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Women in Science Organizations

Advocates for Women in Sceince, Engineering, and Mathematics: designed to bring together parents, educators, and women professionals in science-related fields to kindle and support yound women's interest in science, engineering, mathematics, and technology.

Assocation for Women in Science: organization dedicated to achieving equity and full participation for women in science, mathematics, engineering and technology.

Association for Women in Science and Engineering

The International Network of Women in Technology

Society of Women in Engineers

Women in Engineering Program Advocate's Network (WEPAN)

Women in Engineering Committee of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Committee on the Status of Women in Physics at the American Physical Society

Women in Cell Biology

American Medical Women's Association

Women in Medicine Program of the Association of American Medical Colleges

Women in Neuroscience

Women Nobel Prize Winners

Women in Science and Engineering Archives


General Science Organizations

American Association for the Advancement of Science: one of the largest science societies and also the publisher of Science.

American Geological Institute

American Institute of Physics

American Mathematical Society

American Physical Society

AstroWeb: a directory of astronomy and astrophysics related sites on the internet

BioChem Links: an online resource for biochem news, information, and educational resources

Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology

House of Representative Committee on Science

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE)

National Academies: includes the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council

National Science Foundation

Women's Organizations

National Organizations for Women (NOW)

The Women's Foundation: Provides funding, resources, and tools for women and girls

American Association of University Women: promotes educations and equity for all women and girls.

Expect the Best From A Girl: advertising campaign about encouraging girls.

College Organizations

Coming soon!

Mentoring

MentorNet: mentoring by e-mail for women in engineering, science, and mathematics.

The Role Model Project for Girls

Womentor.com: a mentorship project for women.

Online Publications

Frontiers: Electronic Newsletter of the National Science Foundation.

Women and Girl's Tech-Up: An online 'zine whose goal is to encourage women and girls to use technology to share ideas, opinions, support, creativity and political action.

Brown Organizations

The National Society of Black Engineers: Brown's chapter of the national organization

Tau Beta Pi: Brown's chapter of the national honor society for engineers.

American Institute of Chemical Engineers: Brown's chapter of the organization dedicated to chemical engineering.

The Catalyst: an interdiscplinary science magazine that aims to bridge the gap between the sciences and humantities.

The Third World Center: designed to promote racial and ethnic pluralism in the Brown community

Also at Brown:
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Black and Latino Pre-Medical Society (BLPMS)

Women of Color

American Indian Science and Engineering Society

National Society of Black Engineers

The New Scientist Program

Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network

Sistah's in Science

National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering

Scholarships for Minorities

Minority Research Opportunities

NIH Black Scientists Association

Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in the Sciences

The Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

Discussion Lists

Women in Science and Engineering Network (WISENET): The focus of this group is issues relevant to the education and employment of women in the sciences, mathematics, and engineering.
To subscribe, send a message to listserv@UICVM.CC.UIC.EDU, no subject, with the message "subscribe wisenet first_name last_name"

Women Undergraduates in Science (WOMUNSCI): a mailing list for discussion concerning the topic of increasing participation of undergraduate women in science. Membership is open of college science educators and women undergraduates interested in science.
To subscribe, send a message to majordomo@cs.umass.edu, no subject, with the message "subscribe womunsci_your e-mail address_your name"

Women in Techonology: The focus of this list is to discuss aspects of women in technology.
To subscribe, send a message to witi-request@aero.org.

Women in Physics: Over 750 subscribers from aroundt eh wrold exchange advice, network, and discuss issues of interest to women in physics.
To subcribe, send a message to majordomo@aps.org, no subject, with the message "subscribe wiphys"

Graduate Women in Science Electronic Discussion Group: this e-mail based group, affiliated with Sigma Delta Epsioln/Graduate Women in Science (SDE/GDWIS) has the goal of connecting women scientists.
To subsribe, send a message to sheri_cole@com-bsb.ucsb.edu.

Systers: a private, unmoderated e-mail list intended to allow professional women in the field of computing to be in contact. The intended membership of the list is the technical female computer professional and female students.
To subscribe, send a message to systers-admin@systers.org with "subscribe" in the subject line.

Women in Global Science and Technology Network (WIGSAT): a network of women scientists. One of the aims is to promote international collaboration and coalition building for development among women scientists and technologists around the world.
To subscribe, send a message to WIGSAT-L@list.ifias.ca, no subject, with the message "subscribe"


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