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New Book Available
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A Hand Up: Women Mentoring Women in Science |
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February 2006 |
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2005, by The Association for Women in Science. Editor Deborah C. Fort. Paperback, 507 pp. This new edition of the classic paper mentor by The Association for Women in Science (AWIS) has been thoroughly revised to reflect the realities of women in science, mathematics, technology, and engineering face in the new millennium. Through interviews and essays, both veteran women in science and others new to the field offer specific and practical insights, advice, and assistance to females who would enter scientific fields and to those already there. Virtually every contributor offers to serve as a mentor and/or to try to provide any advice sought to any woman scientist in search of help. Contact information accompanies all 37 interviews with women scientists, postdoctoral fellows, and students. A Hand Up concludes with a section guiding aspiring women scientists to organizations, electronic resources, and how-to practical recommendations in their searches for successful professional outcomes. Some barriers have been breached; others remain for women scientists in general and for Hispanic ones in particular. To investigate and mitigate such hurdles, AWIS describes the struggles and triumphs of the latter group in particular detail. The book is available from AWIS for $34.95 nonmember/$29.95 member: 1200 New York Ave., NW Suite 650 Washington DC 20005; phone 202-326-8940;
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