IEEE ISTAS '99:
Women and Technology
Historical, Societal and Professional Perspectives
IEEE ISTAS '99:
Women and Technology
Historical, Societal and Professional Perspectives
Session 1: Plenary Session (8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. in Regency D, E, and F)
"Women's Studies and Nanotechnology"
Thelma Estrin, (UCLA)
"Women and Technology/Gender and Technology: Is There
a Difference? Does it Matter?"
Ruth Schwartz Cowan, (SUNY Stony Brook)
Coffee Break 10:00-10:30 in the lobby
Session Chair: David Hochfelder (IEEE History Center)
"Women in the Telegraph Office: The Role of Women in Nineteenth
Century Technology"
Thomas C. Jepsen (Nat’l Coalition of Independent Scholars)
"Women Working at the Manufacture of Electrical Machinery,
1904: Film and Text"
Julian Reitman (Univ. of Connecticut) and Frieda Reitman
(Pace)
"The 'Girl Next Door' in Virtual Play Space: Victim or
Vixen?"
Elizabeth Buchanan and Tomas Lipinski (Wisconsin at Milwaukee)
"Representing Female-Friendly Technology in Fiction and
Film"
Carol Colatrella (Georgia Tech)
"MentorNet: Lessons learned from Electronic Communities
for Women Engineers"
Peg Boyle Single, Carol B. Muller (MentorNet), and Christine
M. Cunningham (Cornell)
"A Network of IBM Technical Women"
Mary Burton and Heather Otto (IBM)
"Using the World Wide Web for Social Change: drummergirl.com,
a Case Study"
Jane Pirone (Happy Mazza Media)
"Globally Diversifying the Workforce in Science and Engineering"
Suzanne Brainard and Yolanda George (WEPAN/Washington)
Session 4 (10:30-12:00 in Regency F) Women Students and Faculty in Technical Fields
Session Chair: Karen Moore
"National WEPAN Pilot Climate Survey: Exploring the
Environment for Undergraduate Engineering Students"
Susan Staffin Metz, Suzanne Brainard, and Gerald Gillmore
(Stevens Institute of Technology/WEPAN)
"Changing the University Education of Computer Science"
Veronika Oechtering and Karin Vosseburg (Bremen)
"A Case for Building Inclusive Research Communities as
an Integral Part of Science and Engineering Graduate Education"
Susannah V. Hobbs,
Amanda M. Holland-Minkley, and Lynette I. Millett (Cornell)
"Computer Misuse: Search for a Solution"
Shalini Kesar and Simon Rogerson (De Montfort)
"The Impact of New Technology on General Aviation: GPS
Receivers, the FAA, and the Small Aircraft Pilot"
John Graham (West Point)
"Methodology for the Implementation of Teleservices Centers:
Multipath Model"
Elena Guardo, C. Feijó, L. Castejón, and
J. Pérez (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)
"MentorNet: Leveraging Technology to Increase the Numbers
of Women in Engineering and Science"
Carol Muller and Peg Boyle Single (Mentor Net), and Susan
Cavin (NYU)
"Success in a Science and Engineering Research Environment
in Industry: Relationship Between Success, Gender and Area of Research"
Annita Alting (IBM)
"Gender, Technology and Work: Understanding Patterns in
Women's Employment in Science and Technology Occupations"
Stana Martin (Central Missouri State University)
"An Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Technology
and Computer Aided Design for Women Over Thirty: A Ten Year Follow-Up Study"
Mary Theresa Ortiz (Kingsborough Community College, CUNY)
"Technology and Gender Inequality in the Defense Industry"
Sherry Steward (Dimensions International)
Panelist 1: Mehmet Ozturk (North Carolina State Univ.)
Panelist 2: Hatice Ozturk (North Carolina State Univ.)
Panelist 3: Joseph Herkert (North Carolina State Univ.)
Panelist 4: Mary Wyer (North Carolina State Univ.)
"The Estrogen Controversy and Closure Mechanisms:
How Did Estrogen Recover From Being Discredited?"
Takiko Mori (Rutgers University)
"Workspace Design, Ergonomics and Gender"
James Brennan (Russell Sage College)
Session 10 (3:30-5:00 in Regency F) Charting a Career in High Tech: Three Women's Perspectives
Organizers: Kenneth R. Foster (University of Pennsylvania.), Steven Sedlet (Texas Instruments) Moderator: Steven Sedlet
Panelist 1: Yvonne Cager (Texas Instruments)
Panelist 2: Julie Koelsch (Texas Instruments)
Panelist 3: Duy-Loan Le (Texas Instruments)
Mary Frank Fox (Georgia Tech) "Women in Engineering: Realities,
Challenges, and Prospects"
Martha Sloan (Michigan State) Title TBA
"The Role of the Pornography Industry in the Development
of Videotape and the Internet"
Jonathan Coopersmith (Texas A&M)
"Dating, Mating, and Electricity: The Impact of Electronic
Devices on Courting Behavior"
Paul Josephson (New Hampshire)
"'Vibration is Life': Electromechanical Vibrators and
Women Consumers, 1899-1930"
Rachel Maines (Maines & Associates)
Session 13 (10:30-12:00 in Regency D) "Historical Perspectives on Women and the Engineering Profession"
Session Chair: Mary Frank Fox (Georgia Tech)
'Women in Engineering': A History and Politics of
a Struggle in the Making of a Statistical Category"
Juan C. Lucena (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)
"Engineeresses 'Invade' Campus: Four Decades of Debate
over Technical Coeducation"
Amy Sue Bix (Iowa State)
(Session 13, continued)
"The Role of Women in the History of Computing"
Joyce Currie Little (Towson State)
"Women Engineers Bridging the Gender Gap"
Jill Tietjen (University of Colorado, Boulder), and Betty
Reynolds (The Reynolds Group)
Session 14 (10:30-12:00 in Conference A) Building Careers in Engineering
Session Chair: Julie Sheridan-Eng (Lucent)
"A Technologist in the Making: Days in a Girl’s Life"
Linda Stepulevage (University of East London)
"A Woman Engineer's View of 50 Years in the Profession"
Gloria Reinish (Fairleigh Dickinson University)
"Balancing Work/Life Issues: A Two Dimensional/Two Generational
Perspective"
Diana Bendz (IBM) and Katherine Bendz.
"The Impact of History and Technology on Women’s Careers"
Judith Scheffler (Carnegie Mellon)
"Recruiting and Keeping Women Students and Faculty in
Engineering: A Case Study of Women at the University of Virginia School
of Engineering and Applied Science"
Ingrid H. Soudek (Virginia)
"Women in Computer Science: Where Have We been and Where
Are We Going?"
Tracy Camp (Univ. Colorado) and Denise Gurer (3Com)
"Group Projects: Women and Men can Work Together in the
Computer Science Realm"
Jennifer A. Polack-Wahl (Mary Washington)
"Computers, Ethics, Law and Society: What do we Teach
Undergraduates?"
Steven Sedlet (Texas Instruments)
"The Elephant’s Hind Legs"
Donna Green (U. C. Berkeley)
"The Boys and Their Toys—Women in Engineering"
Kathyrn Heaton (Green College)
"Smile and Agree: Secretarial Handbook Etiquette and Office
Culture as a Technology of the Early Workplace"
Laurie J. McCartan (Iowa State)
"Anthropology, Archaeology, and the Social Study of
Technology: An Overview"
Michael Geselowitz (IEEE History Center)
"Technology and Gender: Its Past and Present"
Rita Wright (NYU)
"Engendering Technology: Culture, Gender, and Work"
Jennifer Croissant (University of Arizona)
"To Engender Prehistoric Technology? All it Takes is Practice"
Marcia-Anne Dobres (U. C. Berkeley)
"Marie Hegeler Carus: An Accidental Engineer"
Kate Carus (PBS&J, Inc.)
"Women in the Engineering Workforce"
Maggie Nakhla (Analog Devices)
"'We Release Them Little by Little': Maturation and
Gender Identity as Seen in the Use of Mobile Telephony"
Rich Ling (Telenor R&D)
"Technologizing the Home: Mary Pennington and the Rise
of Domestic Food Refrigeration"
Karl Stephan (Massachusetts)
"From the Basement to the Kitchen: Constructing the gendered
personal Computer User"
Christina Lindsay (Cornell)
"The Contingent Construction of the Relationship between
Gender and Computer Science"
Britta Schinzel (University of Freiburg)"
"Canada Doubles Enrollments of Women in Engineering
in a Decade"
Monique Frize (Carleton University)
"College Chinese and American Women Compared: Experiences
and Opportunities in Science and Technology"
Amalie Frank (Widener University)
"Gender Differences in Adaptation Patterns Among Scientists
in Developing Nations: Exploring the Case Studies of Ghana, Kenya, and
Kerala"
Lisa A. Romanienko (LSU)
"The Sex Industry and the Internet Industry: Partners
in the Globalization of Sexual Exploitation"
Donna M. Hughes (University of Rhode Island)
"Paradigms, Pitfalls and the Pipeline: Gender Issues
in the IT Workforce"
C. Dianne Martin and Caroline Wardle (National Science
Foundation)
"The Socialist 'Silicon Ceiling': East German Women in
Computer Science"
Dolores L. Augustine (St. John's University)
"New Technologies and the Quest for a Balanced Life:
If Women Are Hitting the Glass Ceiling Now, What Will it Mean if They Become
Invisible?"
Carol Stimmel (Media One Labs)
"Why is There a Gap in the Salaries of Female and Male
Engineers?"
Bhavya Lal (ABT Associates)
Saturday, July 31, 1999
Chrisstine Haska (Rutgers University)
Barbara Shailor (Rutgers University)
Helen Buettner (Rutgers University)
"An Approach to the Situation of Spanish Women Holding
Research/Teaching Positions Based on the Production/Reproduction Model"
"Integrating Technology into the Mission of a Women’s
Center"
Lynn Otterson and Donna Dufner (Univ. of Illinois at
Springfield)
Panelist 1: Mary Ellen Randall (Tivoli)
Panelist 2: Norah Henry (SUNY-Binghamton)
Panelist 3: Marie Thomas (IBM)
Panelists:
Julie Sheriden-Eng (Lucent Technologies)
Julie Brown (Universal Display)
Monique Frize (Carleton University)
Bhavya Lal (ABT Associates)
Karien Liu (Tellabs)
Sarah Rajala (North Carolina State University)
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Sponsorship:
IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology
IEEE History Center
IEEE Women in Engineering Committee
IEEE Life Members Committee
National Science Foundation
Rutgers University Faculty of Arts and Science
Rutgers University Office of the Vice President for Academic
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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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