Are Women Achieving Equity in Chemistry? Dissolving Disparity and Catalyzing Change.9780841239500 Are women achieving equity in chemistry?; dissolving disparity and catalyzing change. American Chemical Society The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a learned society (professional association) based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has over 160,000 members at all degree-levels and in . Meeting (226th: 2003: New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , N.Y.) Ed. by Cecilia H. Marzabadi et al. American Chemical Society 2006 163 pages $99.50 Hardcover ACS (Asynchronous Communications Server) See network access server. symposium series; 929 QD20 Ten contributions from physical scientists and social scientists consider the reasons for the low representation of women on chemistry faculties at research institutions in the U.S. and Europe. They also propose ways to increase women's participation and retention in academia. Editor Marzabadi teaches chemistry at Seton Hall U. The papers were originally presented at a symposium held at the Fall 2003 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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