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"Mentoring Plans for Postdoctoral Associates," NSF Joint Annual Meeting (JAM) June 2009, Cathee Johnson Phillips, NPA Executive Director and ADVANCE PI, spoke on postdoc mentoring plans. For more information, contact Cathee at cjphillips at nationalpostdoc.org.
Download the presentation: Mentoring Plans for Postdoctoral Associates.


Poster: "NPA ADVANCE: Helping Postdoc Women Advance in the Academic Pipeline," ADVANCE PI Meeting October 2009, Kathleen Flint, NPA ADVANCE Project Manager.
Download the poster: NPA ADVANCE PI Meeting 09 Poster


Conference: National Summit on Gender and the Postdoctorate March 2010, slides from the plenary and breakout presentations are available on the Summit Web site.
Summit Presentation Slides


"Tips and Tools for Mentoring Postdoc Women," American Chemical Society Meeting March 2010, Kathleen Flint, NPA ADVANCE Project Manager, presented at a symposium on "Successful Mentoring Strategies to Facilitate the Advancement of Women Faculty"
Download the presentation: Tips and Tools for Mentoring Postdoc Women


"Postdocs and Title IX," ADVANCE PI Meeting November 2010, Cathee Johnson Phillips, NPA Executive Director and ADVANCE PI, presented at a session on "Title IX and the ADVANCE Mission," examining the implications of Title IX for broadening the participation of women in academic science.
Download the presentation: Title IX and Postdocs


"Early-Career Gender Issues: Navigating the Leaky Pipeline," Medical College of Wisconsin February 2011, Kathleen Flint Ehm, NPA ADVANCE Project Manager, presented data on reasons graduate student and postdoc women state for leaving the academic career pipeline and strategies these women can use to optimize their career choices.
Download the presentation: ADVANCE MCW Feb2011


Workshop: "NPA ADVANCE: Facilitating the Advancement of Postdoc Women at Your Institution,"  NPA Annual Meeting March 2011, a NPA ADVANCE-sponsored workshop which provided an overview of the key challenges for postdoc women and an introduction to some promising practices for assisting these women to advance their careers.

 

Workshop Presentations:

"Postdoc Gender Issues: Patching the Leaky Pipeline," Kathleen Flint Ehm, NPA ADVANCE Project Manager

"Postdocs, Federal Initiatives and Title IX," Cathee Johnson Phillips, NPA Executive Director and ADVANCE PI

"Programs and Lessons Learned Through ADVANCE," Jan Rinehart, Executive Director, ADVANCE Program, Rice University


Poster: "NPA ADVANCE: Facilitating Women's Advancement in the Academic Career Pipeline," NPA Annual Meeting March 2011, Kathleen Flint Ehm, Project Manager, and Cathee Johnson Phillips, NPA Executive Director and ADVANCE PI.
Download the poster: NPA ADVANCE poster NPA 2011 Ann Mtg


"Facilitating Postdoc Women’s Advancement in the Academic Career Pipeline," Oregon State University May 2011, Cathee Johnson Phillips, NPA Executive Director and ADVANCE PI, presented an overview of national trends for postdocs and postdoc women and offered recommendations for how institutions, federal agencies and individual postdocs can foster postdoc women's career advancement in academia.
Download the presentation: Facilitating Postdoc Women's Advancement


"Postdoc Women and the Leaky Pipeline: Strategies for Advancing Your Academic Career," Stony Brook University June 2011, Kathleen Flint Ehm, NPA ADVANCE Project Manager, presented data on reasons postdoc women state for leaving the academic career pipeline and strategies these women can use to advance their academic career.
Download the presentation: Postdoc Women and the Leaky Pipeline


"Gender Issues for Postdocs: Navigating the Leaky Pipeline," Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute July 2011, Kathleen Flint Ehm, NPA ADVANCE Project Manager, presented data on the factors influencing postdoc women's continuation in the academic career pipeline, and offered recommendations for what institutions and individual postdocs can do to optimize postdocs' career choices.
Download the presentation: Gender Issues for Postdocs


Poster: "NPA ADVANCE: Family-Friendly Resources for Women Postdocs," ADVANCE PI Meeting November 2011, Kathleen Flint Ehm, NPA ADVANCE Project Manager, and Cathee Johnson Phillips, NPA ADVANCE PI AND NPA Executive Director.
Download the poster: NPA ADVANCE PI Meeting 11 Poster


Workshop: "Institutional Strategies for Advancing Postdoc Women's Careers,"  NPA Annual Meeting March 2012, a NPA ADVANCE-sponsored workshop which provided an introduction to challenges and strategies for fostering the advancement of postdoc women's careers, including discussion of specific challenges for institutions in implementing such strategies.

 

Workshop Presentations:

"Institutional Strategies for Advancing Postdoc Women's Careers," Kathleen Flint Ehm, NPA ADVANCE Project Manager

"Do Babies Matter?" Mary Ann Mason, Professor of the Graduate School and Faculty Co-Director of the Earl Warren Institute for Law and Social Policy, University of California, Berkeley

 



Articles


"NPA to Foster Postdoc-to-Faculty Transition for Women Scientists," Spring 2009, Kathleen Flint, NPA ADVANCE Project Manager
POSTDOCket, the NPA Newsletter, POSTDOCket Spring09 - ADVANCE Announcement

"NPA to Host Summit on Postdocs and Gender," Fall 2009, Kathleen Flint, NPA ADVANCE Project Manager
POSTDOCket, the NPA Newsletter, POSTDOCket Fall09 - Summit Announcement

"The National Postdoctoral Association to Host National Summit on Gender and the Postdoctorate," December 2009, Kathleen Flint, NPA ADVANCE Project Manager
University of California Postdoc Newsletter, Dec09

"Greater Retention Efforts Aimed at Postdoc Women," May 2010, Kathleen Flint, NPA ADVANCE Project Manager
University of California Postdoc Newsletter, May10

"NPA Holds First Summit on Career Advancement for Women Postdocs," Spring 2010, Kathleen Flint, NPA ADVANCE Project Manager
POSTDOCket, the NPA Newsletter, Spring 2010 (Volume 8, Issue 2)

"NPA ADVANCE Update," Spring 2010, Kathleen Flint, NPA ADVANCE Project Manager
NPA Newsletter, Spring 2010 (Volume 8, Issue 2)

"Postdocs with Families: Preparing for Pregnancy and Maternity Leave," Summer 2011, Kathleen Flint Ehm, NPA ADVANCE Project Manager, & Amelia Linnemann, University of Wisconsin-Madison Postdoctoral Fellow
POSTDOCket, the NPA Newsletter, Summer 2011 (Volume 9, Issue 3)

"Planning for Maternity Leave: A Postdoc's Tale," November 2011, Kathleen Flint Ehm, NPA ADVANCE Project Manager
University of California Postdoc Newsletter, Nov11

"Demystifying Maternity Planning for Postdocs," November 2011, Kathleen Flint Ehm, NPA ADVANCE Project Manager
ASBMB Today, November 2011, 8

"Tips for Talking to your Supervisor about Parental Leave," Fall 2011, Amelia Linnemann, University of Wisconsin-Madison Postdoctoral Fellow, & Kathleen Flint Ehm, NPA ADVANCE Project Manager
POSTDOCket, the NPA Newsletter, Fall 2011 (Volume 9, Issue 4)

 

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0819994. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

 

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