Women and Scientific Literacy Seminars: Five Years Later
Bonnie Shulman, Department of Mathematics, Bates College
In 1997, an interdisciplinary group of thirty four colleagues (nearly 20 percent of the faculty) at Bates College began two years of faculty development seminars on gender and science. Our work was part of a larger project funded by AAC&U, with help from National Science Foundation, entitled "Women and Scientific Literacy: Building Two-Way Streets." The "two-way street" was intended "to bridge the gulf between science and women's studies."

Catalysts, Agents of Change in Big and Small Ways
Mary Ann Leung, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington
It was not easy for me to transition from a small liberal arts women's college to a large, public, research-intensive doctoral program. Nor was I entirely prepared for the challenges of being a woman in science, let alone a racial minority and an older student. However, I believe we should seek the lessons that adversity has to teach, and so I found myself looking for ways graduate students in the chemistry department at the University of Washington (UW) could support each other and explore issues related to gender in science.