Success Strategies for Women in Science
A Portable Mentor
- 1st Edition - November 9, 2005
- Editor: Peggy A. Pritchard
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 0 8 8 4 1 1 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 5 5 6 5 - 5
Success Strategies for Women in Science: A Portable Mentor focuses on a wealth of knowledge and years of experience of successful female scientists from industry, government,… Read more
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* Written by outstanding female scienctists representing diverse scientific backgrounds and interests
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* A professional resource with international perspective
Contributors
Foreword
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Prologue
1. Career Management
2. Continuing Professional Development
3. Training and Working Abroad
4. Climbing the Ladder
5. Mentoring
6. Networking
7. Mental Toughness
8. Personal Style
9. Communicating Science
10. Time Stress
11. Balancing Professional and Personal Life
12. Transitions
Index
- No. of pages: 352
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 9, 2005
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780120884117
- eBook ISBN: 9780080455655
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Peggy A. Pritchard
Ms. Pritchard has presented seminars and facilitated workshops for women in STEM at all academic levels in North America and Europe. The hosting institutions have included the University of California Berkeley (USA), the University of Leicester (UK), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), and the Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal). Her work has also been presented at international, national and regional scientific conferences, women in science meetings, and education conferences. Ms. Pritchard is one of the editors of the first and second editions of Success Strategies from Women in STEM: A Portable Mentor