Speaker Sessions
“CRAFTING THE DAY-TO-DAY THAT’S RIGHT FOR YOU”
Maya Adam will be speaking on how to build the day-to-day profile that’s right for you. Having spent ten years in the world of professional ballet before moving into the world of medicine, Dr. Adam believes in the importance of creating a day-to-day profile that fits each individual’s needs and their desires. Perhaps even more important than establishing work-life balance, is the idea that we can and should incorporate our talents and our passions into most, if not all, of the things we do each day. It’s becoming increasingly possible, especially for women, to integrate our hobbies, our families and our careers. With creativity and the courage – not just to think – but to dream outside of the box, crafting a day-to-day model that works for each individual, is an increasingly attainable goal.
Maya Adam will be speaking on how to build the day-to-day profile that’s right for you. Having spent ten years in the world of professional ballet before moving into the world of medicine, Dr. Adam believes in the importance of creating a day-to-day profile that fits each individual’s needs and their desires. Perhaps even more important than establishing work-life balance, is the idea that we can and should incorporate our talents and our passions into most, if not all, of the things we do each day. It’s becoming increasingly possible, especially for women, to integrate our hobbies, our families and our careers. With creativity and the courage – not just to think – but to dream outside of the box, crafting a day-to-day model that works for each individual, is an increasingly attainable goal.
“WHAT SUCCESS MEANS TO ME”
Margot Gerritsen will be sharing her thoughts on living in a culture that is strongly success-minded. Judging from the media, success is measured in terms of career, education or financial status, and it seems at times also the size jeans you can wriggle into. Does she feel successful? Probably not in some of these measures! But success can be defined in many different ways. She looks forward to sharing with you some thoughts on success, and measures of success, in the various aspects of her life.
Margot Gerritsen will be sharing her thoughts on living in a culture that is strongly success-minded. Judging from the media, success is measured in terms of career, education or financial status, and it seems at times also the size jeans you can wriggle into. Does she feel successful? Probably not in some of these measures! But success can be defined in many different ways. She looks forward to sharing with you some thoughts on success, and measures of success, in the various aspects of her life.
“THOSE WHO TEACH, DO: WHAT TEACHING (AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TEACHING) TAUGHT ME ABOUT SUCCESS”
Bridgette Martin Hard is a Stanford psychologist, award-winning educator, and teacher of teachers through her work with Stanford’s Psychology One Program. After years of pursuing traditional notions of success, Bridgette took a risk, stepped off her intended career path, and discovered satisfying new goals and means of achieving them. Weaving personal experience with lessons learned from psychological science, Bridgette will share how she has taught herself and others to redefine and expand their concept of success by cultivating their inner teachers.
Bridgette Martin Hard is a Stanford psychologist, award-winning educator, and teacher of teachers through her work with Stanford’s Psychology One Program. After years of pursuing traditional notions of success, Bridgette took a risk, stepped off her intended career path, and discovered satisfying new goals and means of achieving them. Weaving personal experience with lessons learned from psychological science, Bridgette will share how she has taught herself and others to redefine and expand their concept of success by cultivating their inner teachers.
“SPEAKING TRUTH AND MOVING SAND: WHY IT MATTERS”
Nicole Baran ’00 and ’01, is an entrepreneur who has intentionally integrated feminism in the organizations she has built. She will be talking about the uphill battles of speaking truth about oppression against women, how she built a career around promoting feminism and challenging sexism and why engaging the next generation is imperative to the work of asking the world to value women equally and fully. Nicole founded the Center for Relationship Abuse Awareness, a nonprofit taking action to end gender-based and men’s violence against women. She is also the Executive Director of the Baskin Foundation, creating innovative strategies to foster gender equality, such as launching feminist studies programs at community colleges. She developed the course, Violence Against Women: Theories, Issues and Prevention and has been teaching it at Stanford since 2006.
Nicole Baran ’00 and ’01, is an entrepreneur who has intentionally integrated feminism in the organizations she has built. She will be talking about the uphill battles of speaking truth about oppression against women, how she built a career around promoting feminism and challenging sexism and why engaging the next generation is imperative to the work of asking the world to value women equally and fully. Nicole founded the Center for Relationship Abuse Awareness, a nonprofit taking action to end gender-based and men’s violence against women. She is also the Executive Director of the Baskin Foundation, creating innovative strategies to foster gender equality, such as launching feminist studies programs at community colleges. She developed the course, Violence Against Women: Theories, Issues and Prevention and has been teaching it at Stanford since 2006.
“WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM ROBOTS”
Allison Okamura is a Stanford Mechanical Engineering professor whose research focuses on medical robotics and human-machine interaction. In this presentation, she’ll describe her core values, career path, and the opportunities for women in fields traditionally dominated by men. The important features of the robots she designs-helping people, being interactive, and adapting when needed-are all approaches she uses in her own life to stay motivated and enjoy a successful academic career.
Allison Okamura is a Stanford Mechanical Engineering professor whose research focuses on medical robotics and human-machine interaction. In this presentation, she’ll describe her core values, career path, and the opportunities for women in fields traditionally dominated by men. The important features of the robots she designs-helping people, being interactive, and adapting when needed-are all approaches she uses in her own life to stay motivated and enjoy a successful academic career.