Balancing Family Choices with a Science Career

Thursday, October 11, 2012: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
609 (WSCC)
Chair:
Arlene Nededog, MEd, Director, Undergraduate Retention Programs, Colorado State University

Description: This session will foster an exchange of ideas about balancing parenthood with a science career. The session is organized around personal insights from parents and future parents about their successes and challenges in blending a career and children. The panelists represent the diversity of SACNAS and will provide additional resources.



8:30 AM
Balancing Family Choices with a Science Career
Roberto Aguilar, PhD , Adjunct Faculty , Northwest Vista College, St. Mary’s University,University of Incarnate Word
8:50 AM
Balancing Family Choices with a Science Career
Jessica Dominguez , Undergradute Student Researcher , Northeastern Illinois University
9:10 AM
Balancing Family Choices with a Science Career
Yeni Violeta Garcia, MEd, Doctoral Candidate , Graduate Fellow , University of Northern Colorado
9:30 AM
Panel Discussion