8:30-9:00 | Continental breakfast, Registration in the Marina Ballroom registration area |
9:00-9:15 | Welcome, introductions, and overview of the day's workshop Kathleen Johnson, Manager of LPI Education and Program Services |
9:15-9:45 | Women in Science: Encouraging Trends and Persistent Questions Lynn Narasimhan, Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Director of the Space Science Center for Education and Outreach, DePaul University, Chicago, IL |
9:45-10:15 | What Does it Take for a Woman to Make it in Science? Penny Morris-Smith, Assistant Professor of Natural Science, University of Houston, Downtown |
10:15-10:30 | Break |
10:30- 11:00 | Engaging Minority Women in Math
& Science Eva Graham, Manager of Minority Education Initiatives and the Minority Education / Public Outreach Office, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA |
11:00-12:00 | Open Forum and Discussion Moderator: Attrice Hunt, LPI Education and Program Services |
1:00-1:30 | Fun is not enough - The Role of Teachers and Outside Experts in Encouraging
Middle School Students to Consider Technical Careers Horton Newsom, Research Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM |
1:30-2:00 | An Anecdotal Model for Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented
Students into Undergraduate Science and Engineering Programs Victor Obot, Associate Professor, College of Science & Technology, Texas Southern University |
2:00-2:15 | Break |
2:15-2:45 | Diversity Programs Supported by DEA and NOBCChE Darrell Davis, Laboratory Director, Drug Enforcement Administration, and member of National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers |
2:45-3:45 | Open Forum and Discussion Moderator: G. Jeffrey Taylor, Director, Hawai`i Space Grant Consortium, Hawai`i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawai`i |
3:45-5:00 | Meeting wrap-up and evaluation |
5:00 |
At the Lunar and Planetary Institute:
Conference registration begins in the Hess Room Reception in the Great Room |