This is a list of over a thousand women, from different parts of the world and with different areas of expertise, who would make excellent speakers at atheist, skeptic, scientific or human rights events. If you can’t invite any of them specifically, the list may trigger ideas of similar women who you can invite.
I’ve been having a debate on an atheist forum in recent days, in which I have been arguing for a better gender balance in speakers at such events. One particularly enlightened contributor disagreed because: “There are – and I am counting – no female scientists I would turn up for at a skeptics convention. Well, maybe Alice Roberts. The rest are male.”
Other more rational counter-arguments that I heard are that there should be no discrimination on the grounds of gender when selecting speakers, that speakers should be chosen purely on merit, and (less rationally) that working towards a gender balance would lower the standard of speakers.
But in practice there currently is discrimination on the grounds of gender, speakers are not chosen purely on merit, and working towards a gender balance would introduce audiences to excellent speakers who they otherwise would not have heard, as well as moving us slightly closer to a fairer society.
Another counter-argument is that event organizers, because they want to focus on merit, simply don’t think of the gender of their speakers. Ironically, this may be both true and also part of the problem.
Organizers may just think of the established names that immediately come to mind, and then think of other speakers who are like these, which perpetuates the current bias. So audiences can miss out on hearing excellent women speakers, simply because they were not even considered in the first place.
I was then asked the question: how do organizers invite women speakers if they are not aware of them? Well, really, it’s not that hard. You just do a bit of research. This list of over a thousand women speakers worth listening to didn’t take me too long on the Internet to compile.
This is not a list of potential speakers for any specific event, as each event has its own unique mix of requirements. But it shows that you can improve the quality of the list that you choose your speakers from by doing some research on women speakers that you may not currently be aware of.
For practical reasons, you may not be able to invite many of the specific women on this list to your particular event, but reading this list may trigger some ideas of similar women who you can invite. If you would like to add any names, please do so in the comments.
CONTENTS
Ireland
- Speakers at recent Atheist Ireland Events
- Other promoters of Reason, Science, Human Rights and Secularism
- Organizers of Atheist Ireland Women in Secularism Conference 2013
International
- Speakers at CFI Women in Secularism Conferences 2012, 2013
- Other promoters of Reason, Science, Human Rights and Secularism
- The Secular Women Speakers Bureau, USA
- Ginetta Sagan and Anna Politkovskaya Human Rights Awards
- Women Nobel Laureates of the 21st Century
- Members of UN Expert Group on Gender, Science and Technology
- Guardian/UKRC list of Women Bloggers in Science, Engineering, Technology
- The Guardian list of Women Scientist Role Models
- U of Minnesota Women Scientists & Engineers Speakers Program
- Women in Technology International Hall of Fame
- Black Women in Europe Power Lists
- L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science International Awards
- Organization for Women in Science in the Developing World Awards
- International Federation of University Women Speakers
- APS Physics Women Speakers Program, USA
- Women Scientists who give Awesome Seminars
IRELAND
Speakers at recent Atheist Ireland Events
- Ivana Bacik, Irish Senator
- Jane Donnelly, Education Officer, Atheist Ireland
- Lone Frank, Neurobiologist & science writer, Denmark
- Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-founder Freedom From Religion Foundation, USA
- Louise Hannon, Transgender Equality Network Ireland
- Paula Kirby, Secular consultant & activist, UK
- Bobbie Kirkhart, Author and Activist, USA
- Aoife McLysaght, TCD Genetics Dep
- Jennifer McCreight, blogger at Blag Hag, USA
- Maryam Namazie, Council of Ex-Muslims in Britain
- Catherine O’Brien, former chair Humanist Association of Ireland
- Grainne O’Sullivan, Count Me Out Campaign
- Sinead Redmond, Pro Choice campaigner
- Helena Sheehan, Dublin City University
- Tanya Smith, Australia, former pres Atheist Alliance Inernational
- Grania Spingies, Secretary, Atheist Ireland
- Ann Marie Waters, One Law for All Campaign, UK
- Rebecca Watson, creator Skepchick, cohost Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe
Other promoters of Reason, Science, Human Rights and Secularism
- Benedicta Attoh, Louth African Women’s Group
- Mariaam Bhatti, Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland
- Mairin de Burca, social and political activist
- Emma Brannlund, NUIG Feminist Society
- Elaine Byrne, Dept Political Science TCD
- Jennifer DeWan, Cork Feminista
- Jessica Connor, Irish Feminist Network
- Eilish Corcoran, Development Officer, Women’s Manifesto project
- Mary Cullen, Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies, TCD
- Clare Daly TD, United Left Alliance
- Roja Fazaeli, TCD
- Clara Fischer, Irish Feminist Network
- Erin Gell, Irish Feminist Network
- Patty Gray, anthropologist, NUI Maynooth
- Noeleen Hartigan, Amnesty Ireland
- Grainne Healy, Chairwoman of Marriage Equality
- Anele Jakiel, DWAG
- Ann James, Humanist Association of Ireland
- Vanessa Lacey, Transgender Equality Network Ireland
- Mary Lawlor, campaigner for rights of adoptees
- Camille Loftus, socio-economic researcher
- Catherine Lynch, Irish Network Against Racism
- Kathleen Lynch, UCD
- Salome Mbugwe, AkiDWA
- Susan McKay, former CEO Nat Women’s Council of Ireland
- Mary McAuliffe, Pres Women’s History Association of Ireland
- Helen McCormack, journalist and radio producer
- Catherine McGuiness, former Supreme Court Judge
- Catherine Phil McCarthy, poet
- Mamo McDonald, Hon Pres of Age and Opportunity
- Mary Lou McDonald TD, Sinn Fein
- Anthea McTiernan, editor of Irish Times Ticket Magazine
- Alice Maher, artist
- Catherine Morris, curator of Alice Milligan exhibition
- Fionnuala Murphy, Dublin Skeptics in the Pub, Skeprechauns
- Siobhan O’Donoghue, director Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland
- Elisa O’Donovan, UCD Students Against Sexism
- Kathleen O’Neill, Kilbarrack CDP
- Rebecca O’Neill, Dublin Skeptics in the Pub, Skeprechauns
- Jane Ohlmeyer, TCD
- Lynne Parker, theatre director
- Emma Regan, Irish Feminist Network
- Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland
- Fiona Ross, director of the NLI
- Genevieve Shanahan, former UCC Atheists
- Ailbhe Smith, activist
- Anne Speed, SIPTU
- Alison Spillane, Irish Feminist Network
- Sonja Tiernan, Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies
- Clare Treacy, chairperson of NWCI
- Jillian van Turnhout, Independent Senator
- Margaret Ward, Women’s Resource and Development Agency
- Katherine Zappone, Independent Senator
Organizers of Atheist Ireland Empowering Women through Secularism International Conference 2013
- Jane Donnelly, Jessica Connor, Rhona Drummond, Tara Griffin, Susan Gumbay, Noeleen Hartigan, Leonie Hilliard, Aoife McLysaght, Sarah Lounsey Malone, Maureen Meleady, Fionnuala Murphy, Siofra Nic Liam, Catherine O’Brien, Rebecca O’Neill, Aoife O’Riordan, Helen O’Shea, Sinead Redmond, Vivienne Trulock-Hardy, Erin Williams.
INTERNATIONAL
Speakers at CFI Women in Secularism Conference 2012
- Lauren Becker, educator, organizer, vice Pres & dir of CFI Outreach
- Ophelia Benson, author, editor, commentator, Butterflies & Wheels
- Jamila Bey, author, editor, radio host Sex, Politics & Religion Hour
- Greta Christina, writer and blogger, Greta Christina’s Blog
- Elisabeth Cornwell, evo psychologist, dir Richard Dawkins Foundation
- Margaret Downey, activist and author, Pres of The Freethought Society
- Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-founder Freedom From Religion Foundation
- Debbie Goddard, dir CFI On Campus and African Americans for Humanism
- Jennifer Michael Hecht, teacher, poet, and author of Doubt: A History
- Melody Hensley, exec dir CFI–Washington, DC, org Women in Secularism
- Sikivu Hutchinson, author, teacher, blogger, editor BlackFemLens
- Susan Jacoby, author of Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism
- Jennifer McCreight, blogger at Blag Hag, founder Atheism Plus
- Edwina Rogers, exec dir Secular Coalition for America
- Bernice Sandler, author, women’s issues expert, the woman behind Title IX
- Wafa Sultan, human rights activist, author of A God Who hates
- Rebecca Watson, creator Skepchick, cohost Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe
Speakers for CFI Women in Secularism 2 Conference 2013
From Women In Secularism 2012
Lauren Becker, Ophelia Benson, Jamila Bey, Greta Christina,
Debbie Goddard, Melody Hensley, Edwina Rogers, Rebecca Watson
Plus new to Women in Secularism 2013
- Soraya Chemaly, activist, writer and media critic
- Vykie Garrison, creator of No Longer Quivering
- Adriana Heguy, molecular biologist, member HA Freethinkers
- Teresa MacBain, former minister, PR dir American Atheists
- Amanda Marcotte, author, journalist, exec editor Pandagon
- Katha Pollitt, essayist, critic, blogger, poet
- Amy Davis Roth, creator of Surlyramics, blogger at Skepchick
- Desiree Schell, activist, podcast host Skeptically Speaking
- Shelley Segal, Australian singer and songwriter
- Stephanie Zvan, SF writer, blogger Almost Diamonds, Secular Woman
Other promoters of Reason, Science, Human Rights and Secularism
- Jessica Ahlquist, secular student activist
- Rain Ashford, expert in wearable technology, digital futures
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali, writer and activist
- Athena Andreadis, Prof of cell biology and author
- Trinity Aodh, Secular Women
- Natalie Angier, science writer
- Deirdre Barrett, Psychologist and author of Supernormal Stimuli
- Sharon Begley, Science columnist Newsweek
- Biodork, liberal blogger
- Susan Blackmore, author
- Brandi Braschler, Co-Founder & VP Secular Woman
- Ann Brusseel, parliamentarian, Belgium
- Leslie Cannold, author, columnist and ethicist, Australia
- Kelly Carlin, Writer/Performer. Host of The Kelly Carlin Show
- Jane Caro, writer, Australia
- Miranda Celeste Hale, English educator and blogger, USA
- Beth Ciesielski, ex-CFI, Belgium
- Nell Cole, podcast producer
- Jessica Constantine, Humanist Hour podcast
- Anne Marie Cunningham, GP & clinical lecturer, Wales
- Nonie Darwish, Founder and Director of Former Muslims United
- Catherine Deveney, writer, comedian and author, Australia
- Mariette DiChristina, Editor in Chief, Scientific American
- Kate Donovan, Teen Skepchick blogger, Secular Woman
- Ann Druyan, science writer
- Rachel Dunlop, Blogger and Skeptic Zone podcaster
- Sonja Eggerickx, IHEU, Belgium
- Barbara Ehrenreich, writer and political activist
- Lone Frank, Neurobiologist & science writer, Denmark
- Pamela Gay, Astronomer and Astronomy Cast host
- Bridget Gaudette, Co-Founder & VP Secular Woman
- Melinda Gebbie, comics artist of Lost Girls
- Adrianne George, founder Black Women in Europe Blog
- Noelle George, Foundation Beyond Belief, Secular Woman
- Felicia Gilljam, Skepchick Sweden
- Jane Goldman, writer and TV presenter, England
- Rebecca Goldstein, philosopher and novelist
- Susan Haack, Prof of philosophy and law
- Harriet Hall, Science Based Medicine blogger and SkepDoc
- Jennifer Hancock, author The Humanist Approach to Happiness
- Tracie Harris, Atheist Experience show
- Colleen Hartland, Victorian Greens, Australia
- Sharon Hill, Doubtful News blogger
- Arni Hole, philosopher and civil servant, Norway
- Dana Hunter, science fiction writer and blogger
- Deborah Hyde, The Skeptic magazine & Westminster Skeptics
- Gulalai Ismail, Awaregirls, Pakistan
- Rabbi Miriam Jerris, Society for Humanistic Judaism
- Ellen Johnson, Former President American Atheists
- Leila Johnston, technologist in Res, The Site Gallery, Sheffield
- Kelly Jolkowski, founder of Project Jason
- Zinnia Jones, writer and videoblogger
- Wendy Kaminer, writer
- Jennifer Keane, blogger (ZenBuffy)
- Tracy King, Skepchick, England
- Paula Kirby, Secular consultant & activist, UK
- Bobbie Kirkhart, Author and Activist, USA
- Asa Kleveland, Norwegian Humanist Association and singer
- Joan Konner, Editor of The Atheist’s Bible
- Nica Lali, author of Nothing: Something to Believe in
- Carolyn Leighton, Founder Women in Technology International
- Lyz Liddell, Secular Student Alliance, Secular Woman
- Lori Lipman Brown, politician
- Elisabeth Loftus, psychologist and memory expert
- Stef McGraw, activist and blogger
- Emma McKenna, film editor and producer, Australia
- Shiela McLean, writer and ethicist
- Marion Maddox, theologian and philosopher, Australia
- Maria Maltseva, attorney, writer and blogger (Blu Harmony)
- Molleen Matsumura, co-author Raising Freethinkers
- Sara E Mayhew, Illustrator and storyteller
- Gea Meijers, IHE Youth Org, Belgium
- Daniela Meli, Eskeptica, Spain
- Adele Mercier, philosopher
- Gia Milinovich, TV presenter, England
- Maggie Millar, actress and artist, Australia
- Ashley Miller, writer and blogger, Secular Woman
- Sarah Morehead, Dep Exec Director Secular Woman
- Sharon Moss, Alumni Director Secular Student Alliance
- Maryam Namazie, British Council of Ex-Muslims
- Meera Nanda, secular writer and philosopher, India
- Taslima Nasrin, writer, poet, activist, Bangladesh
- Betty Nassaka, rights campaigner, Uganda
- Jennifer Ouellette, science writer
- Christine Overall, philosopher and writer, Canada
- Sumitra Padmanabhan, Humanist Association of India
- Ashley Paramore, Dev Director Secular Student Alliance
- Fiona Patten, Founder Australian Sex Party
- Jen Peeples, Atheist Experience show
- Katha Pollitt, American feminist poet, essayist, critic
- Carrie Poppy, Skeptical activist and podcaster
- Sue Ann Post, Australian comedian
- Laura Purdy, Philosopher, Canada
- Cristina Rad, video blogger, Romania
- Catherine Redfern, The F Word, England
- Rosie Redfield, University of British Columbia
- Natalie Reed, skeptical blogger
- Shabana Rehman, comedian and writer, Norway/Pakistan
- Kim Rippere, Co-Founder & President Secular Woman
- Chris Rodda, author and blogger
- Rose St Clair, activist and blogger
- Eugenie Scott, National Center for Science Education, USA
- Sarah Silverman, comedian
- Nina Shea, human rights lawyer, religious freedom advocate
- Ariane Sherine, journalist, UK
- Abbie Smith, scientist and blogger
- Joan Smith, columnist, critic and novelist
- Tanya Smith, former President Atheist Alliance Int, Australia
- Kate Smurthwaite, British comedian and activist
- Jill Sobule, singer
- Karen Stollznow, Linguist and paranormal investigator
- Nadine Strossen, former ACLU President
- Kylie Sturgess, founder of Token Skeptic podcast
- Diane Swanson, children’s author
- Julia Sweeney, comedian
- Carol Tavris, author of Mistakes were Made
- Emma Tom, Australian journalist and author
- Polly Toynbee, British journalist and Humanist
- Silvana Ulrich, IHE Youth Org, Germany
- Nora Volkow, Director US Nat Institute on Drug Abuse
- Ann Marie Waters, One Law for All Campaign, UK
- Christine Winterbourn, biochemist, Rutherford Medal winner, NZ
- Stella Young, comedian and disability advocate, Australia
The Secular Woman Speakers Bureau, USA
- See here for further topics and contact details
- Trinity Aodh: Social justice, queer/transgender issues, bullying
- Brandi Braschler: Secular women, organizing groups, activism
- Kate Donovan: Pseudoscience, Alt medicine, mental health
- Bridget Gaudette: Secular women, black atheism, cults, strategy
- Noelle George: Team building, event planning, volunteering
- Lyz Liddell: Group-running, leadership, gender diversity strategies
- Ashley Miller: Film, TV, feminism, gay rights, activism, communication
- Sarah Morehead: Recovering from religion, secular home-schooling
- Kim Rippere: Secular women, atheism & feminism, feminism
- Stephanie Zvan: Psychological pseudoscience, cognitive biases
Ginetta Sagan Award for Human Rights Activism
Amnesty International USA makes an award each year to a woman campaigning for human rights in an area where rights violations are widespread. The award is in honor of Ginetta Sagan, who worked with Amnesty International on behalf of prisoners of conscience.
- 2012 Jenni Williams, Women of Zimbabwe Arise
- 2010 Rebecca Masika Katsuva, Congo APDUD
- 2009 Yolanda Becerra Vega, Colombia Popular Women’s Organization
- 2008 Betty Makoni, Zimbabwe, Girl Child Network
- 2007 Lydia Cacho Ribeiro, Mexico, CIAM crisis centre
- 2006 Ljiljana Raicevic, Serbia/Montenegro Women’s Safe House
- 2005 Hawa Aden Mohamed, Somalia, Galkayo Education Center for Peace
- 2004 Nebahat Akkoc, Turkey, Ka-Mer Women’s Center
- 2003 Sonia Pierre, Dominican Republic, MUDHA
- 2002 Jeannine Mukanirwa, Congo/Canada PAIF
- 2000 Helen Akongo, Uganda, Gulu Support the Children Organization
- 2000 Giulia Tamayo Leon, Peru/Spain, human rights lawyer
- 2000 Hina Jilani, Pakistan, Women’s legal aid program
- 1999 Sima Wali, Afghanistan/USA, Refugee Women in Development
- 1999 Adriana Portillo-Bartow, Guatemala/USA Children’s rights
- 1998 Beatrice Mukansinga, Rwanda, Speak, I am Listening
- 1997 Mangala Sharma, Bhutan/Nepal/USA, BRAVE
Anna Politkovskaya Award for Human Rights Activism
The human rights organization Reach All Women in War makes an award each year to a woman human rights defender from a conflict zone. The award is in honor of Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian journalist and human rights activist who was murdered in 2006.
- 2011 Razan Zaitouneh, Syria
- 2010 Halima Bashir, Sudan
- 2009 One Million Signatures Campaign for Equality, Iran
- 2008 Malalai Joya, Afghanistan
- 2007 Natalia Estemirova was a friend and colleague of Anna. Natalia was herself murdered in 2009.
Women Nobel Laureates of the 21st Century
- 2011 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia, for Peace
- 2011 Leymah Gbowee, Liberia, for Peace
- 2011 Tawakel Karman, Yemen, for Peace
- 2009 Elizabeth Blackburn, Australia/USA, shared for Physiology/Medicine
- 2009 Carol W. Greider, USA, shared for Physiology/Medicine
- 2009 Ada E. Yonath, Israel, shared for Chemistry
- 2009 Herta Müller, Germany and Romania, for Literature
- 2009 Elinor Ostrom, USA, shared for Economics
- 2008 Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, France, shared for Physiology/Medicine
- 2007 Doris Lessing, UK, for Literature
- 2004 Elfriede Jelinek, Austria, for Literature
- 2004 Wangari Maathai, Kenya, for Peace
- 2004 Linda B. Buck, USA, shared for Physiology/Medicine
- 2003 Shirin Ebadi, Iran, for Peace
Members of UN Expert Group on Gender, Science and Technology
- Monia Cheikh, Tunisia, Prof of Physics U of Tunis El Manar
- Flavia Franconi, Italy, Prof of Pharmacology U of Sassari
- Sophia Huyer, Canada, Exec Dir WIGSAT Women, Technology, Society
- Kong-Ju-Bock Lee, Korea, DG Nat Inst for Supporting Women in Science
- Verdiana Grace Masanja, Tanzania, Prof Applied Maths Nat U of Rwanda
- Mereseini Seniloli, Fiji, Secretariat of the Pacific Community
- Nikolina Sretenova, Bulgaria, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia
The Guardian/UKRC list of Women bloggers in Science, Engineering and Technology
Guardian blogger Martin Robbins, inspired by Jennifer Rohn, compiled a list of women bloggers in Science, Engineering and Technology. The UK Resource Centre for Women in SET, which runs the GetSET Women blog, alphabetized it.
- Dr Dr A (@drdrAatBLC) | Blue Lab Coats
- Abbie Smith | ERV
- Ainsley Seago | American Beetles
- Alice Bell (@alicebell) | Through the Looking Glass
- Alice Pawley (@alicepawley) | Science Woman
- Alice Enevoldsen (@AlicesAstroInfo )| Alice’s Astro Info
- Alice Sheppard (@penguingalaxy) | Alice in Galaxyland
- A Life Long Scholar | The Musings of a Life-Long Scholar
- Alyssa | Apple Pie and the Universe
- Alyssa Gilbert | Way Oort West
- Amanda Bauer (@astropixie) | Astropixie
- Amanda Lovell (@a_lovell) | The Underground Sky
- Amy Freitag (@bgrassbluecrab) | Southern Fried Science
- Angela Crowther | Unexpected Consequences
- Angela Monaghan (@MThellfire) | Geo Fizz
- Angela Saini | Nothing shocks me, I’m a scientist
- Annabel Bentley (@doctorblogs) | BMJ Group Blogs
- Ann Finkbeiner | Last Word on Nothing
- Anne Jefferson (@highlyanne) | Highly Allochthonous
- Anne Osterrieder (@AnneOsterrieder) | Plant Cell Biology
- Arezu Sarvestani (@zusnews) | Zu’s News
- The AstroDyke | The AstroDyke
- Athene Donald | Athene Donald’s Blog
- Bad Mom, Good Mom | Bad Mom, Good Mom
- Bec Crew (@beccrew) | Save Your Breath for Running Ponies
- Dr. Becca (@doc_becca) | On the Market
- Bee Thakore (@beethakore) | Our World at Big on Good
- Beth Snow | The Black Hole
- Biochem Belle (@biochembelle) | There & (Hopefully) Back Again
- Bordado Ingles (@BordadoIngles) | Bordado Ingles
- Bug Girl (@bug_girl) | Bug Girl’s Blog
- Cambridge AWiSE (@camawise) | Cambridge AWiSE
- Cannibal Panda (@Cannibal_Panda) | Cannibal Panda
- Captain Skellett (@CaptainSkellett) | A Schooner of Science
- Carin Bondar (@DrBondar) | Biologist with a Twist
- Carmen D’Cruz (@carmenego), Carmen Gets Around (II)
- Carmen Drahl (@carmendrahl) | Chemical and Engineering News Blog
- Carmen Torres-Sanchez | Biomimetics And Biomimicry in Engineering
- Carol Torgan (@ctorgan)| Kinetics – From Lab to Park Bench
- Carla Davidson (@mommiologist) | Mommiologist
- Cassandra Profita (@ecotrope) | Ecotrope
- Cath Ennis (@enniscath) | VWXYNot?
- C.C. Peterson (@spacewriter) | The Space Writer’s Ramblings
- Chloe Agg | The life & times of an HVAC Engineer
- Chris Atherton (@finiteattention) | Finite Attention Span
- Chris Goforth | The Dragonfly Woman
- Christie Wilcox (@NerdyChristie) Observations of a Nerd
- Christina Agapakis (@thisischristina) | Oscillator
- Christine Ottery (@christineottery) | Christine Ottery
- Christine Pikas (@cpikas) | Christina’s LIS Rant
- Claire Evans (@TheUniverse) | Universe
- Coconino (@coconinoite) | Ordinary High Water Mark
- D.N. Lee (@DNLee) | Urban Science Adventures
- Danielle Clissold | The Lesser-Spotted Female Engineer
- Damaris B. Sarria | How I am becoming an Astronaut
- Darlene Cavalier (@scicheer) | Science Cheerleader
- Dawn Foster (@dawnhfoster) | Fast Wonder
- Deborah Blum (@deborahblum) | Speakeasy Science
- Della Thomas (@dellybean) | Micro to tele
- DeLene Beeland (@tdelene) | Wild Muse
- Dorothy Bishop (@deevybee) | BishopBlog
- Disgruntled Julie (@ethidiumbromide) | Disgruntled Julie
- Elaine Westwick (@elainewestwick) | The Stuff of Life
- Elizabeth Ferriss | The Exploding Pipeline
- Emily Anthes (@EmilyAnthes) | Wonderland
- Emily Lakdawalla (@elakdawalla) | The Planetary Society Blog
- Emily Willingham | Complete Idiot’s Guide for College Biology
- Emily Willingham (@biolotrix) | The Biology Files
- Eva Amsen (@easternblot) | Eastern Blot
- Evie Marom (@SpaceGurlEvie) | Evie’s Sci Blog
- Female Science Professor | Female Science Professor
- Gaia Vince (@wanderinggaia) | Wandering Gaia
- Gia Milinovich (@giagia) | Gia’s Blog
- Gozde Zorlu (@GozdeZorlu) | The Science Scribbler
- Gretchen Keller (@sciencegeist) | Sciencegesit
- Grrlscientist (@GrrlScientist) | GrrlScientist
- Haggis the Sheep (@haggismaths) | Knot Your Average Sheep
- Hannah Dee | (@handee) Hannah Dee
- Hannah Devlin (@hannahdev) | Times Science Blogs
- Hannah King (@BabbleNan) | Naked Little Ape
- Hannah Little ( @hanachronism) | Replicated Typo, The 21st Floor
- Hannah Waters (@culturingsci) | Culturing Science
- Hayley Birch (@gingerbreadlady) | Words of Science
- Heather Doran (@hapsci) | Happy Science
- Heather Goldstone (@climatide) | Climatide
- Heather Pringle (@hpringle) | Last Word on Nothing
- Dr Helen Maynard-Casely | Domestic Science
- Henrietta Leavitt | The Space Writer
- Hilary Sutcliffe (@hilarysutcliffe) | Hilary Sutcliffe’s Blog
- Holly Barnes (@hollybarnes) | Holly’s Blogs
- Dr. Isis (@drisis) | Isis the Scientist
- Jade Ed (@jadedbybiotech) | Jad Ed
- Jai Virdi (@jaivirdi) | From The Hands of Quacks
- Janet Stemwedel (@docfreeride) | Adventures in Ethics and Science
- Janet Sumner (@sumnerwild) | Dr Janet Sumner
- Jen McCreight (@jennifurret) | Blag Hag
- Jennifer Ouellette (@JenLucPiquant) | Cocktail Party Physics
- Jennifer Rohn (@JennyRohn) | Mind the Gap
- Jess Palmer (@jesspalmer) | Bioephemera
- Jessica Ball (@Tuff_Cookie) | Magma Cum Laude
- Jo Brodie (@JoBrodie) | Stuff That Occurs to Me (science/IT-related)
- JoAnne Hewett | Cosmic Variance
- Joanne Manaster (@sciencegoddess) | Joanne Loves Science!
- Jo Marchant (@jomarchant) | Decoding the Heavens
- Josie Glausiusz | Last Word on Nothing
- Jovana Grbic (@ScriptPhD) | Script PhD
- Jules B (@geekinthegambia) | Geek in The Gambia
- Julia Collins (@haggismaths) | Knot Your Average Shepe
- Julia Heathcote Anderson | Stages of Succession
- Julianne Dalcanton | Cosmic Variance
- Julie Craves | Coffee and Conversation
- Jyllian Kemsley (@jkemsley) | The Safety Zone
- Karen Grepin (@KarenGrepin) | Karen Grepin’s Global Health Blog
- Karen James (@kejames) | kejames.com
- Kat Arney (@harpistkat) | Cancer Research UK
- Kate | Climate Sight
- Kate Clancy (@kateclancy) | Context and Variation
- Katharine North (@perrykid) | Hydrofelicity
- Kayleigh Messer | Kayleigh’s Bits & Pieces
- Kelly Oakes (@kahoakes) | Basic Space
- Dr. Kiki Sanford (@drkiki) | The Bird’s Brain
- Kim Hannula (@stressrelated) All of my Faults are Stress-Related
- Kim Kastens and Cathy Manduca | Earth and Mind
- Kristin Young (@Geknitics) | Geknitics
- Kristen Kulinowski (@kulinowski) | Nano Risk
- Krystal D’Costa (@anthinpractice) | Anthropology in Practice
- Lab Mom (@Lab_Mom) | The Toughest Job You’ll Ever Love
- Lady Scientist (@LadyScientist) | A Lady Scientist
- Lauren Wolf, Bethany Halford, Rachel Pepling (@rachelpep) | CENtral Science Newscripts
- Leigh Krietsch Boerner (@electron_pusher, @LeighJKBoerner) | Just Another Electron Pusher
- Leonie Baker | An Engineer Imagines
- Dr. Leigh (@dr_leigh) | Neurodynamics
- Leila Battison (@leilageologist) | Science in Pen and Ink
- Lily Asquith | LHCsound
- Lisa Jarvis (@lisamjarvis) | The Haystack
- Liz Borkowski (@LizBorkowski) | The Pump Handle
- Maia Szalavitz (@maiasz) | Maia Szalavitz
- Maitri (@maitri) | Maitri’s VatulBlog
- Maggie Koerth-Baker (@maggiekb1) | Boing Boing
- Maria Wolters (@mariawolters) | Speech and Science
- Marianne (@noodlemaz) | Purely a Figment of Your Imagination
- Marianne DiNapoli (@MarianneDiNaps) | MD To Be
- Marisa Alonso Nunez (@lualnu10) | science box
- Maryn McKenna (@marynmck) | Superbug
- Maryse de la Giroday (@frogheart) | FrogHeart
- Michelle (@physilology) | C6-H12-O6
- Melinda Wenner Moyer (@lindy2350) | Body Politic
- Melissa Terras (@melissaterras) | Melissa Terras’ Blog
- Melody Dye | Child’s Play
- Melody Voith (@MelodyMV) | Cleantech Chemistry
- Mihaela (@mihaela4021) | Romania Rocks
- Miriam (@oystersgarter) | Deep Sea News
- Miss Prism | A Somewhat Old, But Capacious Handbag
- Naomi McAuliffe (@naomimc) | A Vagina Dentata
- Nancy Atkinson (@Nancy_A) | Nancy Atkinson
- Nature Network | Nature Network Blog
- Dr. O (@microdro) | Academic Aspirations
- Oana Sandu (@oanasandu) | Communicating Astronomy
- Olateju Fumni | Science Glass Ceiling
- Pam Ronald | Tomorrow’s Table
- Pamela Gay (@starstryder) | Star Stryder
- Pascale Lane (@PHLane) | Stream of Thought
- Pesska (@pesska) | Royal Society Group Blog
- Petra Boynton (@drpetra) | Dr Petra Boynton
- Plus Maths | Plus Maths
- Priya Shetty (@priya4876) | Science Safari
- Psi Wavefunction (@psiwavefunction) | Skeptic Wonder
- Rachael Acks | 4.5 Billion Years of Wonder
- Rachael Dunlop (@DrRachie) | The Skeptic’s Book of Pooh-Pooh
- Rachel Mundy (@rachelmundy509) | Science in Society
- Rachel Robinson (@evbasedmummy) | Evidence Based Mummy
- Rachel Walden (@rachel_w) | Women’s Health News
- Rebecca Higgitt (@beckyfh) | Whewell’s Ghost
- Rebecca Montague (@sanitizedfor) | Sanitized for your Protection
- Rebecca Skloot (@RebeccaSkloot) | Culture Dish
- Risa Wechsler | Cosmic Variance
- Rocket Scientista | Rocket Scientista
- Sally Church (@MaverickNY) | Pharma Strategy Blog
- Sandra Porter (@digitalbio) | Discovering Biology in a Digital World
- Sarah Askew | Sarah Askew
- Sarah Blackford (@BiosciCareer) | Bioscience Careers
- Sarah Kendrew (@sarahkendrew) | SarahAskew
- Sam Barry (@Sciencesphynx) | Sciencesphynx
- Sarah Murray (@SarahScientist) | Chemistress
- Sarah Webb (@sarahwebb) | Webb of Science
- Scicurious (@scicurious) | Neurotic Physiology
- S.C. Kavassalis (@sc_k) | The Language of Bad Physics
- Schrodinger’s Kitten (@schrodingerskit) | Schrodinger’s Kitten
- S.E. Gould (@labratting) | Lab Rat
- Sharon Astyk | Casaubon’s Book
- Sheila Kanani (@SaturnSheila) | Saturn Sheila
- Sheril Kirshenbaum (@Sheril_) | The Intersection
- Short Geologist | Accidental Remediation
- Silver Fox (@sfoxx) | Looking for Detachment
- Smitha Mundasad (@thingy_majig) | Out There Healthcare
- Sonya (@daGreatAntidote) | The Great Antidote
- Sophie Scott (@sophiescott) | Speaking Out (UCL)
- Spake Zuska | Thus Spake Zuska
- Sue Black (@dr_black) | Dr Sue Black
- Susan Niebur (@WomenPlanetSci) | Women in Planetary Science
- Susan Perkins | Parasite of the Day
- Susan Steinhardt (@scisu) | BioData Blogs
- Suzie Sheehy (@suziesheehy) | High Heels in the Lab
- Sylvia McLean (@girlinterruptin) | Girl, Interrupting
- Tara Smith (@aetiology) | Aetiology
- The UKRC (@ukrc) ] GetSET Women blog
- The UKRC (@ukrc) ] Ingenious Women blog (2010 and 2011)
- The UKRC (@ukrc) ] Women in Astronomy blog (2009)
- The UKRC (@ukrc) ] List of women in astronomy blogs
- TGIQ | The bug geek
- Tinker Ready | Boston Blog
- Dr. Val (@drval) | Better Health
- Vanessa Woods (@bonobohandshake) | Bonobo Handshake
- Virginia Hughes (@virginiahughes) | Virginia Hughes
- Viv Raper (@vivraper) | Outdoor Science
- Wendee Holtcamp (@bohemianone) | Animal Planet
- Women in Astronomy | Women in Astronomy
- Women in Technology | Women in Technology
- Women in Wetlands | Women in Wetlands
- Women in Planetary Science | Women in Planetary Science
- Yewande Akinola | Drizzled Engineering Flakes
- Young Female Scientist | YoungFemaleScientist
- Zoe Louise Matthews and Suzanne Reffert | Quantum Diaries
The Guardian list of Women Scientist Role Models
Science commentator Alom Shaha compiled this list for the Guardian in 2010 under the heading Where’s the female Brian Cox? and commenters added other suggestions.
- Dr Tara Shears Particle physicist, University of Liverpool.
- Dr Jennifer Rohn Cell biologist at UC London, founder LabLit Magazine
- Dr Alice Roberts Anatomist, author, broadcaster and presenter of Coast
- Dr Aoife McLysaght Molecular evolutionary geneticist at TCD Dublin
- Dr Lucie Green Solar Researcher at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory
- Dr Aarathi Prasad Journalist, former research scientist in cancer genetics
- Dr Smitha Mundasad Multimedia science journalist and medical doctor
- Professor Linda Partridge Director of The Institute for healthy ageing at UCL
Recommendations from commenters:
- Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE STEM spokesperson and space science expert
- Sima Adhya Space mission scientist with a PhD in astrodynamics
- Dr Kat Arney writer, musician. Co-presents Naked Scientists radio show
- Marianne Baker Cancer researcher, presents Wellcome Trust videos
- Emily Baldwin Deputy Editor & Website Editor at Astronomy Now
- Jocelyn Bell Burnell British astrophysicist and former press Inst of Physics
- Kate Bellingham (@KateBellingham) BBC presenter, STEM Careers Co-ord
- Liz Bonnin Bang Goes the Theory presenter, MA in wild animal biology
- Petra Boynton Sex and relationship psychologist and lecturer at UCL
- Helen Czerski research physicist, co-presents a 2012 science series for BBC2
- Melanie Delaney Presenter for Edvoket: The Biotechnology Education Co
- Lindsey Fallow Writer, software developer, and television personality
- Aoife Glass (@Silverstrange) Nature Live presenter at Nat History Museum
- Meghan Gray STFC Advanced Research fellow at U of Nottingham
- Jen Gupta (@jen_gupta) Astrophysics PhD student and podcaster
- Kate Humble Presenter of BBC’s Springwatch
- Carole Jahme Evolutionary psychologist, author and TV science advisor
- Karen James (@kejames) Director of Science at the HMS Beagle Project
- Alexandra Jellicoe Public Health Engineer at Oxfam
- Sheila Kanani (@SaturnSheila) Planetary scientist, stand up comedian
- Minna Kane Science communicator and television presenter
- Ashley Kent Programmer officer at the Centre for Life.
- Miranda Krestovnikoff TV presenter of nat history and archaeology
- Emily Lakdawalla Blogger at The Planetary Society.
- Marieke Navin (@lisamarieke) Science Comm Officer Manchester Museum
- Farrah Nazir Science explainer at the Centre for Life
- Sue Nelson Edits The Biologist and produces/presents Planet Earth podcast
- Sarah Main is a molecular biologist who appeared on BBC2 series ‘E numbers’
- Amy Mainzer NASA astronomer, has appeared on TV series The Universe
- Dr Becky Parker Head of Physics at S Langton Grammar School Canterbury
- Maggie Philbin Presenter and BBC News’ ‘face of technology’
- Elizabeth Rasekoala Founder African-Caribbean Network Science and Tech
- Dr Lucy Rogers Author of the book “It’s ONLY Rocket Science”
- Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell President of the Society of Biology
- Sara Santos Founder of Maths Busking with Matt Parker
- Joy Singarayer Climate modeller, co-presents Man on Earth
- Helen Sharman Chemist and first Briton in space.
- Kerri Smith (@minikerri) Voice and editor of the Nature podcast
- Shini Somarathne BBC TV presenter Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering
- Tanya Streeter Former world-champion freediver, wildlife doc presenter
- Dr Samantha Tang Public awareness scientist at U of Nottingham
- Bee Thakore (@beethakore) CEO of consultancy at Big On Good
- Charlotte Uhlenbroek Zoologist, BBC television presenter and writer
- Dr Laura Waters Pharmaceutical Science course leader U of Huddersfield
- Rebecca Watson Blogger, podcast host and creator of Skepchick
- Dr Heather Williams (@alrightPET) Medical Physicist Manchester U Hosps
- Melanie Windridge Plasma physicist with a PhD in fusion energy
University of Minnesota Distinguished Women Scientists and Engineers Speakers Program
The University of Minnesota hosts an annual lecture series to create greater visibility for distinguished women in their respective fields of science and engineering.
- 2011-12 Natalia Nikolova, Electrical & Computer Engineering, McMaster U
- 2010-11 Aspasia Zerva, Civil, Architectural & Env Engineering, Drexel U
- 2010-11 Kristi Kiick, Materials Science & Engineering, U of Delaware
- 2009-10 Margaret Rossiter, History of Science, Cornell U
- 2009-10 Margaret Martonosi, Electrical Engineering, Princeton U
- 2009-10 Sheila Hemami, Electrical Engineering, Cornell U
- 2009-10 Dawn Elliott, Orthopaedic Surgery & Bioengineering, U of Penn
- 2008-09 Eva Andrei, Physics & Astronomy, Rutgers U
- 2008-09 Joan Feigenbaum, Computer Science, Yale U
- 2008-09 Mildred Dresselhaus, Electrical Engineering & Physics, MIT
- 2008-09 Nancy Love, Civil & Environmental Engineering, U of Michigan
- 2008-09 Margaret Tivey, Marine Chemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic
- 2008-09 Sun-Yung Alice Chang, Mathematics, Princeton U
- 2007-08 Leigh Royden, Geology & Geophysics, Mass Col of Science & Eng
- 2006-07 Ann Karagozian, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCLA
- 2006-07 Holly Rushmeier, Computer Science, Yale U
- 2006-07 Richelle Allen-King, Geology & Geophysics, U of Buffalo
- 2006-07 Mary Jane Irwin, Computer Science & Engineering, Penn State U
- 2006-07 Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo, Chemical Engineering, U of Texas at Austin
- 2006-07 Fran Bagenal, Atmospheric & Space Physics, U of Colorado
- 2006-07 Julia Weertman, Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern U
- 2005-06 Naomi Oreskes, History and Science, U of California, San Diego
- 2005-06 Helen Reed, Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M U
- 2005-06 Wendy Silk, Water Science and Plant Biology, U of California-Davis
- 2005-06 Jane Maienschein, Life Sciences, Biology & Society, Arizona State U
- 2005-06 Iwona Jasiuk, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, U of Illinois
- 2004-05 Alexandra Navrotsky, Math & Physical Science, U of Cal Davis
- 2004-05 Brenda Laurel, Media Design, Art Center Col of Design, Pasadena
- 2004-05 Teresa Jordan, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell U
- 2004-05 Jeannette Wing, Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon U
- 2004-05 Jane Ammons, Engineering, Georgia Col of Science and Engineering
- 2004-05 Meg Urry, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Yale U
- 2004-05 Debra Rolison, Adv Electrochemical Materials, Naval Research Lab
- 2003-04 Susan Coppersmith, Physics, U of Wisconsin, Madison
- 2003-04 Maria Klawe, Engineering & Applied Science, Princeton U
- 2003-04 Elaine Seymour, Ethnology, U of Colorado at Boulder
- 2003-04 Alexandra Navrotsky, Math & Physical Science, U of Cal Davis
- 2003-04 Vasu Varadan, Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State U
- 2002-03 Barbara Grosz, Computer Science, Harvard U
- 2002-03 Mildred Dresselhaus, Massachusetts Col of Science and Engineering
- 2002-03 Geri Richmond, Chemistry, U of Oregon
- 2002-03 Leslie Smith, Physics, Math & Eng, U of Wisconsin, Madison
- 2002-03 Marcia McNutt, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Inst
Women in Technology International Hall of Fame
Women in Technology International is a professional support network for women in all sectors of technology. Every year it adds new inductees to its Hall of Fame to recognize, honor and promote the contribution of women to the scientific and technological communities that improve and evolve our society.
- 2012 Genevieve Bell, Dir, User Interaction and Experience, Intel Labs
- 2012 Jane Lubchenco, Under Sec of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
- 2012 Joanne Martin, VP of Technology, IBM Corporation
- 2012 Gwynne Shotwell, Pres, SpaceX
- 2011 Alicia Abella, Executive Dir, Innovative Services Research, AT&T Labs
- 2011 Evelyn Berezin, Management Consultant, Brookhaven Science Assoc
- 2011 Diane Pozefsky, Research Prof, Computer Science, U North Carolina
- 2011 Sophie V. Vandebroek, CTO and Pres, Xerox Innovation Group
- 2011 Lynda Weinman, Co-Founder and Executive Chair, lynda.com
- 2010 Sandy Carter, VP Social Business Evangelism and Sales, IBM
- 2010 Ruth David, Pres and CEO, Analytic Services Inc, Anser
- 2010 Adele Goldberg, Founding Chairman, ParcPlace Systems, Inc,
- 2010 Susie Wee, CTO, Client Cloud Services, HP
- 2010 Ruth Westheimer, Fellow NY Academy of Medicine, Yale & Princeton
- 2009 Patricia Cowings, Research Psychologist, NASA Ames Research Center
- 2009 Maxine Fassberg, VP, Tech and Manufacturing Group, Intel Israel
- 2009 Sharon Nunes, VP, Big Green Innovations, IBM Corporation
- 2009 Carolyn Turbyfill, VP Engineering, Stacksafe
- 2008 Deborah Estrin, UCLA, Dir Center for Embedded Networked Sensing
- 2008 Susan P. Fisher-Hoch, M.D., Professor of Epidemiology, U of Texas
- 2008 Mary Lou Jepsen, CEO, Pixel Qi
- 2008 Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic. Prof, Biomed Engineering, Columbia U
- 2008 Jianping (Jane) Xu, CTO, China Systems and Tech Labs, IBM
- 2007 Wanda M. Austin, Sen VP National Systems Group, Pres/CEO-Elect
- 2007 Helen Greiner, Co-founder and Chairman, iRobot Corp
- 2007 Lucinda Sanders, CEO co-founder, Nat Center for Women & Info Tech
- 2007 Padmasree Warrior, Exec VP and Chief Technology Officer, Motorola
- 2006 Maria Azua, VP of Technology & Innovation Office, IBM
- 2006 Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, Retroviral Infections Unit, Institut Pasteur
- 2006 Kim Jones, VP Global Education and Research, Sun Microsystems
- 2006 Nor Rae Spohn, VP Business Imaging and Printing, Hewlett Packard
- 2006 Been-Jon Woo, Dir, Technology Integration, Intel
- 2005 Barbara Bauer, Pres, GlobalSight Partners
- 2005 Sonja Bernhardt, CEO, ThoughtWare Australia
- 2005 Sandra E. Burke, Dir, Cardiovascular Biology Research (Ret), Abbot V
- 2005 Melendy Lovett, Pres, Texas Instruments Education Technology
- 2005 Amparo Martinez, IBM Gen Man, Spain, Port, Greece, Israel, Turkey
- 2005 Neerja Raman, Senior Research Fellow, Stanford U
- 2004 Mary-Dell Chilton Ph.D., Principle Syngenta Fellow, Syngenta
- 2004 Gail De Planque, Pres, Strategy Matters, Inc
- 2004 Pat Selinger, VP Data Management Arch & Technology, IBM
- 2004 Judy Shaw, Dir, Advanced Module Development, Texas Instruments
- 2004 Susan Solomon, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
- 2003 Chieko Asakawa, Group Leader, IBM Tokyo, Accessibility Research
- 2003 Wanda Gass, Texas Instruments
- 2003 Kristina Johnson, Dean, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke U
- 2003 Shirley C McCarty, Pres, Shamrock Consulting
- 2002 Judy Estrin, Chief Executive Officer, JLABS, LLC
- 2002 Caroline Kovac, Managing Dir, Burrill & Company
- 2002 Elaine Oran, Senior Scientist, U.S. Naval Research Lab
- 2001 Duy-Loan Le, Senior Fellow, Texas Instruments
- 2001 Janet Perna, Gen Manager, Data Management Solutions, IBM Software
- 2001 Darlene Solomon, Chief Technology Officer and VP, Agilent Tech
- 2000 Bonnie J Dunbar, NASA Astronaut, Assistant Dir of U Research
- 2000 Irene Greif, Dir of Collaborative User Experience Group, IBM
- 2000 Darleane C. Hoffman, Prof Grad School, Dep of Chemistry, UCB
- 2000 Jennie S. Hwang, Int Businesswomen, Speaker, Author, Dir
- 2000 Shirley Ann Jackson, Pres, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst
- 1999 Yvonne C. Brill, Aerospace Consultant
- 1999 Sherita T. Ceasar, VP Product Eng Planning and Strategy, Comcast
- 1999 Dr. Thelma Estrin, Professor Emerita, U of California, Los Angeles
- 1999 Claudine Simson, VP, CTO, Motorola
- 1999 Yukako Uchinaga, VP Benesse Corp, chairman, CEO Berlitz Int
- 1998 Anita Borg, Xerox PARC, Founding Dir, Inst for Women and Tech
- 1998 Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus, Prof of Electrical Eng & Physics, MIT
- 1998 Gertrude Elion, Scientist Emeritus, Glaxo Wellcome Inc.
- 1998 Julie Spicer England, VP Texas Instruments, Gen Manager, RFid
- 1998 Eleanor Francis Helin, Planetary Scientist, Jet Propulsion Lab
- 1997 Fran Allen, IBM Fellow, IBM
- 1997 Carol Bartz, Executive Chairman of the Board, Autodesk
- 1997 Shaunna F. Black, VP, Texas Instruments
- 1997 Pamela Meyer Lopker, Pres and Chairman of the Board, QAD
- 1997 Marcia Neugebauer, Distinguised visiting scientist, Jet Propulsion Lab
- 1997 ENIAC Programmers Kathleen McNulty, Mauchly Antonelli, Jean Jennings Bartik, Frances Synder Holber, Marlyn Wescoff Meltzer, Frances Bilas Spence and Ruth Lichterman Teitelbaum
- 1997 Donna Shirley, Retired, Manager, Mars Exploration Program
- 1997 Patty Stonesifer, CEO Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- 1997 Patricia M. Wallington, Pres, CIO Associates, Sarasota, Florida
- 1997 Rosalyn S. Yalow, Nobel Laureate
- 1996 Ruth Leach Amonette, First Female VP, IBM
- 1996 Eleanor Baum, Dean of Engineering, Cooper Union Eng school
- 1996 Jaleh Daie, Managing Partner, Aurora Equity
- 1996 Barbara Grant, Partner, American River Ventures
- 1996 Stephanie L. Kwolek, Developed the Kevlar Fiber, DuPont
- 1996 Misha Mahowald, Neuromorphic Eng, Inst of Neuroinformatics
- 1996 Linda Sanford, Senior VP, Enterprise on Demand Transformation, IBM
- 1996 Cheryl L. Shavers, Chairman and CEO, Global Smarts, Inc.
- 1996 Sheila Widnall, Secretary of the Air Force
- 1996 Chien-Shiung Wu, Retired, Senior Research Scientist, Columbia U
Black Women in Europe Power Lists
The website Black Women in Europe compiled Power Lists in 2010 and 2011 to acknowledge powerful black women in Europe and to inspire others to reach their full potential. Please note that the criteria is that they wield power, and you may disagree with the politics of how some of them wield this power.
2011 Power List
- Andrea Adams, Italy, Co-founder of Travelista TV
- Urszula Bhebhe, Poland’s first black athletic champion
- Malorie Blackman, UK, Literature, Award Winning Writer
- Alina Buchschacher, Lifestyle, Miss Switzerland 2011
- Maryse Condé, France, Literature, Award Winning Writer
- Noella Coursaris, UK, Lifestyle, Model and Philanthropist
- Rougui Dia, Lifestyle, France, Head chef at 144 Petrossian
- Rokhaya Diallo, Social Activism, France, Founder of Les Indivisibles
- Rose Dieng-Kuntz, France, Science (Posthumous Award)
- Waris Dirie, Austria, Social Activism, campaigner against FGM
- Melinda Victoria Elvenes , Lifestyle, Miss Norway Universe 2010
- Huguette Fatna, France, Politics, member of National Front Party
- Kathleen Ferrier, Netherlands, Politics, Member of Parliament
- Carlene Firmin, UK, Social Activism, MBE
- Mercedes Frias, Italy, Politics, First black member of Parliament
- Steffi Jones, Germany, Athletics, Pres 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup
- Iman Kerigo, Lifestyle, Miss Norway 2010
- Brenda King, England, Social Activism, Commissioner WNC
- Aïssa Maïga, France, Lifestyle, Actress
- Kornelia Donato Mango, Russia, Music, Singer, Artist, TV Star
- Inna Modja, France, Music, Pop star, fashion icon
- Saido Mohamed, Finland, Social Activism, Finnish Somalia Network
- Funmi Odegbami, England, Business & Entrepreneurship
- Lola Odusoga-Wallinkoski, Finland, TV Presenter
- Safia Otokoré, France, Politics, VP Regional Council of Burgundy
- Lorraine Pascale, England, Business & Entrepreneurship
- George Pau-Langevin, France, Politics, Member of Parliament
- Igiaba Scego, Italy, Literature, Award-winning author
- Patricia Sellers, England, Law, Special Legal Advisor to UNHCHR
- Mary Lee Sjönell, Sweden, Media, Producer
- Hapsatou Sy, France, Business & Entrepreneurship
- Pamela Thomas-Graham, Switzerland, Business & Entrepreneurship
- Victoria Walldin, Sweden, Lifestyle , Anthropologist
- Virginia Wangare-Greiner, Germany, Social Activism, Founder of Maisha
- Rhoda Wilson, England, Media, TV Host
2010 Power List
- Diane Abbott, Politics, England
- Zahra Abdulla, Politics, Finland
- Beatrice Achaleke, NGO, Austria
- Glory Alozie, Lifestyle, Spain
- Dounne Alexander, Business, England
- Baroness Valerie Amos, Politics, England
- Samata Angel, Business, England
- Princess Angela, Lifestyle, Liechtenstein
- Benedicta Attoh, Social Entrepreneur, Ireland
- Floella Benjamin, Lifestyle, England
- Grace Bumbry, Lifestyle, Austria
- Naomi Campbell, Lifestyle, England
- Sandy Cane, Politics, Italy
- Rosemary Chileshe, Lifestyle, England
- Lisa Cooper, Business, Norway
- Othella Dallas, Lifestyle, Switzerland
- Gaitana Essami, Lifestyle, Ukraine
- Joan Ferrier, NGO, Netherlands
- Trisha Goddard, Media, England
- Naide Gomes, Lifestyle, Portugal
- Tonya Graves, Lifestyle Czech Republic
- Bonnie Greer, Lifestyle, England
- Caroline Henderson, Lifestyle, Denmark
- Barbara Hendricks, Lifestyle, Sweden
- Dame Kelly Holmes, Lifestyle, England
- Sirelda Jackson, Business, Netherlands
- Danitzah Jacobs, Business, Netherlands
- Yvette Jarvis, Politics, Greece
- Yana Johnson, Business, England
- Sandrine Joseph, Business, France
- Yelena Khanga, Lifestyle, Russia
- Grada Kilomba, Lifestyle, Germany
- Kanya King, Business, England
- Oona King, Politics, England
- Matilda MacAttram, Social Activism, England
- Gisele Mandaila, Politics, Belgium
- Lucia Mwihaki Kimani Marcetic, Athlete, Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Ottey Marlene, Lifestyle, Slovenia
- Caroline Marsh, Business, England
- Salome Mbugua, Social Entrepreneur, Ireland
- Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, Lifestyle, Netherlands
- Alison Bethel McKenzie, Media, Austria
- Marie Ndiaye, Lifestyle, France
- Kay Oldroyd, Social Entrepreneur
- England, Euzhan Palcy, Lifestyle, France
- Audrey Pulvar, Media, France
- Sandra Rafaela, Politics, Netherlands
- Nyamko Sabuni, Politics, Sweden
- Baroness Patricia Scotland, Politics, England
- Zadie Smith, Lifestyle, England
- Noah Sow, Lifestyle, Germany
- Veye Tatah, Media, Germany
- Christiane Taubira, Politics, France
- Chika Unigwe, Lifestyle, Belgium
- Valerie van de Kaa, Business, Netherlands
- Lori van Echtelt, Business, Netherlands
- Felicia Weathers, Lifestyle, Germany
- Rama Yade, Politics, France
L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science International Awards
L’Oréal and UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) make awards every year to promote science and identify outstanding women scientists. The following are the national awards for UK and Ireland, and the international awards for the five global regions of Africa and Arab States, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America.
L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards, UK & Ireland
- 2012 Silvia Giordani, Trinity College Dublin, Chemistry
- 2012 Katrina Lythgoe, Imperial College London, Evo Epidemiology
- 2012 Claire Spottiswoode, University of Cambridge, Evo Biology
- 2012 Geetha Srinivasan, Queen’s University Belfast, Chemistry
- 2011 Victoria Coker, University of Manchester, Environmental
- 2011 Emily Flashman, University of Oxford, Oxygen sensing
- 2011 Monika Gullerova, University of Oxford, Gene loop structures
- 2010 Pia Mukherjee, University of Sussex, Astronomy
- 2010 Nathalie Pettorelli, Zoological Soc of London, Conservation
- 2010 Dora Biro, University of Oxford, Bird migration
- 2010 Lourdes Basabe-Desmonts, Dublin City University, Stem cells
- 2009 Jennifer Bizley, University of Oxford, Perception of sound
- 2009 Patricia Alireza, University College London, Electronic transitions
- 2009 Nathalie Seddon, University of Oxford, Animal communication
- 2009 Elizabeth Murchison, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cancer
- 2008 Sarah Bridle, University College London, Dark universe
- 2008 Ashleigh Griffin, University of Edinburgh, Microbial infections
- 2008 Tamsin Mather, University of Oxford, Volcanic volatiles
- 2008 Sarah Reece, University of Edinburgh, Protozoan parasites
- 2007 Theresa Burt de Perera, University of Oxford, Zoology
- 2007 Seirian Sumner, Institute of Zoology, Evolutionary biology
- 2007 Araxi Urrutia Odabachian, Cardiff University, Genetics
- 2007 Anna Git, Cancer Research UK Cambridge, Oncology
L’Oréal-UNESCO Laureates, Africa and Arab States
- 2012 Jill Farrant, South Africa, Plant molecular physology
- 2011 Faiza Al-Kharafi, Kuwait, Electrochemistry
- 2010 Rashika El Ridi, Egypt, Immunology
- 2009 Tebelio Nyokong, South Africa, Cancer therapy
- 2008 Lihadh Al-Gazali, United Arab Emirates, Clinical genetics
- 2007 Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Mauritius, Organic chemistry/phytochemistry
- 2006 Habiba Bouhamed Chaabouni, Tunisia, Human genetics
- 2005 Zohra Ben Lakhdar, Tunisia, Atomic and molecular physics
- 2004 Jennifer Thompson, South Africa, Molecular biology
- 2003 Karimat El-Sayed, Egypt, Physics
- 2002 Nagwa Meguid, Egypt, Human genetics
- 2001 Adeyinka Gladys Falusi, Nigeria, Molecular genetics
- 2000 Valerie Mizrahi, South Africa, Molecular biology
- 1998 Grace Oladunni L Tayor, Nigeria, Biochemistry
L’Oréal-UNESCO Laureates, Asia-Pacific
- 2012 Ingrid Scheffer, Australia, Pediatric neurology
- 2011 Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, China, Chemistry and energy
- 2010 Lourdes J. Cruz, Philippines, Marine science
- 2009 Akiko Kobayashi, Japan, Organic metals
- 2008 V Narry Kim, Korea, Molecular biology
- 2007 Margaret Brimble, New Zealand, Medicinal chemistry
- 2006 Jennifer Graves, Australia, Mammalian genomics
- 2005 Fumiko Yonezawa, Japan, Physics of disordered systems
- 2004 Nancy IP, China, Molecular biology
- 2003 Fang-hua Li, China, Electron microscopy
- 2002 Indira Nath, India, Immunology
- 2001 Susanne Cory, Australia, Molecular genetics
- 2000 Tuneko Okasaki, Japan, Molecular biology
- 1998 Myeong Hee-Yu, Korea, Microbiology
L’Oréal-UNESCO Laureates, Europe
- 2012 Frances Ashcroft, UK, Molecular physiology
- 2011 Anne L’Huilleer, Sweden, Attosecond physics
- 2010 Anne Dejean-Assemat, France, Cancer treatment
- 2009 Athene M Donald, UK, Soft matter physics
- 2008 Ada Yonath, Israel, Structural biology
- 2007 Tatiana Brishtein, Russia, Polymer physics
- 2006 Christine Van Broeckhoven, Belgium, Molecular genetics
- 2005 Dominique Langevin, France, Soft matter physics
- 2004 Christine Petit, France, Genetics/sensory physiology
- 2003 Ayse Erzan, Turkey, Condensed matter physics
- 2002 Mary Osborn, Germany, Cell biology
- 2001 Anne McLaren, UK, Reproductive biology
- 2000 Margarita Salas, Spain, Molecular biology
- 1998 Pascale Cossart, France, bacteriology
L’Oréal-UNESCO Laureates, Latin America
- 2012 Susana Lopez, Mexico, Virology
- 2011 Silvia Torres-Peimbert, Mexico, Astrophysics
- 2010 Alejandro Bravo, Mexico, Biotechnology
- 2009 Beatrice Barbuy, Brazil, Evolution of stars
- 2008 Ana Belen Elgoyhen, Argentina, Auditory physiology
- 2007 Ligia Gargola, Chile, Macromolecular chemistry
- 2006 Esther Orozco, Mexico, Molecular pathology
- 2005 Belita Koiller, Brazil, Condensed matter physics
- 2004 Lucia Mendonca Previato, Brazil, Biophysics/parasitology
- 2003 Mariana Weissmann, Argentina, Condensed matter physics
- 2002 Ana Maria Lopez Colome, Mexico, Neuroscience/biochemistry
- 2001 Mayana Zatz, Brazil, Molecular biology
- 2000 Eugenia Marie Del Pino Veintimilla, Ecuador, Biology
- 1998 Gloria Montenegro, Chile, Botany
L’Oréal-UNESCO Laureates, North America
- 2012 Bonnie Bassler, USA, Microbiology
- 2011 Jillian Banfield, USA, Geochemistry/microbiology
- 2010 Elaine Fuchs, USA, Stem cells
- 2009 Eugenia Kumacheva, Canada, Polymers
- 2008 Elisabeth Blackburn, USA, Molecular biology
- 2007 Mildred Dresselhaus, USA, Nanotechnology
- 2006 Pamela Bjorkman, USA, Molecular biology/immunology
- 2005 Myriam P Sarachik, USA, Condensed matter physics
- 2004 Philippa Marrack, USA, Molecular biology/immunology
- 2003 Johanna MH Levelt Singers, USA, thermodynamics
- 2002 Shirley Tilghman, USA, Genetics
- 2001 Joan Argetsinger Steitz, USA, Molecular biophysics/biochemistry
- 2000 Joanne Chory, USA, Molecular biology
Organization for Women in Science in the Developing World Awards and Fellowships
OWSD (The Organization for Women in Science in the Developing World) strengthens the role of women scientists from the South in the development process and in scientific and technological leadership. It awards fellowships and grants in association with The Elsevier Foundation, and now also with TWAS (The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World).
OWSD & Elsevier Foundation Awardees
ASIA
- 2011 Biology Mahfuza Begum, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Agricultural U
- 2011 Chemistry Farzana Shaheen, Pakistan, U of Karacji
- 2011 Physics/Maths Rukmani Mohonta, India, U of Hyderabad
- 2010 Biology Zeng Fanyi, China, Shanghai Institute of Medical Genetics
- 2010 Chemistry Ilkay Orhan, Turkey, Gazi University, Ankara
- 2010 Physics/Maths Priya Mahadevan, India, S.N. Bose Centre, Kolkata
AFRICA
- 2011 Biology Denise Evans, South Africa, U of the Witwatersrand
- 2011 Chemistry Aderoju Amoke Osowole, Nigeria, U of Ibadan
- 2011 Physics/Maths Janet Ayobami Ademola, Nigeria, U of Ibadan
- 2010 Biology Uchechi Ekweny Nigeria, Okpara U of Agriculture, Umudike
- 2010 Chemistry Ndidiamaka Anthonet Ezejiofor, Nigeria, Abia State U
- 2010 Physics/Maths Christine Margarete Steenkamp, SA, U of Stellenbosch
ARAB REGION
- 2011 Biology Lubna Tahtamouni, Jordan, Hashemite U
- 2011 Chemistry Nahla Ismail, Egypt, Nat Research Centre
- 2010 Biology Ghada Abdel-Salam, Egypt, Nat Research Centre
- 2010 Chemistry Lilyan Alsaka, Iraq, Mosul University
- 2010 Physics/Maths Sakina Fakhraddin Adam Ali, Yemen, Sana’a U
LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
- 2011 Biology Lisset Hermida Cruz, Cuba, Centre for Genetics & Biotech
- 2011 Chemistry Silvana Pellegrinet, Argentina, U Nacional de Rosario
- 2011 Physics/Maths Maria Gonzalez Sanchez, Mexico, Inst Astronomia
- 2010 Biology Myriam Adela Amezcua-Allieri, Mexico, Inst of Petroleum
- 2010 Chemistry Aramis Rivera, Cuba, University of Havana
- 2010 Physics/Maths Aimé Pelaiz-Barranco, Cuba, University of Havana
OWSD Fellowships 2011
- Afsana Ansari, Bangladesh, in Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- Mst. Tuhina Khatun, Bangladesh, in University Putra Malaysia (UPM)
- Sesede Houefa Norliette Zossou, Benin, in Université Cheik Anta Diop
- Angele Sorel Achounna, Cameroon, in Uni Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
- Amoin Cecile Bieri, Côte d’Ivoire, in CSIR Biosciences, South Africa
- Banchiamlak Kebede, Ethiopia, Institute of Pure and Applied Maths, Brazil
- Betelehem Wondwosen, Ethiopia, in Insect Science for Food/Health, Kenya
- Mildred Awuor Airo, Kenya, in University of Witswatersrand, South Africa
- Nancy Unjemo Madigu, Kenya, in University of Botswana
- Joyce Kanini Omari, Kenya, in University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Lovanomenjanahary Marline, Madagascar, in University of Cape Town SA
- Khin Mar Oo, Myanmar, in Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- Amy Thein, Myanmar, in Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
- Grace Onyukwo Abakpa, Nigeria, in Universiti Putra Malaysia
- Oluwasola Mary Fasan, Nigeria, in University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Racheal Odiri Ogbodu, Nigeria, in Rhodes University, South Africa
- Andree Prisca Ndjoug Ndour, Senegal, in Rhodes University, South Africa
- Samah Kamil Hussein Abd El-Rahim, Sudan, in Universiti Putra Malaysia
- Mei Musa Ali Omar, Sudan, in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
- Nodar Osman Khalifa, Sudan, in Council for Scientific/Ind Research, India
- Nozipho Mgcibelo Motsa, Swaziland, in University of KwaZulu Natal SA
- Racheal Athieno, Uganda, in Rhodes University, South Africa
- Namayanja, Uganda, in Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, China
- Fiona Banda, Zimbabwe, in Rhodes University, South Africa
- Patience Chatukuta, Zimbabwe, in North-West University, South Africa
International Federation of University Women Speakers
The International Federation of University Women promotes women’s rights, equality and empowerment through access to quality education and training. It hosts a major conference every three years. The next one is in Turkey in 2013. Here are some speakers and papers from the last two.
Selected speakers at IFUW, Mexico 2010 and UK 2007
- Kyung-wha Kang, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Olga Sánchez Cordero, Justice of the Mexican Supreme Court
- Patricia Espinosa, Mexican Foreign Secretary
- Eileen Fegan, law lecturer at Oxford and Queen’s Belfast
- Felicity Coughlan, Director Independent Instit of Education South Africa
- Helen Sunhee Kim, Organizational development consultant and trainer
- Frances Kunreuther, Director of the Building Movement Project
- Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland
- Gillian Martin Mehers, Coordinator for World Conservation Union
- Shirley Randell, Convener of IFUW Projects Committee
- Christina von Furstenberg, UNESCO
- Elaine Unterhalter, University of London School of Education
- Conchita Poncini, Co-ordinator of IFUW Reps at the UN in Geneva
- Elisabeth Rehn, United Nations Under-Secretary General
Selected papers from IFUW, Mexico 2010
- The Role of Latin American Women in International Scientific Collaboration Dr E. Margarita Almada, Dr Jane M. Russell & Shirley Ainsworth
- Restructuring Indian Higher Education: Strategies for Women’s Empowerment Dr Ranjana Banerjee
- The Gap between Women’s Education and Empowerment: the case of Sudan Dr Nagat A. M. Elmulthum and Nawal A. Adam
- Strategies for an Efficient Participation of Women Students in Higher Education in Argentina María Gabriela Giornelli
- Mothers’ Summit: The Igbo Women Model and a Nexus for National Development in Nigeria Mercy Ifeyinwa Anyaegbu & Iguh Nwamaka Adaora
- Learning to Communicate Globally Enhances the Empowerment of Highly-educated Professional Older Women in Rural China Anne JBM Geerdink
- Steering Our Economy to Health: Perspectives of Women in Business and Entrepreneurship in the USA Shaila Rao Mistry
- The Role of Online Education for the Advancement of Women Dr Jacqueline Shahzadi
- A novel example of cross discipline education for sustainable development in higher education in UK: Gender differences Professor Cynthia Burek & Professor Graham Bonwick
- Marketing Sustainable Development: Using Local Concepts for Attaining Global Efficiency Danielle Lecointre-Erickson
- The impact of the Darwinian revolution on our conception of what it is to be a ‘human being’ and our consequent relationship with the natural world Dr Margarita Ponce
- The Hermeneutics of Equality of Spouses within Marriage: A Tall Order for Nigerian Women Dr Dame Carol Arinze-Umobi
- The Right of Girls to Be Free of School-based Gender Violence: Tanzania as a case in point Bertha Edward Mkwelele
- A Paradigm Shift in Human Rights Discourse: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Role of Multi-national Corporations in Protecting Women’s Rights in Malawi Margaret Nkhoma
Selected papers from IFUW, UK 2007
- Women’s Participation in Policy Decision-Making Process in Japan Reiko Aoki, Japanese Association of University Women
- Empowering Women Academics in a Global Society: The Glass Ceiling Catherine Bandle and Jane Wilhelm, Swiss Association of University Women
- Tackling Gender Disparity in Primary and Secondary Education Ranjana Banerjee, Indian Federation of University Women’s Associations
- Helping on the Long Walk to Academic Literacy: The Role of a Writing Consultant in the new South Africa Shirley Churms, South African Association of Women Graduates
- Experience in Teaching Human Rights Susanna Dehler, Swiss Association of University Women
- Income Poverty Line and Wage Structure in the Sudan: An Empirical Investigation, 2006 Nagat Elmulthum, Independent Member, Sudan
- Environmental Education for School Children in Egypt Aliaa El-Erian, Egyptian Association of University Women
- The Women’s Museum: Cultural Centers of Human Rights Patricia Galeana, Mexican Federation of University Women
- From Ignorance to Empowerment: Legal Literacy Holds the Key Jyotika Kalra and Mina Singh, Indian Federation of University Women’s Associations
- But who will teach the children? Global teacher recruitment and sustainable education Madeleine Mattarozzi Laming, Australian Federation of University Women
- Back to School Projects for Drop-Out Girls as an Essential Tool to Eliminate Gender Disparity in Primary and Secondary Education Bertha Edward Mkwelele, Independent Member, Tanzania
- Education for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women Manjeet Sharma, Indian Federation of University Women’s Associations
- ICTs and Empowerment of Women: Some Case Studies from India Suman Jain, Indian Federation of University Women’s Association
- Depleted Uranium: A Threat to Human Security and Peace May Kentish, Australia Federation of University Women
- Women, Conflict and Peace: A Case Study of a Tribal War in Cameroon Rosemary Ngufor, Cameroon Association of University Women
APS Physics Women Speakers Program, United States of America
The American Physical Society has a Speakers List of women physicists who are willing to give talks on a variety of subjects. Physics Departments may qualify for travel grants if they host these speakers. I have listed below the names and abbreviated sample talks for US-based speakers. The full list, with more talks and contact details for the speakers, is here on the APS website.
APS Women Speakers, Alaska
- Wackerbauer, Renate, U of Alaska-Fairbanks: Spatiotemporal chaos
APS Women Speakers, Arkansas
- Allen, Susan, Arkansas State U: The Laser Dustbuster and Other Tools
APS Women Speakers, Arizona
- Barlow, Nadine, Flagstaff, AZ: The Search for Water on Mars
- Holbrook, Jarita, U of Arizona: Introduction fo African Cultural Astronomy
- Levitus, Marcia, Arizona State: Conformational dynamics in biomolecules
- Malhotra, Renu, U of Arizona: The architecture of the Solar system
- Peng, Xihong, Arizona State: Predictive modeling for nanoscale system
- Pitman, Karly, Planetary Science Inst:Producing Optical Constants
- Sarcevic, Ina, U of Arizona: the Search for the Quark-Gluon Plasma
APS Women Speakers, California
- Abramzon, Nina, Cal Poly – Pomona: Plasma – the 4th State of Matter
- Ackerman, Nicole, Stanford U Med Ctr: Particle Physics in Medicine
- Acrivos, Juana, San Jose State U: Periodic Table in Cuprate Superconductors
- Back, Christina, San Diego: Exps on Hot, Dense Laser-Produced Plasmas
- Baljon, Aarlette, San Diego: Topological structure of a polymeric gel
- Bell, Nicole, Pasadena: Cosmic Neutrinos from Highest Energies to Lowest
- Belz, Andrea, Jet Propulsion Lab: On becoming a multi-disciplinary scientist
- Brown, Nancy, Lawrence Nat Lab: Theoretical and Exp Chemical Kinetics
- Budil, Kimberly, Lawrence Nat Lab: Hydrodynamic Instability Experiments
- Caponi, Maria, TRW Redondo Beach, CA: Wind Generated Ocean Waves
- Carlson, Jean, U of Cal-Santa Barb: Dynamics of Earthquake Faults
- Chen, Mu-Chun, U of Cal – Irvine: Physics beyond the Standard Model
- Chiang, Shirley, U of Cal- Davis: The Scanning Tunneling Microscope
- Church, Jennifer, Lawrence Lab: Transport/Detection of Nuclear Materials
- Cohen, Judith, Caltech: The Local High Redshift Universe
- Coil, Alison, La Jolla: Clustering and Quenching: Galaxies & AGN at z=1
- Cominsky, Lynn, Sonoma State: Exploring the Extreme Universe with Fermi
- Erbacher, Robin, Cal- Davis: Searches for new physics in top quark samples
- Fearn, Heidi, Cal State – Fullerton: General relatvity and curved space
- Fygenson, Deborah, Cal-Santa Barb: Assembly of Nanotubes from DNA Tiles
- Gallagher, Sarah, Los Angeles: Probing Quasar Outflows: X-ray Insights
- Ghosh, Sayantani, Cal: Manipulating spin coherence in semiconductors
- Hansen, Luisa, Lawrence Lab: Transport & Detection of Nuclear Materials
- Hanson, Gail, Cal – Riverside: Physics at the CERN Large Hadron Collider
- Hellman, Frances, Cal- Berkeley: Amorphous magnetic semiconductors
- Ho, Pei-Chun, Cal State U- Fresno: Unconventional Superconductivity
- Houle, Frances, Lawrence Nat Lab: Mass-producing Nanostructures
- Hu, Chi-Yu, Cal State- Long Beach: Muon Catalyzed Fusion
- Jenkins, Elizabeth, U of Cal- San Diego: Particle Physics
- Johnson, Sarah, La Verne, CA: A Search for Truth
- Jones, Barbara, IBM Almaden: The Future of Nanotechnology
- Kelley, Anne, Cal – Merced: Visualizing Fast Motions with Slow Lasers
- Kellogg, Louise, Davis: The Driving Force of Plate Tectonics
- Lindenberg, Katja, Cal – San Diego: Noise in Physical and Chemical Systems
- Luth, Vera, Stanford U: Symmetries in Particle Physics
- Nikzad, Shouleh. Jet Propulsion Lab: To See the World in A Grain of Sand
- Opher, Merav, George Mason U: How to describe collisions in Plasmas
- Ramachandran, Vidhya, IBM: Why are we afraid of Physics?
- Rebull, Luisa, Caltech: Star formation with the Spitzer Space Telescope
- Roe, Natalie, Lawrence Nat Lab: What’s The Matter With Antimatter?
- Rohlfing, Celeste, Livermore: Theoretical Studies of Fullerenes/Derivatives
- Roy, Mou, Norwalk, CA: High Energy Neutrino Physics
- Sargent, Anneila, Pasadena, CA: The Origins of Planetary Systems
- Schneider, Marilyn, Lawrence Nat Lab: Turbulent Mix in R-T Instability
- Selco, Jodye, Cal Poly – Pomona: Is it Magic or is it Chemistry?
- Siegal-Gaskins, Jennifer, Caltech: Shedding light on the nature of dark matter
- Sohn, Lydia, Cal- Berkeley: Measuring Single Cells One by One
- Terebey, Susan, Los Angeles: From Protostars to Planets
- Trimble, Virginia, Cal- Irvine: Cosmology: Man’s Place in the Universe
- Troian, Sandra, Caltech: The Nanoworld Beyond Benard Instabilities
- Williams, Lynda, San Francisco: Science Education via Entertainment
- Woolum, Dorothy, Cal State-Fullerton: Nucleosynthesis of Heavy Elements
- Yeh, Nai-Chang, Caltech: Recent Advances in Superconductivity
- van der Veen, Jatila, Santa Barbara: Hist of Cosmic Microwave Background
APS Women Speakers, Colorado
- Bagenal, Fran, U of Col – Boulder: New Horizons: Mission to Pluto & Charon
- Buchanan, Kristen, Col State U: A glimpse into the nanoworld
- Calbi, Maria, U of Denver: Phases of matter adsorbed on carbon nanotubes
- Chasteen, Stephanie, U of Col – Boulder: The Art of Science Communication
- Dowell, Marla, Boulder: Laser Metrology: Three Cautionary Tales
- Gilbert, Sarah, Boulder: Optical Fiber Communications: future trends
- Hasenfratz, Anna, U of Col – Boulder: Walking towards a rainbow
- Joselyn, JoAnn, Boulder: How scientists collaborate
- Ladanyi, Branka, Col State U: Dynamics of nanoconfined liquids
- Levinger, Nancy, Col State U: Dynamics of Polar Solvation in Restricted Envs
- Menoni, Carmen, Col State U: Exploring nano-world with extreme UV light
- Whitten, Barbara, Col Coll: You can always find women in science, if you look
- Ellingson, Erica, Boulder: Cosmology, Dark Matter and Dark Energy
APS Women Speakers, Connecticut
- Chow, C C, Central Conn State U: Physics and Everyday Life
- Freed, Denise, Schlumberger-Doll Res Ctr: NMR and Oil Wells
- Natarajan, Priyamvada, Yale U: Assembly history of black holes
- Salman, Fatma, Manchester, CT: Encouraging young women to do physics
APS Women Speakers, District of Columbia
- Gatica, Silvina , Howard U: Adsorption of gases in nanotubes
- Hicks, Janice, Georgetown U: Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
- Horn, Tanja Catholic U of America: Quark Imaging at JLab 12 GeV & beyond
- Larkin, Teresa, American U: Using Writing to Confront Misconceptions
- Novo-Gradac, Anne-Marie, NASA Headquarters: An Introduction to Lasers
- Opper, Allena, George Washington U: Exploring the Subatomic World
- Pardavi-Horvath, Martha, George Wash U: Magnetism of Small Particles
- Stroud, Rhonda, Naval Research Lab: Extraterrestrial materials
- Turner, Kathleen, Dep of Energy – US: Discovering the Structure of Matter
- Weinberger, Alycia, Caltech: Dusty Circumstellar Disks and Planet Formation
APS Women Speakers, Florida
- Baudis, Laura, U of Florida – Gainesville: Dark matter searches
- Blessing, Susan, Florida State U: Elementary Particle Physics
- Cheng, Hai-Ping, U of Florida – Gainesville: Physical Modeling and Sims
- Leventouri, Theodora, Atlantic U: Properties of Biocompatible Apatites
- Luo, Weili, U of Central Florida: Magnetic Properties of Buckyballs
- Montgomery, Michele, Orlando, FL: Disks Around Various Celestial Objects
- Popovic, Dragana, Florida State U: Metal-insulator transition in 2D systems
- Rahman, Talat, U of Central Florida: Nanoscience: facts or science fiction?
- Single Molecule Magnets: could they be quantum computers?
- Turner, Niescja, Florida Inst of Tech: The Perfect (Magnetic) Storm
- Yunger Halpern, Nicole, Perimeter Inst: Creating Your Physics Club
APS Women Speakers, Georgia
- Dunning, Sarah, U of Georgia: Pulse Interaction with Dielectrics
- Halka, Monica, Georgia Inst of Tech: The Rare and Disappearing Elements
- Kolakowska, Alice, U of Memphis: Complexity of parallel computing
- Sullivan, Amy, Agnes Scott Coll: 3D Imaging Without Lenses
APS Women Speakers, Iowa
- Mallik, Usha U of Iowa: Mysteries of Matter and Anti-Matter
- Morgan, Siobahn Cedar Falls, IA: Peculiar Polaris
- Rosati, Marzia Iowa State U: Making Little Big-Bangs at RHIC
- Schmittmann, Beate Iowa State U: Out of equilibrium: genes, stocks, traffic
APS Women Speakers, Idaho
- Sammarruca, Francesca U of Idaho: How to Look Inside A Nucleus
APS Women Speakers, Illinois
- Ansari, Anjum U of Ill – Chicago: Hairpin formation in polynucleotides
- Avci, Sevda Argonne Nat Lab: Magnetoelastic coupling in Ba1-xKxFe2As2
- Biedron, Sandra Chicago, IL: Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers
- The Need for Synchrotron Radiation Facilities
- Bordallo, Heloisa Hahn-M Inst Berlin: Crystalline N-Methylacetamide
- El-Khadra, Aida U of Ill – Urbana: Charm & Beauty of Strong Interactions
- Finney, Lydia Lemont, IL: Imagine Yourself a Scientist like Me
- Freeland, Elizabeth U of Ill – Urbana: Pushing Limits of Standard Model
- Greene, Laura U of Illinois – Urbana: High-Temperature Superconductivity
- Hess, Cynthia Illinois Wesleyan U: From Hot Gas to Black Holes
- Incera, Vivian U of Texas, El Paso: Magnetism in Color Superconductivity
- Katsnelson, Esfir Northwestern U: Ferrospinels and Magnetic Ferroelectrics
- Lamb, Susan U of Illinois – Urbana: Galaxy Collisions & Star Clusters
- Nandkumar, Radha U of Ill – Urbana: Science through cyberinfrastructure
- Olinto, Angela U of Chicago: The Mystery of the Highest Energy Cosmic Rays
- Ren, Shang-Fen Illinois State U: My Career as a Women Scientist
- Sanchez, Mayly Iowa State U: Catching Neutrinos
- Silber, Mary Northwestern U: Pattern Formation in Nonequilibrium Systems
- Srinivas, Sudha Northeastern Ill U: Modeling Properties of Metal Clusters
- Todd, Judith Chicago, IL: Laser-Based Prototyping of Ceramic Materials
- Wark, Candace Illinois Inst of Tech: Exp Methods in Fluid Mechanics
- Willis, Suzanne Northern Illinois U: Science or Bunk? Telling the Difference
- Young, Linda Argonne Nat Lab: Counting rare atoms in traps
APS Women Speakers, Indiana
- Aprahamian, Ani: From Exploding Stars to the Lab
- Bortoletto, Daniela Purdue U: The quest for the Higgs
- Koertge, Noretta Bloomington: Are Feminists Alienating Women in Science?
- Science, Values and the Value of Science
- Mitra-Kirtley, Sudipa Rose-Hulman Inst: Studio physics using HP tablets
APS Women Speakers, Kansas
- Behrman, Elizabeth: Quantum Neural Networks – Next Generation Comps?
- Dunmore, Jessica Leavenworth, KS: Mining for Neutrinos
APS Women Speakers, Louisiana
- Daniels-Race, Theda, Louisiana State U-BR: Hybrid Electronic Materials
- Gonzalez, Gabriela Louisiana State U- Baton Rouge: Gravitational Waves
- Ioup, Juliette U of New Orleans: Applications of Wavelet Transforms
- Johnston, Kathleen Louisiana Tech U: Particle Physics in a Nutshell!
- Parashar, Neeti Northeastern U: Origin of Mass
- Stuver, Amber LIGO Livingston Observatory: Education and Outreach
APS Women Speakers, Massachusetts
- Adams, Laura Harvard U: Intelligent Microspheres for Everyone
- Arndt, Martina Bridgewater Coll: Science of Total Solar Eclipses
- Baliunas, Sallie Smithsonian Astrophys Observ: Past and future of Sun
- Bansil, Rama Boston U: Kinetics of Phase Transitions in Block Copolymers
- Bhatia, Surita U of Mass: Cells and Gels: Soft Materials in Medicine
- Bolton, Sarah Williams Coll: Between Atoms and the World of the Big
- Byers, Nina U of California-LA: 20th Century Women in Physics
- Cadonati, Laura U of Mass – Amherst: LIGO: gravitational wave astronomy
- Cebe, Peggy Tufts U: What Superman Sees With X-ray Vision
- Chakraborty, Bulbul Brandeis U: Entropy of Granular Materials
- Evans, Nancy Cambridge, MA: Don’t We Already Know all about Polaris?
- Frebel, Anna Mass Inst of Tech-MIT: The origin of the elements
- Hagen-Bauer, Wendy Wellesley, MA: The Life History of a Star
- Herzfeld, Judith Brandeis U: Energy Transduction in Bacteriorhodopsin
- Machacek, Marie Smiths Astrophys Observ: Golden Age of Cosmology
- Matthews, June Mass Inst of Tech-MIT: Exploring the Three-Nucleon System
- Ondrechen, Mary Jo NE U: Using Physics to Understand the Genome
- Ruskai, M Lowell, MA: Quantum Information Theory
- Sisterson, Janet Mass Gen Hosp: Medical Applications of Proton Beams
- Vrtilek, Saeqa Smiths Astrophys Observ: The revolution in astrophysics
- Welther, Barbara Harvard-Smiths CFA: Women Astronomers at Harvard
- Wilkes, Belinda Cambridge, MA: Life Cycle of a Star
- Zielinska-Pfabe, Malgorzata Smith Coll: Fundamental Charm and Beauty
APS Women Speakers, Maryland
- Asaro, Catherine: NASA’s Breakthrough Physics Propulsion Program
- Beise, Elizabeth U of Maryland-Col Park: Strange Quarks in the Proton
- Crannell, Carol NASA/GSFC: Solar Flares in Hard X and Gamma Rays
- Engle, Irene US Naval Academy: Planetary Magnetospheres
- Forbes, Nancy Innovative Analytics, LLC: Biology is Inspiring Computing
- Greer, Sandra Col Park, MD: Structure of Living Polymer Solutions
- Howard, Sethanne Columbia, MD: 4000 Years of Women in Science
- Konkowski, Deborah US Naval Academy: Singularities in General Relativity
- Lee, Patricia US Army Rsch Lab: Quantum Computation with Atoms and Ions
- Lubkin, Gloria North Bethesda, MD: Adventures of a Physics Reporter
- Martinez-Miranda, Luz U of Maryland-Col Park: Liquid Crystals
- Messer, Sarah HyperV Tech Corp: The Maryland Centrifugal Experiment
- Modeste Knowles, Arlene APS: How to publish physics papers
- Noguchi, Constance Nat Inst of Health – NIH: Treating Sickle Cell Anemia
- Satyapal, Shobita Greenbelt, MD: Infrared Extragalactic Astronomy
APS Women Speakers, Maine
- McKay, Susan U of Maine: Complexity Arising from Competition
APS Women Speakers, Michigan
- Barone, Veronica Central Mich U: Electronic structure of low-D carbon
- Berrah, Nora Western Mich U: Dynamics in Atoms, Molecules and Ions
- Coney, Linda Holland, MI: How to Do Experiments with Invisible Particles!
- Deng, Hui U of Michigan – Ann Arbor: Quantum Networking
- Ghosh, Ruby Michigan State U: Fiber Optic Chemical Sensors
- Goldman, Rachel U of Mich – Ann Arbor: Semiconductor Nanopatterning
- Hampton, Jennifer Hope Coll: Magnetic Measurements of Thin Films
- Mader, Cathy Hope Coll: Nuclear Forensics – the CSI Career for Physicists
- Mycek, Mary-Ann U of Michigan Med Ctr: Biomedical Optical Diagnostics
- Nunes, Filomena Michigan State U: Nuclear Theory Puzzles past and future
- Sih, Vanessa U of Michigan – Ann Arbor: Spins and light in semiconductors
- Simmons, Elizabeth Michigan State U: Women in Physics in the US
- Tsang, Manyee Michigan State U: Isoscaling in nuclear physics
- Woestman, Joanne Dearborn, MI: An Industrial Physics Career
- Zellner, Nicolle Albion, MI: Impact History of the Earth-Moon System
APS Women Speakers, Minnesota
- Kolan, Amy St Olaf Coll: An Introduction to Wavelets
- Manning, Heidi Moorhead, MN: Expl Solar System with Mass Spectrometers
- Williams, Liliya Minneapolis, MN: Formation of dark matter halos of galaxies
- Womack, Maria Saint Cloud, MN: A Guided Tour of Five Exotic Exoplanets
APS Women Speakers, Missouri
- Chandrasekhar, Meera U of Miss – Columbia: organic conjugated molecules
- Guha, Suchismita U of Miss – Columbia: Photophysics of Semiconductors
- Hill, Margaret Southeast Miss State U: Developing New Magnetic Materials
- Plummer, PL U of Missouri – Columbia: Clusters: A New Form of Matter?
APS Women Speakers, Mississippi
- Bauman, Leslie: Physics Experiments over the Web using LabVIEW Player
- Perkins, A Louise U of Southern Mississippi: Coupling Ocean Models
APS Women Speakers, North Carolina
- Coffey, Tonya Appalachian State U: Diet Coke and Mentos
- Daniels, Karen North Carolina State U: Earthquakes in a Lab Fault
- Frohlich, Carla North Carolina State U: The Life and Afterlife of Stars
- Gan, Liping U of NC – Wilmington: Symmetries in Fundamental Physics
- Krim, Jacqueline NC State U: The Atomic-Scale Origins of Friction
- McNeil, Laurie U of NC – Chapel Hill: The physics of musical instruments
- Scholberg, Kate Duke U: Neutrinos from the Sky and Through the Earth
- Shukla, Deepshikha James Madison U: Neutron Polarizabilities on Nuclei
- Thompson, Nancy U of NC – Chapel Hill: Fluorescence Microscopy
APS Women Speakers, North Dakota
- Kryjevskaia, Lioudmila N Dakota State U: Enquiry-based course materials
APS Women Speakers, New Jersey
- Andrei, Eva Rutgers U: On magnetic vortices in superconductors.
- Bahcall, Neta Princeton, NJ: The Dark Side of the Universe
- Cizewski, Jolie Rutgers U: The Magic Numbers of Maria Goeppert Mayer
- Cladis, Patricia Adv Liquid Crystal Tech: Tetrahedratic Banana Liq Crystals
- Etkina, Eugenia Rutgers U: Learning community and teacher preparation
- Lanzerotti, Mary Y ARDEC: Energetic Materials During High Acceleration
- Loo, Lynn Princeton U: Structures in Semicrystalline Block Copolymers
- Polymer Crystallization Templated by Self Assembly of Block Copolymers
- Prodan, Camelia NJ Inst of Tech: Memebrane Potential of Live Cells
- Raynor, Susanne Rutgers U: An Overview of Theoretical Chemistry
- Sealfon, Carolyn Princeton U: Gravity on Cosmological Scales
- Tabor-Morris, Anne Georgian Court U: History and Applications of X-rays
- Thio, Tineke Arinna LLC: Diffracted evanescent wave model for hole arrays
- White, Alice Alcatel-Lucent/Bell Labs: Intro to Optical Communications
APS Women Speakers, New Mexico
- Creech-Eakman, Michelle Socorro, NM: What to do with a physics degree?
- Dingus, Brenda Los Al Nat Lab: Gamma-Ray Bursts: Blasts from the Past
- Palounek, Andrea Los Alamos: Design a High-Energy Physics Experiment
- Prestridge, Katherine Los Alamos: Fluid Phenomena in Everyday Life
- Seestrom, Susan Los Alamos: Measurements using Ultra-Cold Neutrons
- Seidel, Sally U of NM- Lab: Jets, Partons, and Search for New Physics
- Sessions, Sharon NM Tech: Multiple equilibria in the tropical atmosphere
APS Women Speakers, Nevada
- Kaplan, Gunes U of Nevada – Reno: Elasticity as a function of grain size
APS Women Speakers, New York
- Aprile, Elena Columbia U: Using Gamma-Rays to Understand the Universe
- Bahukutumbi, Radha U of Rochester: Inspiration from the sun
- Baum, Stefi Rochester Inst of Tech: Life Cycles of Activity in Galaxies
- Berebichez, Deborah Stanford U: The Physics of High Heels
- Chan, Siu-Wai Columbia U: Grain Boundaries in Superconductors
- Cohen, Beverly Tuxedo, NY: All About Airborne Particles and Me.
- Conwell, Esther U of Rochester: Conducting Polymers
- Foster, Margaret American Physical Society APS: The Peer Review Process
- Friedmann, Tamar U of Rochester: Shrinking radius of hadrons
- Jackson, Shirley Rensselaer Polytech Inst: Semiconductor Superlattices
- Kim, Eun-Ah Cornell U: Quantum Liquid Crystals
- Lewis, Kim Rensselaer Polytech Inst: Functionality in Simple Circuits
- Magnes, Jenny West Point, NY: Coherence Effects in Diatomic Molecules
- Markelz, Andrea State U of NY – Buffalo: Terahertz Spectroscopy
- Noz, Marilyn U NY: Local-Area Networks in an Imaging Environment
- Prakash, Manju Stony Brook, NY: Space Weather
- Rafailovich, Miriam State U of NY- Stony Brook: DNA electrophoresis
- Rice, Emily New York, NY: Brown Dwarfs: Cooler than the Coolest Stars
- Santos, Lea Yeshiva U: Randomization in Coherent Quantum Control
- Sokoloski, Jennifer Columbia U: Observations of Stellar Explosions and Jets
- Sreekala, Subbalakshmi Rensselaer Polytech Inst: Recrystallization kinetics
- Van de Water, Ruth Upton, NY: Testing the Standard Model with Lattice QCD
- Wang, Gwo-Ching Rensselaer Polytech Inst: Properties of 3D nanostructures
APS Women Speakers, Ohio
- Bailey, Sheila NASA Glenn Res Ctr: Space Photovoltaics
- Bayram, Burcin Miami U: Raman Spectroscopy with liquid nitrogen
- Clark, B Ohio State U – Columbus: Relativistic Effects in Nuclear Physics
- Dutta, Ruma Columbus, OH: Numerical Simualtion of Fluid Flow
- Elster, Charlotte Ohio U: Three Nucleon Physics
- Gates, Evalyn Cleveland Mus of Nat History: The Hunt for Dark Matter
- Hanson, Margaret Cincinnati, OH: Forming the Most Massive Stars
- Ijiri, Yumi Oberlin Coll: Magnetic nanoparticles
- Nahar, Sultana Ohio State U – Columbus: Atomic Radiative Processes
- Piltch, Nancy Cleveland, OH: Measurements for Microgravity Combustion
- Roche, Julie Ohio U: Strange quarks in the Nucleon
- Sandler, Nancy Ohio U: Physics of graphene ribbons
- Schmalbrock, Petra Columbus, OH: High Res Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Selinger, Robin Kent State U – Kent: Rubber that moves
- Sellgren, Kristen Columbus, OH: Stellar Abundances and Populations
- Shigemitsu, Junko Ohio State U-Columbus: Lattices in Particle Physics
- Smith, Tracy Columbus, OH: Astrophysical Dust
- Taylor, Beverley Ann Miami U: The Physics of Common Toys
- Yarrison-Rice, Jan Miami U: Nanowires: Watch them giggle and glow
APS Women Speakers, Oklahoma
- Wood-Black, Frankie Phillips Petrol Co: Adventures of an Industrial Researcher
APS Women Speakers, Oregon
- Manogue, Corinne Oregon State U: Rolling Relativistic Quantum Balls Uphill
- Ostroverkhova, Oksana Case Western U: Photorefractive organic materials
- Richmond, Geraldine U of Or: Nonlinear Optics and Solid/Liquid Interfaces
- Siem, Ellen Southern Oregon U: Materials Science
- Tate, Janet Oregon State U: Transparent conductors and transparent devices
APS Women Speakers, Pennsylvania
- Diehl, Renee Penn State U, U Park: Life in Flatland
- Hornschemeier, Ann Penn State U, U Park: The Origin of the Elements
- Lavarone, Maria Temple U: Interplay of superconductivity and magnetism
- Kane, Suzanne Haverford Coll: Mobbing – Flocking and Deterrence
- Laws, Priscilla Dickinson Coll: Teaching Intro Physics without Lectures
- Luehrmann, Mia Temple U: Modernizing Astronomy Labs: The CLEA Project
- Lyyra, A Temple U: All-Optical Alignment of Nonpolar Molecules
- Poynor, Adele Allegheny Coll: Water at a Hydrophobic Surface
- Praton, Elizabeth Franklin & Marshall Coll: Fingers of God & Bubble Walls
- Romer, Kathy Pittsburgh, PA: X-ray Studies of Clusters of Galaxies
- Singh, Chandralekha U of Pittsburgh: Understanding quantum mechanics
- Stephenson, Sharon Gettysburg Coll: The Issue of Gendered Physics
APS Women Speakers, South Carolina
- Kulkarni, Varsha Columbia, SC: Long Ago in Galaxies Far Away
APS Women Speakers, Tennessee
- Nattrass, Christine U of Tennessee, Knoxville: The Quark Gluon Plasma
- Sabri, Firouzeh U of Memph: Future Materials: what are we looking for?
- Smith, Beverly Johnson City , TN: Galaxy Collisions
APS Women Speakers, Texas
- Cheung, Margaret U of Houston: Life in a crowd
- Halas, N Rice U: The Nanoengineering of Optical Properties
- Lin, Jingyu Texas Tech U: III-nitride UV/blue micro- and nano-photonics
- Marom, Noa U of Texas, Austin: Density Functional Theory
- Olafsen, Linda Baylor U: So You Want To Be a Quantum Mechanic?
- Reed, Helen Texas A&M U: Stability and Transition of Laminar Viscous Flows
- Torres, Cristina U of Texas, Brownsville: Advanced LIGO:
- Vigliante, Assunta State U of NY- Stony Brook: X-rays of electronic materials
- Yennello, Sherry Texas A&M U Radioactive Nuclear Beams
- Zhang, Zhenrong Baylor U: Defect and Adsorbate Dynamics on TiO2(110)
APS Women Speakers, Utah
- Cheney, Janica ATK Launch Systems: Rocket Science Is Just Cool
APS Women Speakers, Virginia
- Baski, Alison Virginia Com U: Nanometer Structures by Oxygen Etching
- Blaisten-Barojas, Estela George Mason U: Simulation of Cluster Growth
- Caldwell, C. Arlington, VA: Atomic Physics at Adv Synchrotron Radiation
- Constantin, Anca Ohio U: The rise and fall of the power of galaxy centers
- Dodge, Gail Old Dominion U: Looking Inside the Proton
- Dworzecka, Maria George Mason U: Using Computers in Upper-Level Physics
- Hoatson, Gina William & Mary Coll: Nuclear Magnetic Res Spectroscopy
- Keppel, Cynthia Hampton U: Quark-Hadron Duality
- Shinn, Michelle Jefferson Lab: Navigating your career in Physics
- Tolstoy, Alexandra Atolstoy Sciences: What is mathematics good for?
- Venkateswaran, Uma Nat Science Foundation: Carbon Nanotubes
- Zheng, Xiaochao U of Virginia: Nucleon spin structure
APS Women Speakers, Washington
- Dexheimer, Susan Washington State U: Ultrafast Dynamics of Localization
- Gossett, Cynthia Boeing: The Transition from Academic to Applied Physics
- LaMadrid, Marissa AdaptiveTCR Tech: Biological Sequence Analysis
- Lin, Huey-Wen U of Washington: A Lattice QCD Tour inside the Hadron
- Lutz, Julie Seattle, WA: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life
- McDermott, Lillian C U of Washington: Physics education research
- Olmstead, Marjorie U of Washington: Confidence in Your Career
- Zita, E Evergreen State Coll: Our magnetic Sun
APS Women Speakers, Wisconsin
- Echeverria, Isabel DuPont Co: A study of physical aging
- Howes, Ruth Ball State U: Women Physicists and the Manhattan Project
- Korenic, Eileen U of Wisconsin, River Falls: The Science of Color
- Kurahashi Neilson, Naoko U of Wisconsin, Madison: Neutrino Astronomy
- Sheaff, Marleigh U of Wisconsin, Madison: Heavy Quark Physics
- Williams-Norton, Mary Ripon Coll: Hands-On Physics for Young Children
APS Women Speakers, West Virginia
- Holcomb, Mikel, West Virginia U: Understanding Magnetism in Multiferroics
- Leslie-Pelecky, Diandra, West Virginia U: The Science of Speed
Women Scientists who give Awesome Seminars
This list was compiled by gerty-z on Scientopia.org in 2011. It’s an online crowd-sourced list, so it is more personal and eclectic than the structured lists from organizations and awards bodies.
- Cori Bargmann (Neurobiologist)
- Brenda Bass
- Bonnie Bassler (Princeton)
- Angela Belcher, MIT
- Elizabeth Blackburn
- Frances Brodsky
- Anne Brunet (Stanford)
- Heather Cameron (NIH)
- C. Sue Carter (oxytocin research at U Illinois-Chicago)
- Angela Christiano (Columbia)
- Nicola Clayton (spacial memory in scrub jays)
- Anna Marie Cuervo (Albert Einstein)
- Donna Dean, formerly of NIH
- Rachel Green (JHMI)
- Elaine Fuchs
- Rebecca Heald
- Hopi Hoekstra
- Kelly Holley-Bockelmann (astrophysicist at Vanderbilt)
- Nancy Hopkins
- Luisa Iruela-Arispe at UCLA
- Christine Jacobs-Wagner
- Patricia Kuhl
- Katja Lindenberg at UC San Diego
- Susan Lindquist
- Jennifer Lippencott-Schwartz
- Karolin Luger (Colorado State)
- Ann McDermott (Columbia U)
- Trudy MacKay
- Eve Marder (Neurobiologist)
- Nergis Mavalvala
- Susan Mango (Harvard)
- Courtney Miller from Scripps Florida
- Liz Miller (Columbia)
- Jodi Nunnari
- Shiela Patek
- Kamala Patel (U of Calgary)
- Carolyn Porco (Inst of the Southwest)
- Erica Rosenblum (Uni of Idaho)
- Barbara Schaal
- Patricia Schulte (UBC)
- Eugenie Scott of NCSE
- Pam Silver
- Lila Solnica-Krezel (Washington U)
- Joan Straussman
- Michelle Swanson
- Joan Steitz
- Phoebe Stewart
- Gina Turrigiano (Neurobiologist)
- Leslie Voshall
- Rachel Wilson (Neurobiologist)
- Xiaowei Zhuang (Harvard)
- Huda Zoghbi (Neurobiologist)
Summary
This is not a list of potential speakers for any specific event, as each event has its own unique mix of requirements. But it shows that you can improve the quality of the list that you choose your speakers from by doing some research on women speakers that you may not currently be aware of.
For practical reasons, you may not be able to invite many of the specific women on this list to your particular event, but reading this list may trigger some ideas of similar women who you can invite.
If you would like to add any names, please do so in the comments.
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Fantastic list, bookmarked this page for the future. Ann James, chairperson of Humanist Ireland, is coming down to give the inaugural talk of atheist/Humanist society in NUIG. She could be an addition to your list.
Great job Michael!
Sharon Moss:
- http://www.secularstudents.org/staff
- http://harvardhumanist.org/author/sharon-moss/
Ashley Paramore:
- http://www.secularstudents.org/ashleyparamore
- http://www.secularstudents.org/staff
Thanks for those additions – they are now included.
Don’t know how I forgot Ann! That’s what happens when you do research online. You forget about real life!
Excellent list. When can we expect to see the lists of Gay, Blind, Deaf, Ethnic African, Asian, Eskimo, Aboriginal, Native American, Mentally Disabled, Physically Disabled, Bullying Victim, Traveller, Semetic and Roma Gypsy speaker lists?
Michael:
Great list. It’s pretty comprehensive so I don’t have much to add.
I notice you listed Vanessa Lacey of TENI as a recent speaker at an Atheist Ireland. She was due to speak but was actually replaced at the last minute by Louise Hannon, who gave an excellent talk on the issues she faced as a transgendered woman. You could add her to the list.
AngelaM: why the list of minorities? Women make up half the population (or more). They’re hardly a special interest group, but are significantly under-represented at some events.
If you argue that women generally have different insights and talents to men, then it would be perverse to exclude or under-utilise them as speakers, when half the potential audience are women, and the other half can benefit from their different perspective.
If, conversely, you think that women are not significantly different to men, then excluding or marginalising them simply means slashing the available pool of speakers. It would be like picking people alphabetically by surname, and never bothering to look past M.
Either way, it makes sense to have more women speakers and this list shows that there’s no reason that can’t happen.
Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is an excellent speaker
Thanks Laura, I’ve added Nora Volkow.
Derek, I’ve added Louise. I missed that event because I was speaking somewhere else that day. I’ve asked Harry to ask her to speak again now that we are videoing the events so we can record her talk.
Hi Michael!
In all fairness, I will only speak at local conferences. I dont think it is appropriate for me to fly across the country/across the world to talk about viruses or vaccines, when there are virologists/immunologists pretty much everywhere who would LOVE opportunities to speak to a pro-science audience.
I think a lot of the problem with speaker line-ups has nothing to do with gender/race/sexual orientation, but, simply, and I mean this nicely, laziness and fear.
It is *easy* to invite the same people to your conference who got invited to every other conference. People put a *lot* of work into conferences, and they are afraid no one will show up unless they have Name-Brand Recognizable Names. It is difficult to convince organizers that they dont need to fly in A Big Name from across the globe to talk about a topic, when they have people literally in their back yards who could talk just as well about the exact same topic (if not better! who knows!). It will be a name ‘no one’ has heard of, and they have to go to the effort of hunting down the person in the first place.
Sooooooooo organizers just invite the same people as everyone else invites (and you can see their presentations now on YouTube anyway, which they are almost certainly repeating).
The speaker list is stagnant because of laziness/fear of trying new people, and it just so happens that the original list had lots of males on it, so thats why there appears to be a ‘gender gap’. But when you look at the female list of Usual Speakers, it is just as stagnant.
So *I* would say, as someone on that list, to use that list to invite *new* people, people who are close by that you were unaware of, and get ideas for new speakers from YOUR area that you were unaware of, rather than using that list as a quota filler.
Thanks, ERV, that’s more or less the same analysis as I made in the intro to the list. I don’t think that event organizers are deliberately trying to not invite women. I think often they are not even considering many women, who are excellent speakers, for the reasons you outline.
I think event organizers are also subject to the same background level of unconscious gender prejudice as there is in society generally. That’s why the original lists have more men in the first place, and why the imbalance should be noticed and consciously addressed.
And I agree with you that organizers should invite new speakers, and do their own research in their own areas. So even if they can’t invite anyone from this list, reading this list may trigger some ideas of other new speakers suitable for their event.
I’d like to recommend Dr. Rosie Redfield. She is a University of British Columbia Associate Professor who has been published in Science and whose work has been featured in Wired Science. She has given talks for Vancouver Café Scientifique and Science Online Vancouver, and has appeared on some local podcasts. Her research blog is here: http://rrresearch.fieldofscience.com/
I can recommend Prof Christine Winterbourne, winner of NZs top science award last year.
http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/2011/11/17/2011-rutherford-medal/
Thanks. I have added Rosie and Christine.
Hello
Depending on how wide your brief is – I’d like to recommend a couple of brilliant, fellow female speakers who talk about digital tech. Both are very adaptable and can come up with something highly original to fit a theme – and both are practitioners in their field (hardware hacking):
- Leila Johnston. Technologist in residence at The Site Gallery, Sheffield, writer for Wired Magazine and others. An excellent speaker on digital technology, futurism and so on.
http://finalbullet.com/
- Rain Ashford – An expert in wearable technology, digital futures etc.
http://rainycatz.wordpress.com/
Ta.
Sarah
I recommend Katha Pollitt and Joan Smith. Well known columnists, both.
Barbara Ehrenreich would be a terrific addition to the list. She was writing about secular humanism long before the New Atheists.
I’ve now added Leila, Rain, Katha and Joan, plus the speakers just announced for CFI’s Women in Secularism 2 Conference in 2013.
I have also added hyperlinks to more of the names on the list. Eventually, all names will be hyperlinked.
More suggestions always welcome.
Humanistic Rabbi Miriam Jerris, Rabbi, Society for Humanistic Judaism:
http://www.iishj.org/faculty-staff.html
Rabbi Miriam Jerris
Rabbi Miriam Jerris has been a member of the Society for Humanistic Judaism and committed to its philosophic principles since 1970. She is rabbi of the Society for Humanistic Judaism. She serves as president of the Association of Humanistic Rabbis. Rabbi Jerris is the 2006 recipient of the Sherwin T. Wine Lifetime Achievement Award.
Rabbi Jerris holds Masters Degrees in Near Eastern Studies from the University of Michigan and in Humanistic and Clinical Psychology from the Center for Humanistic Studies, and a Ph.D. in Jewish Studies with a specialization in Pastoral Counseling from The Union Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was ordained by the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism. Rabbi Jerris serves on the faculty of the International Institute and serves as a mentor for the rabbinic students. She has officiated at intermarriage ceremonies and worked with intercultural families since 1985.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJW024Eevw0
Hey,
I’d also like to recommend Dr. Muireann Quigley (http://muireannquigley.com/).
She recently gave a talk on the uses and abuses of human tissue/cells/organs in the rapidly developing biotechnology industry at Dublin & Cork Skeptics in the Pub.
She’s based in Manchester University.
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