Solutions for Achieving Gender Equity: International Perspectives  

Symposium Organizer & Moderator 

Dr. Lynnette D. Madsen, National Science Foundation

Symposium Co-Organizer

Dr. Catherine Didion, US National Academies

Dr. Lynnette D. Madsen National Science Foundation

• Program Director since 2000 at NSF: Ceramics + short assignments to (i) ADVANCE, (ii) International Office, and (iii) Human Capital Analysis and Planning Branch 

• Engaged with Professional Scientific and Engineering Societies re. diversity issues

• Personal time: book (2015) Inspirational Profiles of 100 Successful Women: Ceramic and Glass Scientists and Engineers from around the world

“Kitty” Didion

• Co-Organizer• Director, Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine

• Senior Program Officer, National Academy of Engineering

• US National Academies• cdidion@nas.edu; 202-334-1737

K. Surekha RaoSchool of Business and Economics

Indiana University NW 

• Presentation: Economic Influence and Impact of Gender Equity

• Inequality of opportunity • Lack of women in quality jobs• Unequal pay persists• Payoff: Economic Growth

Pär Omling                   European Science Foundation

• Presentation: Diversity Fuels Excellence in Research and Innovation

Kathrin ZippelSociology, Northeastern University

• Presentation: Women and International Research Collaborations

Sue Rosser San Francisco State University 

• Discussant• authored and edited 13 books & written approximately 130 journal articles on the theoretical & applied problems of women and science and women’s health

• Recent book - Breaking into the Lab:  Engineering Progress for Women in Science (NYU Press: 2012)

• Serves AAAS Executive Board, 2010-14