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Sheila Tobias
PO Box 43758
Tucson AZ 85733-3758

Presentations

  • Fostering Creativity in the Science/Math Classroom
  • Math Anxiety: They beat it. So can You.
  • 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.
  • Teacher Accountability vs. Teacher Autonomy: Must we Choose?
  • The Classroom of Future: Models for Multidisciplinary Training
  • The Future of Feminism: Lessons from our Past
  • The Hidden Curriculum: Faculty-Made Tests in College Science
  • The Science-Trained Professional: A New Breed for the New Century
  • They're not Dumb, They're Different: Stalking the Second Tier
  • What Makes Science Hard
  • 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?

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

  • 2006-10 Consultant to Alfred P. Sloan Foundation on Professional Science Master's (PSM) Degree Program
  • 2008-10 Academic Liaison to National PSM Association
  • Member (2008-2011), Board AWIS, Association for Women in Science
  • 2007-2010 Science Teaching as a Profession Project, Research Corporation for the Advancement of Science
  • Co-President (2008) and Member Board of Directors, Veteran Feminists of America
  • 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.