Overview
- Provides honest personal accounts of the rewards and challenges of combining motherhood with an academic career in chemistry
- Addresses the issue of barriers to academic careers for women
- Inspires future generations of women considering academic careers in science
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Personal Accounts and Advice
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Safety in the Lab
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About this book
Reviews
From the book reviews:
“The relaxed narrative is accessible for all chemists planning their futures as parent-academics, providing resources and support for achieving both personal and professional fulfillment. Summing Up: Recommended. All chemistry students, researchers/faculty, and professionals/practitioners.” (D. L. Jacobs, Choice, Vol. 52 (7), March, 2015)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Kimberly Woznack is an Associate Professor at California University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Woznack served as the Chair of the Department of Chemistry & Physics from 2011-2014. Dr. Woznack has been a proud member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) Women's Consortium since 2005. Dr. Woznack has been an Associate Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Women Chemist Committee (WCC) since 2011. Dr. Woznack, her husband and two sons, live in south western Pennsylvania.
Dr. Renee Cole is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Iowa. Dr. Cole has served as a Councilor for the Division of Chemical Education since 2011 and as an Associate Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Women Chemists Committee (WCC) since 2012. Dr. Cole is also an associate editor for the Journal of Chemical Education. She is actively involved in the POGIL (Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) project at a national and international level. Her research focuses on issues related to how students learn chemistry and how that guides the design of instructional materials and teaching strategies as well on efforts related to faculty development and the connection between chemistry education research and the practice of teaching. She and her husband and daughter live in Eastern Iowa.
Dr. Cecilia Marzabadi is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Seton Hall University. She served as Associate Chair and Director of Graduate Studies for the department from 2009-2013. She also served as the Acting Director for the Elizabeth Ann Seton Center for Women's Studies from 2005-2006 and was a Clare Boothe Luce Professor between 1999-2004. She is an Alternate Councilor for the North Jersey Section of the ACS and was Chair of the section's Organic Topical Group in 2003-2004. Dr. Marzabadi has been an Associate Member of the American Chemical Society's Women Chemist Committee since 2013. Sheand her husband reside in north eastern New Jersey. Her research interests are in synthetic organic and carbohydrate chemistry and in the promotion and retention of women in the STEM fields.
Dr. Gail Webster is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Chemistry Department at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC. She is a member of the American Association of University Women, the American Chemical Society (ACS) and is a member of the Women Chemists Committee (WCC). She has served on the WCC since 2007. Dr. Webster is involved in developing student-centered pedagogy for the POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) Project. She's facilitated numerous workshops for the organization and is a member of the POGIL Project Steering Committee. Dr. Webster, her husband and two daughters reside in the central piedmont region of North Carolina.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mom the Chemistry Professor
Book Subtitle: Personal Accounts and Advice from Chemistry Professors who are Mothers
Editors: Renée Cole, Cecilia Marzabadi, Gail Webster, Kimberly Woznack
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06044-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-06043-9Published: 26 June 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-06044-6Published: 11 June 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 209
Number of Illustrations: 72 illustrations in colour
Topics: Chemistry/Food Science, general, Job Careers in Science and Engineering, Gender Studies