https://www.womenacademia.com/home daily 1.0 2020-06-10 https://www.womenacademia.com/donate daily 0.75 2020-05-27 https://www.womenacademia.com/about daily 0.75 2020-05-27 https://www.womenacademia.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-05-26 https://www.womenacademia.com/interviews daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://www.womenacademia.com/interviews/tiffany-butler monthly 0.5 2020-05-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb578e3dd95d46f517e7c3e/t/5ec544402788383655396bb1/1589986380326/6A1C3193-B617-468F-B59C-9A90FC8A436D+copy.jpg Interviews - Professor Tiffany A. Butler - Professor Tiffany Butler, PhD, ATC is a professor in the Biomedical Engineering department at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA. After receiving her masters and doctoral degrees in Kinesiology (Athletic Training, Integrative Exercise Physiology) with a research focus on bone and bone biomechanics at Temple University, she came to WPI to combine her love for education and passion for exercise science. At WPI, Professor Butler also serves as the Director of Multicultural Affairs and is motivated in mentoring people groups who are under-represented in the STEM fields. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb578e3dd95d46f517e7c3e/t/5ec3e4b36b3f7b39b028ee66/1589896520823/6A1C3193-B617-468F-B59C-9A90FC8A436D.jpg Interviews - Professor Tiffany A. Butler - “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” - Maya Angelou Professor Butler’s Favorite Saying. https://www.womenacademia.com/interviews/marilyn-minus monthly 0.5 2020-05-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb578e3dd95d46f517e7c3e/t/5ec68669a155792a0fa0b08e/1590068876526/IMG_1869.jpg Interviews - Professor Marilyn Minus - Professor Marilyn Minus is a Professor and the Department Chair and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies and Research at Northeastern University. Prior to joining Northeastern, Dr. Minus obtained her PhD in polymer engineering in 2008 from the Georgia Institute of Technology. In 2017, Professor Marilyn Minus was selected by Georgia Tech's College of Engineering Council to receive an Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni Award for her research contributions and service as a faculty at Northeastern University. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb578e3dd95d46f517e7c3e/t/5ec6860fc401040f5243bd41/1590068773184/IMG_1875.jpg Interviews - Professor Marilyn Minus - “Believe in yourself even when everything is going wrong.” Professor Minus’ advice to others. https://www.womenacademia.com/interviews/cristina-ballantine monthly 0.5 2020-05-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb578e3dd95d46f517e7c3e/t/5ec68f000294b72e786ba534/1590071059086/A6015112-A790-4E25-BD2B-EEB668EDF653.JPG Interviews - Professor Cristina Ballantine - Professor Cristina Ballantine is in the Mathematics / Computer Science Department at the College of the Holy Cross. Her research interests involve Number Theory, Automorphic Forms and Representation Theory, Buildings, Algebraic Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Visualization of Complex Functions. She received her PhD from the University of Toronto in 1998 with a thesis on Hypergraphs and Automorphic Forms, advised by Professor James Arthur. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb578e3dd95d46f517e7c3e/t/5ec6912f51b98d3f2f0a66d8/1590071621884/IMG_1378.jpg Interviews - Professor Cristina Ballantine - “My love for research is what makes me happy.” Professor Ballantine’s motivation for what she does. https://www.womenacademia.com/interviews/kate-ziemer monthly 0.5 2020-05-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb578e3dd95d46f517e7c3e/t/5ec54510e98dd579aa0cc923/1589986608593/IMG_1330.jpg Interviews - Professor Kate Ziemer - Professor Ziemer spent seven years in industry as a chemical engineer with DuPont prior to earning her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from West Virginia University in 2001. She has 70 refereed publications and over 110 presentations on both educational and research topics. In addition to maintaining an active research program and teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses, Kate has served her department and college as Undergraduate Program Chair, ABET Coordinator, Graduate Program Chair, and, most recently, as Vice-Chair of the Chemical Engineering Department. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb578e3dd95d46f517e7c3e/t/5ec3f07e03cad50b20ca2440/1589899409932/IMG_1332.jpg Interviews - Professor Kate Ziemer - “Bloom where you’re planted.” Professor Ziemer’s favorite piece of advice from her mom. https://www.womenacademia.com/interviews/jeannine-coburn monthly 0.5 2020-05-29 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb578e3dd95d46f517e7c3e/t/5ec543c17a85c967d8b89a34/1589986267029/B0B4394C-7D6A-42FF-9D06-E5B1EAD6A248.JPG Interviews - Professor Jeannine Coburn - Dr. Jeannine M. Coburn is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a collaborative appointment in Chemical Engineering. She is the Principal Investigator of the Functional Biomaterials Lab at WPI, where the overall objectives of her research are to develop clinically translatable tissue regeneration and drug delivery strategies, and three-dimensional, in vitro human disease models using biologically-derived biomaterials. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb578e3dd95d46f517e7c3e/t/5ec543f6aad874237668f2e6/1589986332677/IMG_1399.jpg Interviews - Professor Jeannine Coburn - “Carefully utilize negative feedback.” Professor’s Coburn favorite piece of advice. https://www.womenacademia.com/interviews/rachelle-reisberg monthly 0.5 2020-06-24 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb578e3dd95d46f517e7c3e/t/5ec54de788592c23610525ec/1589988920453/1827948A-A8ED-4B7A-93D4-F34CC0EE0038.JPG Interviews - Professor Rachelle Reisberg - For the past 18 years, Professor Reisberg has been at Northeastern University where she is the Assistant Dean of Enrollment Management and Retention and the Director of Women in Engineering. As the advisor for Northeastern’s Society of Women Engineers chapter, she has guided many young women into becoming successful engineers and leaders. Prior to joining Northeastern University, Reisberg held a wide range of management positions in IBM and Hanover Insurance, and was the President of a high tech start-up company. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb578e3dd95d46f517e7c3e/t/5ec40bf508ff5c6ac06f7670/1589906474355/IMG_1342.jpg Interviews - Professor Rachelle Reisberg - “Don’t be afraid to take risks.” Professor Reisberg’s advice to her younger self. https://www.womenacademia.com/interviews/sarah-mcmenamin monthly 0.5 2020-05-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb578e3dd95d46f517e7c3e/t/5ec695efe6611d64200b651c/1590458533880/IMG_1882.jpg Interviews - Professor Sarah McMenamin - Professor Sarah McMenamin is an Assistant Professor of Biology and the Principal Investigator of the McMenamin Lab at Boston College. The McMenamin Lab uses the zebrafish model to ask questions about how vertebrates coordinate development at different life stages. Professor McMenamin is one of four faculty collaborators on the Women in STEM Initiative at Boston College. This initiative aims to establish a new program focused on promoting and enhancing women’s successes, and it includes four interconnected and synergistic interdisciplinary initiatives on campus. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb578e3dd95d46f517e7c3e/t/5ec695702704f65ee1832281/1590458516164/IMG_1887.jpg Interviews - Professor Sarah McMenamin - “Don’t take no for an answer.” Professor McMenamin’s advice to others. https://www.womenacademia.com/interviews/project-two-7s6yn monthly 0.5 2020-05-29 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb578e3dd95d46f517e7c3e/t/5ecc7d2aad7651665840f4e9/1590459703882/IMG_9264.jpg Interviews - Professor Kristina Wilson - Dr. Wilson received a B.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University in 1993 and 2001, respectively. She joined the Clark faculty in the autumn of 2004. Wilson has published three award-winning books. Her book about museums and the popularizing of American modernism is The Modern Eye: Stieglitz, MoMA, and the Art of the Exhibition, 1925-1934 (Yale University Press, 2009). The Modern Eye was awarded the 2011 Charles C. Eldredge Prize for distinguished scholarship in American art by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb578e3dd95d46f517e7c3e/t/5ecc7d8d9259ee3d45eabb62/1590459794126/IMG_9261%2B2.jpg Interviews - Professor Kristina Wilson - “Go forward, hold onto your story and your experiences.” Professor Wilson’s insight. https://www.womenacademia.com/interviews/ozlem-ergun monthly 0.5 2020-05-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb578e3dd95d46f517e7c3e/t/5ecc7a27b4f8de1f779a1219/1590458959696/IMG_1863.jpg Interviews - Professor Ozlem Ergun - Professor Ergun is a Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University as well as an affiliated faculty in the Electrical and Computer Engineering and Global Institute Resilience Departments. Recently, Professor Ergun and her team, in collaboration with the state of Massachusetts, created a matching optimization algorithm and on online portal called COVID-19 Long Term Care Facility Staffing Team. The portal coordinates the intake of job applicants’ information and matches it automatically to an ever-changing list of facility staffing needs. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb578e3dd95d46f517e7c3e/t/5ecc7cbb0d634c6b2aaa9c69/1590459587505/IMG_1859.jpg Interviews - Professor Ozlem Ergun - “Trust yourself, work hard, and ask for help when you need it.” Professor Ergun’s advice to others.