CURRENT SWS NEWS:

April 15, 2009 - Naomi Quinn wins Psychological Anthropology 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award

April 2009 - Xiaobai Sun (computer science) promoted to Professor.

Overview of SWS

The Senior Women in Science (SWS) is a group organized around the realization that the Natural Science departments in Duke's School of Arts & Sciences lag significantly behind the Humanities and Social Sciences in achieving parity for women. This is not unique to Duke, as nationwide the number of female professors in the sciences is low. The SWS was established in the Fall of 2004. Its members include full and associate female professors who are regular faculty in the Natural Sciences. The ultimate goal of the SWS is to improve the climate for all women scientists at Duke, including undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, staff and faculty.

SWS Advisory Committee 2009-10

Christine Drea (Evolutionary Anthropology), Marcy Uyenoyama (Biology), Tina Williams (Psychology & Neuroscience), Kate Scholberg (Physics) Naomi Quinn (Cultural Anthropology), Barbara Shaw (Chemistry), Susan Rodger (Computer Science), Louise Roth (Biology), Roxanne Springer (Physics), Dalene Stangl (Statistical Science), Merlise Clyde (Statistics).

Picture of SWS Advisory Committee 2008-09

The 2008-09 advisory committee of SWS after its fall meeting on September 28. From left to right, front row: Christine Drea (Evolutionary Anthropology), Tina Williams (Psychology & Neuroscience), Kate Scholberg (Physics); middle row, Naomi Quinn (Cultural Anthropology), Barbara Shaw (Chemistry), Susan Rodger (Computer Science); back row, Louise Roth (Biology), Roxanne Springer (Physics), Dalene Stangl (Statistical Science).

Co-conveners 2009-10