About the Program  

The Alda Center’s Women in STEM Leadership Program empowers and supports women and other underrepresented populations in science, engineering, math, and other research fields to thrive in their careers, and to contribute as leaders, mentors and role models to others. In this way, together we can make scientific and research-based fields more equitable and inclusive to a diverse population.

Program fellows join a community of like-minded professionals and participate in a series of professional development workshops. Throughout the program, participants expand their skills, develop their personal leadership styles, and create the change they want to see in their organization, their field, and our world.

This program is fully funded with donor support. There is no cost to participants.

The program consists of three distinct parts.

• Build Leadership Skills

  Three, 3-hour online workshops

  Science Communication, Negotiation and Personal Branding

  Program fellows will participate in one live, online workshop every two weeks, for a total of six weeks.

  Workshop I: Essentials for Women in STEM
  Workshop II: Negotiation for Women in STEM
  Workshop III: Personal Branding

  There will be additional opportunities to engage and learn between workshops through discussion forums and other asynchronous learning. 

  About the Workshops

  All three workshops are designed using the internationally known Alda Method, a unique approach to science communication training that combines improvisational theater techniques with message-design strategies. The Alda Method guides scientists to develop their own communication style while recognizing the needs and interests of their differing audiences, including colleagues, funders, government officials, and others.

• Expand Your Professional Network

  Join a growing community of peers

  Upon acceptance in the Women in STEM Leadership Program, program fellows will join a highly engaged, diverse, and interdisciplinary network of professionals.

  After six weeks of workshops, fellows will have additional opportunities to engage with the Center, and each other, to  discuss and create the changes they want to foster.

• Foster Change Through Empowerment Projects

  Recieve financial support to empower others

  Individually or in small groups, program fellows will receive financial support to develop and implement empowerment projects designed to create change, in their organization, community, or field.

  Fellows will receive support in developing their projects ,  which will be of their own design.

  Projects could include outreach programs to local high schools, establishing a professional group within an organization, or other initiatives.  

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Two pilot series of the three, 3-hour professional development workshops will be offered this spring to Stony Brook researchers.

Learn More

Alix Dehayem
Program Coordinator
Alix.Dehayem@stonybrook.edu

The Alda Center gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Ann and Andrew Tisch for this program.