Women Scientists on Gender, Race, and Nationality

April 30, 2005, 8:30am - 6:00pm

• What forms do racism and ethnocentrism take in the context of contemporary science?
• Does one's race or ethnicity affect one's opportunities to do scientific research even in a racially or ethnically diverse workplace? How?
• How do racial and ethnic tensions affect women in science?
• Do these tensions affect men and women differently?
• What are the effects of affirmative action on women in science?
• What are the effects on minority women in science?

Registration is free but required. Location will be provided with registration Please register via womens-studies@mit.edu Please feel free to call the MIT Women's Studies Program with questions. 617.253.8844

8:30-9:00am	Breakfast
9:00-9:30am	Welcoming Remarks Elizabeth Wood, Director of Women's Studies, and Associate Professor of History, MIT Dr. Donna Nelson, Associate Professor of Chemistry, The University of Oklahoma, and Diversity in Science Association (DISA)
9:30-11:30am	Panel I (Physics) Nai Chang Yeh, Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology Priya Natarajan, Assistant Professor of Physics, Yale University Talat Rahman, Distinguished Professor of Physics, Kansas State University Josephine A. Beoku-Betts, Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Sociology, Florida Atlantic University Lisa Dyson
11:30-12:30pm	Lunch
12:30-2:30pm	Panel II (Engineering) Kristala Jones Prather, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, MIT Gilda A. Barabino, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University Lourdes Salamance-Riba, Professor of Material Science and Engineering, University of Maryland Nguyen Phuc, Nuclear Engineering and Planning Department, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
2:30-2:45pm	Coffee Break
2:45-4:45	Panel III (Biology) Elma Gonzales, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA Francie Chew, Professor of Biology and Director of American Studies, Tufts University Shuk-Mei.Ho, Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School Banu Subramaniam, Associate Professor of Women's Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
4:45-6:00pm	Closing Remarks and Reception Abha Sur, Lecturer, Women's Studies, MIT