“Women in Science at Iowa” 2014 Primetime Schedule
Tuesday, August 19
7:00 a.m.
Breakfast service begins
Burge Dining Hall
9:30–11:30
Introductions
MacLean 105
 Rhetorical readings and discussion: What challenges have women
in science faced in the past, and what strategies have they used to
overcome them?
 Generate research questions for the course, split into small groups
by interests
11:30 a.m.
Lunch service begins
Burge Dining Hall
1:00–3:00 p.m.
Meet at Iowa Women’s Archives
4th floor, Main Library
 Tour by Kӓren Mason, curator
 Hands-on exploration of the Cornelia Cameron, Harriet Cameron,
Ethel Douglass, and Jean Cutler Prior collections
3:00–3:30 p.m.
Relaxation Break
Various locations
3:30–5:00 p.m.
Meet at Sciences Library
 Tour and introduction to library research by Sara Scheib, Sciences
Reference & Instruction Librarian
 Secondary source research in groups
6:00 p.m.
Dinner
Burge Dining Hall
Wednesday, August 20
7:00 a.m.
Breakfast service begins
Burge Dining Hall
9:30–11:30 a.m.
Lab Tours
MacLean 105
Meet in classroom, prepare questions
 10:00 tour of Cardiac Biomedical Engineering Lab, led by Dr.
Denice Hodgson-Zingman
 10:30 tour of Wynn Institute for Vision Research, led by Dr. Arlene
V. Drack
 11:00 tour of Advanced Pulmonary Physiomic Imaging Laboratory,
led by Dr. Jessica Sieren
11:30 a.m.
Lunch service begins
Burge Dining Hall
1:00–3:00 p.m.
Round-Robin Discussion with Women Researchers Blank Honors Center
Room 350
 Tarah Colaizy, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics Neonatology
 Rodica Curtu, PhD, Associate Professor - Mathematics
 Julie Gros-Louis, PhD, Assistant Professor - Psychology
 Nicole Grosland, PhD, Professor - Biomedical Engineering
 Julie Jessop, PhD, Associate Professor - Chemical and Biochemical
Engineering
 Laurie Ponto, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology - Division of
Nuclear Medicine
 Madeline Shea, PhD, Professor - Biochemistry
 Diane Slusarski, PhD, Professor - Biology
3:00–3:30 p.m.
3:30–5:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
Relaxation Break
Synthesis, Wiki work
Dinner
Thursday, August 21
7:00 a.m.
Breakfast service begins
9:30–11:30 a.m.
Presentation Preparation, Wiki work
11:30 a.m.
Lunch service begins
1:00–3:30 p.m.
Primetime Presentations, #8
4:00 p.m.
Adjournment from Macbride Auditorium
Various Locations
MacLean 105
Burge Dining Hall
Burge Dining Hall
MacLean 105
Burge Dining Hall
Macbride Auditorium