Winter 2007 Events

  • Getting Results: The Next Generation of Women Scientists

    image of scientist Monday, March 26, 2007. Cubberley Auditorium, School of Education, 485 Lasuen Mall, Stanford campus.

    For the long term health of our society and economy, it is vital to keep all young people interested in the pursuit of science. But young women fall by the wayside sooner and in larger numbers than the young men. Why? And what can we do about it?

    The Clayman Institute invited the public, and particularly our local middle and high school communities, to view a screening of "The Gender Chip Project," a documentary following a group of young women in science courses at Ohio State University from their freshman year to making career decisions. The film was followed by a panel discussion (audience participation encouraged), and a reception with light refreshments. Free and all were welcome to attend.

    Co-sponsored by Stanford's School of Education, School of Earth Sciences, Department of Computer Science, Department of Electrical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Women's Community Center, the Science and Engineering Graduate Women's Association, and the Association of American University Women.

    4:00pm     Welcome: Adina Paytan, Assistant Professor, Geological and Environmental Sciences

    4:10pm     Film Screening: The Gender Chip Project

    5:00pm    Panel discussion:

    Jennifer Kohler, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology
    Marie Wolbach, Founder, Tech Trek Science Camp, American Association of University Women, California
    Tracy Terry, Graduate student in the Department of Chemistry and Co-founder, Stanford's Science and Engineering Graduate Women's Association (SEGWA)
    Helen DeMichiel, Producer and Director of The Gender Chip Project
    Nick Triantos, Board Director, Sand Hill Angels

    6:00pm     Reception with representatives of local science and industry organizations

    Stanford Undergraduate Admissions
    Stanford Bookstore
    SEGWA (Stanford's Science and Engineering Graduate Women's Association)
    IISME (Industry Initiatives for Science and Math Education)
    Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
    MentorNet
    Tech Trek
    Sally Ride Science Camps
    Cisco Systems, Inc.
    Expanding Your Horizons Network

    7:00pm     Close

    Parking is free, unrestricted and plentiful on campus after 4:00pm. For a map and directions to Cubberley, see Cubberley Directions

    For more information, contact Jane Gruba-Chevalier at jmgruba AT stanford.edu (650-725-0372).

    Video: Streaming Video of the Panel Discussion

    Users need to have Real Player 9.0 or later. If you would like to download the free Real Player software, find the "Free Real Player" link located in the upper right hand corner of the following page, choose the "Basic Player" download. Real Player download.

  • Clayman Institute Open House, February 15, 2007

    The staff of Clayman Institute was delighted to welcome a steady stream of people to our newly renovated home, Serra House, on Thursday February 15. We were pleased to host a lunch for affiliated faculty, and coffee for graduate students; plus welcome some of our scholars and former associates, as well as host a seminar with vocalist Linda Tillery. As part of the day, our guests were invited to try a gender trivia quiz in the hope of winning a $25 gift certificate to the Stanford Bookstore. Our lucky winner is Lori Flores, a graduate affiliate of the Institute who also works with the Women's Community Center. She got 10 right answers out of 20 questions - it was a tough quiz! - and her tie-breaker was: "Gender Research is important because not enough has yet been said on the contributions, diversity, concerns and communities of women around the world, and the ways in which gender can be explored as an analytic category." Gender quiz with answers here


  • image of Linda Tillery performing

    Linda Tillery, "Concertizing the Golden Triangle"


    Vocalist and percussionist Linda Tillery explores the emerging social and cultural characteristics of slave populations along the route known as the Golden Triangle - the route of forced migration to the Americas that began on the docks of Bristol, England, moved to the slave coast of Africa (Ghana, Benin and Nigeria), then on to the Americas and the Caribbean. Ms. Tillery also spoke about her career in performance, and took questions from the audience.

    This event was co-sponsored by The Committee on Black Performing Arts and the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford.

    Thursday February 15, 2007 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
    Serra House.

  • Dolores Hayden, "Making Women's History Visible in the Urban Landscape: The Power of Place Project in Los Angeles" Haydenbookcover


    Tuesday, April 3, 2007 from 11:30am - 1:00pm at Serra House in the Conference Room. All faculty and graduate students invited. Lunch was provided.
    Dolores Hayden, current fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and Professor of Architecture and American Studies at Yale University spoke about how feminist perspectives on gender, labor, and ethnicity can broaden the practice of public history and public art, enlarge urban preservation, and contribute to a more complete and equitable urban history. Professor Hayden is the author of The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History (MIT Press), and her web site is www.DoloresHayden.com.


  • January 23, 2007 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm
    Op-Ed Writing Masterclass with Katie Orenstein.