The Washington, DC Metro Chapter of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) invites you to a panel discussion on the subject of women in academia.  The panel will feature women in academic positions representing a range of career stages, diverse science and engineering disciplines and several academic institutions.   Topics to be discussed include:

• Mentoring and networking
• Communication strategies
• Negotiation
• Career progression and family responsibility
• Teaching and mentoring students
• Communicating your research
• Non-traditional career paths
• Dual career issues
• Navigating the tenure track

Date:  Thursday, November 1, 2007
Time:  6:30 - 8:30 PM
Location:  AAAS Headquarters, Abelson-Haskins Room, second floor, 1200 New York Ave, NW, Washington, DC (Metro Center/Red Line)

Undergraduates, graduate students and postdocs are encouraged to attend.

For more information on AWIS and the Washington, DC Metro Chapter of AWIS, please go to http://www.awis.org/ and http://www.awisdc.org/

The event is open to all.  Space is limited.  Please RSVP at your earliest convenience to Christine Jessup at cmjessup@gmail.com