Episode 11: Dr. Maria Klawe, President, Harvey Mudd College
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English - September 18, 2017 19:52 - 16 minutes - 13.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsEducation Science Social Sciences stem science womeninstem engineering girls math technology women Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Best of the WWEST welcomes Dr. Maria Klawe, president of Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California. Danniele chats with Maria in this minisode about how she ended up in a STEM field, her most memorable moments as a former chairholder of WWEST at UBC from 1997-2003, and how one can successfully balance a demanding career and family obligations.
Dr. Maria Klawe joined Harvey Mudd from Princeton University after serving 14 years at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Klawe is a renowned lecturer and has given talks at international conferences, national symposia, and colleges across the U.S. and Canada about diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines and industries, gender and gaming, and lessons from her own career in STEM industry and education.
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Grace Hopper Celebration President's Dream Colloquium on Women in Technology Dr. Maria Klawe at the President's Dream ColloquiumGuest: Dr. Maria Klawe (@mariaklawe)
Hosted by: Danniele Livengood (@livengood)
Theme Music: “Positive and Fun” by Scott Holmes
Produced by: Vanessa Reich-Shackelford
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