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  • Double Xpression: Darlene Cavalier of Science Cheerleader and SciStarter

    Darlene Cavalier (source) Darlene Cavalier (Twitter) is the hard-working and seemingly tireless founder of Science Cheerleader and SciStarter. She has held executive positions at Walt Disney Publishing and worked at Discover Magazine for more than 10 years. Darlene incorporated her experience and knowledge in serving as the prinicple investigator of a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to promote basic research th…

    Authored by on April 18, 2012

  • Don’t worry so much about being the right type of science role model

    …dent  Sara Callori wrote  about it and shared that it made her worry about her own efforts to be a good role model. Betz and Sekaquaptewa worked with two groups of middle school girls. With the first group (144 girls, mostly 11 and 12 years old) they first asked the girls for their three favourite school subjects and categorized any who said science or math as STEM-identified (STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). All of the girls th…

    Authored by on May 30, 2012

  • Mariette DiChristina

    …ninity and in what ways? How does this expression influence people’s perception of you in, say, a scientifically oriented context? MD: I was the oldest of three daughters raised by a single dad (my mom died when I was 12) and I was always a tomboy, playing softball through college and so on. So I can’t say I’ve ever been terribly feminine, at least in the stereotypical ways. At the same time, I’m obviously a wife and a mother who, like mo…

    Authored by on February 17, 2012

  • Double Xpression: Debbie Berebichez, PhD Physicist

    …ir life stories.  I didn’t have any family members, or anyone else for that matter, that had pursued a career in science, so I didn’t have a mentor or a role model.  I felt an extreme kinship with Tycho Brahe, who in the late 1500’s was locked in a tower, doing all of these calculations for years, hated by everyone in the town.  Go figure! I felt some kinship with these scientists.   But I didn’t have the courage nor the means to switch majors. …

    Authored by on June 2, 2012

  • Double Xpression: Liz Neeley, Science Communicator Extraordinaire

    …s code thing.  One day, when I was in the lab, I was wearing this pink, strappy sundress, tied up the back, and these stupid platform sandals that were really tall (clearly not appropriate lab gear).  I was scrubbing out this 100-gallon oyster tank and my advisor happened to walk by and he sees me doing this. I remember freezing – all of the sudden I was afraid he was going to mock me or lecture me, but he just said, “Oh, Liz… Keep on.” My gradu…

    Authored by on June 11, 2012

  • Double Xpression: Karyn Traphagen, co-founder of ScienceOnline

    …llenbosch (South Africa). She has trained physics teachers through the University of Virginia’s Physics department and traveled to South Sudan to conduct professional development training for local teachers. She has more than 10 years of experience developing and teaching online courses. In addition to her science work, Karyn maintains a freelance graphic design studio. Her latest project was a work on Ancient Near Eastern royal inscriptions….

    Authored by on July 9, 2012

  • Double Xpressions: Jennifer Canale, the self-proclaimed "Flamboyant Scientist"

    …ive to a point, but when I asked for an erector set for Christmas, I got a Barbie town house. When I wanted to go camping with the Girl Scouts, I was sent to dance school (but, much to my amazement, I enjoyed that until I was 17).  My parents started giving in around 3rdgrade, and I got the panda bear-shaped calculator I wanted, as well as the robot toy 2XL featuring the 8-track tape. My mom would beg me to watch Little House On the Prairie, but…

    Authored by on November 30, 2012

  • Diversity in Science Carnival #14: Women’s History Month–Exploring the role of women in the STEM enterprise

    …s, women working in the trenches of science, contributing to the enterprise of STEM in ways big and small. Women like Arlene Frances Fung, whose bio tells us she was born in Trinidad, went to medical school in Ireland, and by 1968 was engaged in chromosome research at a cancer institute in Philadelphia. From Trinidad to cancer research, her story is one of the millions we could tell about women’s historical contributions to science, if only we co…

    Authored by on March 29, 2012

  • Planning a science fair project? First, understand their purpose

     Yeoman 1st Class Nicole Oliver, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), asks a student to explain her science project during a science fair at Campostella Elementary School. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joey Morgon/Released) Science fairs. Home of propped up tri-form posterboard and awkwardly placed cutout letters, all announcing scientific breakthroughs that have–let’…

    Authored by on November 22, 2011

  • How to find science near you

    …ion, but a place to do some hands-on science. Science Centers exist all over the world. Some are geared for children, but some include adults (and I enjoy playing with the kids science activities as an adult.) A listing as of 1999 exists here . However, googling “science centers” and your location (or a location you are visiting) will hopefully provide a more up-to-date result. Please comment if you know if another way for someone to find science…

    Authored by on May 28, 2012

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