“STEMing the Tide: Female Experts and Peers act as “Social Vaccines” that Inoculate Young Women against Stereotypes and Increase their Participation in STEM Careers” Nilanjana Dasgupta is a social psychologist whose work focuses on the effects of social contexts on implicit stereotypes – particularly on factors which insulate women in STEM fields from harmful stereotypes […]
Teaching in All Types of Classrooms
We had a great time holding the Teaching in All Types of Classrooms Situation Room, and we hope you were there to participate! This event started with a brief introduction to teaching pedagogy and what are some of the most common mistakes made while teaching by the panel of experts. The panel for this situation […]
Teaching in All Types of Classrooms Situation Room with the Women in Transportation Society
You’ve asked and we’ve listened- the teaching assistant situation room is being offered again! Being a teaching assistant is quite common in graduate school, but rarely do you receive some sort of training in how to effectively teach in a discussion, lab, or lecture setting. This can inherently lead to anxiety and difficulties when in […]
Undergraduate/Graduate Student Mentoring Dinner
We’re looking for 30 graduate women volunteers for our last Undergraduate Mentoring Dinner for this semester. This is a chance to share your advice about applying to graduate schools and fellowships with undergraduate students in an informal setting. Sandwiches, salads, and desserts will be provided from Atkins Farm. Please let us know if you’re interested […]
GWIS-GRiD Team Building Luncheon # 3 – “Tank of Sharks”
Join GWIS and GRiD (Graduate Researchers Interested in Data) for the final team building luncheon (in this case, dinner) of the semester! This is the last event in the team building series, which has focused on bringing together international and non-international graduate students at UMass. The theme of the final event is “Tank of Sharks”. […]
CNS Women in Science Initiative Lecture and GWIS Reception
Please join us on Monday, March 28 for two special events: The CNS Women in Science Lecture and GWIS Reception immediately following. During the lecture, panelists will discuss what is being done at UMass to promote professional development and gender equity for women in STEM. The following reception is a chance for students, faculty, and […]
Undergraduate/Graduate Student Mentoring Dinner
We’re looking for some graduate student volunteers to help us host an undergraduate/graduate student mentoring dinner. At this event, we’ll be talking about ways to obtain summer research opportunities, both on-campus and off campus. We’ll also focus on how to write confident and clear professional emails to professors regarding research, and talking points when meeting […]
Writing Scientific Documents in LaTeX
Did you ever wish you could just tell Microsoft Word or any other word processor exactly how it should look without clicking through layers and layers of settings windows and buttons? Did you ever find typing equations to be far more difficult than writing them by hand? Did you ever wonder why so many textbooks […]
Speed Dating: Find Your Perfect Peer Mentoring Group!
Want to meet other graduate women in STEM? Already in a peer mentoring group, or want to join a new group? Come kick-off a new semester of GWIS Peer Mentoring. At this speed-dating event, you’ll get to meet and select the best peer mentoring group for you. In a peer mentoring group, you’ll have the […]
STEM Diversity Workshop
Dr. Connie Chow, a scientist and educator, infuses STEM with play, feminism and inclusion. She founded The-Exploratory (the-exploratory.org) to empower teachers and girls to bring science to life in Ghana. She’s an associate lecturer in the Honors College at UMass Boston and a visiting social entrepreneur at the Center for Women’s Health and Human Rights […]
