Negotiation and the Gender Divide - Sara Laschever
| Date/Time: | Friday, 28 Apr 2006 at 3:00 pm |
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| Location: | Sun Room, Memorial Union |
| Cost: | Free |
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| Phone: | 515-294-9934 |
| Channel: | Lecture Series |
| Categories: | Lectures |
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Project Access explored impediments to women's careers in science--the hindrances, both internal and external, that prevent women from rising to the tops of their fields. For Project Access, Ms. Laschever interviewed over 200 scientists, both men and women, from all over the country, wrote biographical sketches of each, and summarized her findings in a lengthy document now archived at the Murray Center for Research on Women at Harvard University. Ms. Laschever's work on Project Access contributed to the publication of two seminal studies in this field, Gender Differences in Science Careers: The Project Access Study and Who Succeeds in Science? The Gender Dimension, both by G. Sonnert, assisted by G. Holton.
She has worked as a writer and editor for almost 25 years and her work has been published by the New York Review of Books, the New York Times, the Village Voice, the Harvard Business Review, Vogue, Mademoiselle, the Boston Globe, the Boston Phoenix, the Boston Review, and many other publications. She has taught writing at Boston University and privately edited books published by the Harvard Business School Press, Perseus Books, Hyperion Books, and Alfred A. Knopf. She also worked for three years as a senior writer and editor at Mercer Management Consulting in Lexington, Massachusetts.
In 1994, Ms. Laschever co-founded the journal millennium pop, a quarterly journal (now a web-site) devoted to serious commentary about popular culture. She has appeared on the Boston area television discussion programs, "The Group," "Greater Boston," and "New England Cable NewsNight" as a cultural commentator. She earned her degree in English Literature from Princeton University and a master's degree in creative writing from Boston University.
Summit Information:
Second Annual Iowa Women's Leadership Summit
Friday, April 28, 2006
11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Memorial Union
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
An Open Invitation
Women leaders from education, politics, business, and non-profit organizations in Iowa will gather to discuss and develop strategies for building women's leadership in the state. Sarah Laschever will speak on "Negotiation and the Gender Divide". Preceding her 3:00 p.m. presentation, the summit will include networking lunch and concurrent workshops on how to advance women in leadership positions. Students, faculty, and staff from educational institutions are invited to register as are those interested in women's leadership roles in politics, business, non-profit and community organizations.
Each participant may register for two of the following workshops:
Assessing Your Leadership Style
Effective Communication Strategies
Leadership in a Diverse Workplace
Do I Need a Coach?
Mentoring: A Two-way Street to Success
Taking Risks to Get Ahead
Navigating Work/Family Balance
A complete schedule of events and registration is available at:
http://www.wlc.provost.iastate.edu/
There is no registration fee, but all participants must be registered by April 10, 2006. For additional information, please contact:
Siti Sabtu-Schaper
515-294-9591
The summit is part of the Advancing Women Leaders initiatives sponsored by the ISU University Committee on Women, Women's Leadership Consortium, Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, Office of the Provost, and The Committee on Lectures (funded by Government of Student Body).