poster for Dr. Watkins's lecture
Press Release
Directions to The Conference Center at HMS
Parking at The Conference Center at HMS

Dr. Drago is a Professor of Labor Studies and Industrial Relations and Women's Studies at Pennsylvania State University and the author of the newly published Striking a Balance: Work, Family Life.  Dr. Drago has been a driving force in mobilizing and connecting the community of work and family advocates/experts across the Untied States through the WorkFam listserv and Take Care Net (www.takecarenet.org/).

For more information please contact the Center for Social Policy at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

University of Massachusetts Boston website

The Center for Research on Learning and Teaching  (CRLT) at the University of Michigan develops and performs sketches that engage faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students in discussions of multi-cultural teaching and learning, and institutional climate. Sketches are based on research concerning the experiences of under-represented students and faculty, such as women faculty and students in science and engineering, students of color, and students with disabilities. Their sketch, "The Faculty Meeting," depicts a faculty discussion involving an important topic (a faculty search) and how gender dynamics and faculty rank influences the conversation and affect the participants.  The sketch is designed to improve the recruitment and retention of women faculty in science and engineering, but could have implications for the range of academic disciplines.  The 20-minute sketch is followed up by open discussion among participants about topical issues raised therein. 

The CRLT Players Theatre Program has earned accolades across higher education, including the 2006 TIAA-CREF Theodore M. Hesburgh Certificate of Excellence.

Seating capacity is limited to 50, so please RSVP by sending a message to Elton James at elton_james@harvard.edu, referencing the Faculty Club performance.

CRLT Players Theatre Program website

Dr. Lotte Bailyn is a member of the MIT faculty, and the co-author of Beyond Work-Family Balance: Advancing Gender Equity and Workplace Performance. Bailyn has argued that businesses will suffer without accounting for the changing nature of the workplace that includes an influx of women and consequent lifestyle changes for both sexes.

Dr. Bailyn will discuss gender imbalance in the workplace and possibilities for future work in this area.

The Harvard Graduate Women in Science and Engineering group, along with the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity, is presenting this year-long seminar series featuring women scientists and social scientists whose research examines the relationship between gender and science.

Dr. Bailyn's presentation (PPT)
The Daily Free Press: More Women Needed in Science
The poster for Dr. Bailyn's lecture
Press Release
Directions and Parking for Maxwell Dworkin

Dr. Mary Ann Mason joined the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley, in 1989, eventually earning the rank of full professor of law and social welfare in the Graduate School of Social Welfare. She has written several books and several dozen articles on family law and policy and children’s rights.

Dr. Mason has written two major works on child custody, From Father’s Property to Children’s Rights: A History of Child Custody in America and The Custody Wars: Why Children are Losing the Legal Battles and What We Can Do About It.

Since 2000, she has served as Dean of the Graduate Division at UC Berkeley. She also co-directs a major research project investigating the impact of family on the career paths of academic men and women, entitled Do Babies Matter?

Dr. Anne Fausto-Sterling will present the first spring talk in the Women, Science and Society Seminar Series. Fausto-Sterling has explored the role of women in the sciences in two recent publications, Sexing the Body and Myths of Gender.

Dr. Evelynn Hammonds, Harvard’s Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity, will be on hand to introduce Dr. Fausto-Sterling.

Dr. Fausto-Sterling has served on the faculty of Brown University for the last 30 years, and has also served as a visiting professor at a number of universities in the United States and abroad in Biology, Medical Science and Gender Studies departments.

The Harvard Graduate Women in Science and Engineering group, along with the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity, is presenting this year-long seminar series featuring women scientists and social scientists whose research examines the relationship between gender and science.

Harvard Gazette: Intersection of Race, Sex, Science Prompts Questions
Dr. Fausto-Sterling's presentation (PPT) best viewed in slide show mode
Dr. Fausto-Sterling's Resource List
The poster for Fausto-Sterling's lecture
Press Release

Michèle Lamont is the Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies and a professor of sociology and African and African American studies at Harvard University. She has done extensive research on racial and class boundaries in France and the United States. She has written widely in the fields of inequality, culture, race, immigration, qualitative methods, and comparative sociology.

While at Radcliffe, Lamont will complete a book titled Cream Rising: Finding Excellence in the Social Sciences and the Humanities, to be published by Harvard University Press. The book draws on interviews with scholars who serve on funding panels and analyzes actual templates of excellence across disciplines.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (617) 495-8212.