Success Strategies From Women in STEM: A Portable Mentor

Success Strategies from Women in Stem: A Portable Mentor, Second Edition, is a comprehensive and accessible manual containing career advice, mentoring support, and professional development strategies for female scientists in the STEM fields.

This updated text contains new and essential chapters on leadership and negotiation, important coverage of career management, networking, social media, communication skills, and more. The work is accompanied by a companion website that contains annotated links, a list of print and electronic resources, self-directed learning objects, frequently asked questions, and more.

With an increased focus on international relevance, this comprehensive text contains shared stories and vignettes that will help women pursuing or involved in STEM careers develop the necessary professional and personal skills to overcome obstacles to advancement. 

Preserves the style and tone of the first edition by bringing together mentors, trainees and early-career professionals in a series of conversations about important topics related to careers in STEM fields, such as leadership, time stress, negotiation, networking, social media and moreIdentifies strategies that can improve career success along with stories that elucidate, engage, and inspire Companion website provides authoritative information from successful women engaged in STEM careers, including annotated links to key organizations, associations, granting agencies, teaching support materials, and more

1. Career Management - Peggy A. Pritchard 2. Networking - Jodie L. Rummer 3. Mentoring:Empowering Your Success - Christine S. Grant 4. Mental Toughness - Peggy A. Pritchard 5. Time Stress - Peggy A. Pritchard 6. Personal Style - M. Elizabeth Cannon and Kathleen Sendall 7. Communicating Science - Jodie L. Rummer and Lori L. Isom 8. Strategically Using Social Media - Emily S. Darling and Jodie L. Rummer 9. Negotiating with Emotional Intelligence- Joretha G. Johnson 10. A Call to Leadership - Pamela McCauley and Elizabeth Lee 11. Climbing the Ladder - Ilene J. Busch-Vishniac 12. Balancing Professional and Personal Life - Wendy M. Williams, Susan M. Barnett and Elaine Wethington 13. Transitions - Margaret-Ann Armour and Dorothy Tovell