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NOTICE: As of 6/2022, the Atlanta pod is currently inactive. However, if you are interested in leading the charge to reactivate it, please contact the national 500 Women Scientists organization for information about becoming the executive coordinator!
NOTICE: As of 6/2022, the Atlanta pod is currently inactive. However, if you are interested in leading the charge to reactivate it, please contact the national 500 Women Scientists organization for information about becoming the executive coordinator!
WHO WE ARE
WHO WE ARE
500 Women Scientists is a grassroots national organization started by four women who met in graduate school at CU Boulder and who maintained friendships and collaborations after jobs and life took them away from Boulder. Immediately following the November 2016 election, they published an open letter re-affirming our commitment to speak up for science and for women, minorities, immigrants, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA. For more information, please visit: https://500womenscientists.org
OUR ATLANTA POD
OUR ATLANTA POD
500 Women Scientists works to build communities and foster real change that comes from small groups, not large crowds. Local Pods help create those deep roots through strong, personal relationships. Local Pods are where members meet regularly, develop a support network, make strategic plans, and take action. Pods focus on issues that resonate in their communities, rooted in our mission and values.
Our Atlanta pod is over 200+ members strong representing scientists and other STEM professionals in the Atlanta area, hailing from a broad range of fields. We are postdocs, research scientists, science educators, faculty, and grad students from multiple universities, colleges, and research institutions. As a local pod, we advocate for diversity and inclusivity in the sciences, increased scientific literacy through public engagement, engagement in science policy, and empowering women in science.
Current pod leadership:
Executive Coordinators: Meg Sosnowski (Ph.D. Candidate - Department of Psychology, Georgia State University), Marisa Levy (STEM Education & Tech)
Communications Coordinator: Abhilasha Saroj, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Fellow - Georgia Tech)
Membership Coordinator: Heidi Blanck, Ph.D. (Public Health Researcher)
Programming/Outreach Coordinator: Virginia Silvis, Ph.D. (Climate Change Adaptation Researcher)
500 Women Scientists from across the country at the Women's March in Washington, D.C. on January 21, 2017
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