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Sheila Tobias
PO Box 43758
Tucson AZ 85733-3758

Talks

The Science-Trained Professional: A New Breed for the New Century
The Future of Feminism: Lessons from our Past
Math Anxiety: Why is a Smart Girl Like You Still Counting on your Fingers?
Science Teaching as a Profession: Why it isn't. How it Could be.
They're not Dumb, They're Different: Stalking the Second Tier
Fostering Creativity in the Science/Math Classroom
Math Anxiety: They beat it. So can You.
What Makes Science Hard
The Hidden Curriculum: Faculty-Made Tests in College Science
Women in Science, Women and Science: End-running the Crowd or The Problem of
Women in Science: Why is it so Hard to Convince People There is One?
Teacher Accountability vs. Teacher Autonomy: Must we Choose?

Background

Sheila Tobias has made an art and a science of being an outsider to science and mathematics, where hers is a household name for the books, Overcoming Math Anxiety, They're not Dumb, They're Different, Breaking the Science Barrier, and Rethinking Science as a Career. She is equally well known in academic and popular circles as a feminist and for her books, Women, Militarism and War (with Jean Elshtain) and Faces of Feminism: An Activist's Reflections on the Women's Movement.

Supported by the Ford, Rockefeller, Research Corporation, and the Sloan Foundation, her work has made her a sought-after consultant on college and university curricula, general education, post-baccalaureate alternatives, professional master's in science and mathematics, and women's studies. She is a popular speaker on all these topics and is available for formal addresses as well.

Education

Educated in history and literature at Harvard/Radcliffe, she earned a master's in history and an M.Phil at Columbia University and eight honorary doctorates, the most recent from Michigan State University and WPI.

Current Activities

2006-09 Consultant to Alfred P. Sloan Foundation on Professional Science Master's (PSM) Degree Program

2008-09 Academic Liaison to National PSM Association

Co-President (2008) and Member Board of Directors, Veteran Feminists of America

Member (2008-2011), Board AWIS, Association for Women in Science

2007-2009 Science Teaching as a Profession Project, Research Corporation for the Advancement of Science

Member, editorial board: Science Technology and Society, Editor, Special Issue on Women in Science (2005).

Consultant on manpower and national utilization of science professionals.

Advisor, Women and Science "Advance" Project, University of Arizona and Rutgers University.