Science LIVE at CCTV
September 16, 2007 at 5:30 am | In cctvcambridge, science | No Comments
Science LIVE at CCTV is conceived as a follow up program to Minority Women In Science featuring the same four women scientists but focusing on their science rather then the gender related issues that they had been discussing in the previous video. Produced with an all volunteer crew in the Cambridge Community Television studio, the women scientists give fascinating presentations about their cutting edge research in front of a live studio audience covering such diverse topics as the biosphere, marine environments, earth observation from space and outer space. The program was cablecast live on CCTV’s Channel 9 and simultaneously web streamed to the world on CCTV’s Web Channel on April 29th, 2007 as part of the Cambridge Science Festival.
Click here to watch the video.
The Gender-Bending Mouse
August 18, 2007 at 8:21 pm | In wired | No Comments
Once in a while, I will check on the number of hits that my videos are generating on YouTube. As of lately, I’ve been noticing that the numbers for Minority Women In Science are increasing exponentially which aroused my curiosity and prompted me to investigate a bit further. As it turns out, some blogs, one of which is the Wired Blog Network, along with a bunch of Japanese web sites, were linking up to my video. Oddly enough, though, I couldn’t find any specific reference to my video in any of these blogs, but they all seemed to have one thing in common: They link to a YouTube video about a Gender-Bending Mouse. When you finish viewing the infamous Mouse Video, YouTube’s player will provide you with the option to watch so called related videos, one of which happens to be Minority Women In Science, hence the increased number of hits. Go figure…
Científicas de fama mundial debaten sobre los obstáculos en su vida profesional
August 18, 2007 at 7:50 pm | In spain | No Comments
Minority Women In Science was mentioned in the local Spanish press: laverdad.es and diarioinformacion.com
Minority Women In Science
June 23, 2007 at 12:58 am | In cambridge, documentary, education, festival, film, media, minority, science, video, women | No Comments
The idea for the film Minority Women In Science developed from observing the obstacles and frustrations experienced by my sister and some friends of mine, as women academics in the United States. Most are struggling to be considered for tenure or tenure-track positions in their university departments.
Unlike other countries, in the US only a tenured position can secure you stable lifetime work in higher education. Typically, these positions are scarce and extremely competitive. And even if promoted to full professorship, women are rarely considered for the top leadership jobs such as department chair, head of a research center or dean of a school, let alone president of a university.
On one occasion, I remember asking my sister: Why is there still a gender gap problem? I thought universities were research institutions where objectivity prevails and people, irrespective of gender or race, are hired and promoted based on merit, where everybody is competing on equal terms, at least in theory. Continue reading Minority Women In Science…
A Dissenting Voice
June 22, 2007 at 6:19 pm | In activism, cctvcambridge, community, documentary, film, iraq, media, politics, protest, video, war | No Comments
A short documentary produced for Cambridge Community Television about a man who became a full time anti-war activist late in life. Starring our friend and longtime Cambridge resident, Walter Ducharme, the video features an unauthorized cameo appearance by King George as well as music, licensed under a Creative Commons license, by Paul Shuler/Micah Carli and El Patapsco.
Click here to watch the video.
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