Name: Lisa M. P. Munoz Book Launch: WOMEN IN SCIENCE NOW
Start: 2023-10-20T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-10-20
Location: Bards Alley Bookshop

Lisa M. P. Munoz Book Launch: WOMEN IN SCIENCE NOW

Bards Alley is a woman-owned independent bookstore that promotes literacy, supports local authors, engages the community, and encourages localism. Bards Alley also donates to schools and nonprofits and partners with businesses for locally sourced light fare, strengthening the local economy. We host a myriad of author events, almost always free, for our community from local authors to NYT bestselling authors.

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Book talk and reading with science writer and author Lisa M. P. Munoz for her book, Women in Science Now. Oct. 20th at 6pm at Bards Alley.

J﻿oin us in welcoming local science writer and author Lisa M. P. Munoz to Bards Alley for the release of her book, Women in Science Now: Stories and Strategies for Achieving Equity. She will be at the store on Friday, October 20th at 6:00pm.B﻿ring your questions! After a moderated discussion and short reading from the book, Munoz will be taking audience questions before signing the book for attendees.R﻿eserve your copy on our Square site <a href="https://bardsalley.square.site/product/women-in-science-now-stories-and-strategies-for-achieving-equity/529?cp=true&amp;sa=false&amp;sbp=false&amp;q=false&amp;category_id=11" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.A﻿bout the book:Women working in the sciences face obstacles at virtually every step along their career paths. From subtle slights to blatant biases, deep systemic problems block women from advancing or push them out of science and technology entirely.Women in Science Now examines solutions to this persistent gender gap, offering new perspectives on how to make science more equitable and inclusive for all. This book shares stories and insights of women from a range of backgrounds working in various disciplines, illustrating the journeys that brought them to the sciences, the challenges they faced along the way, and the important contributions they have made to their fields. Lisa M. P. Munoz combines these narratives with a wealth of data to illuminate the size and scope of the challenges women scientists face, while highlighting research-based solutions to help overcome these obstacles. She presents groundbreaking studies in social psychology and organizational behavior that are informing novel approaches for combating historic and ongoing inequities.Through a combined focus on personal experiences and social-science research, this timely book provides both a path toward greater gender equity and an inspiring vision of science and scientists.A﻿bout the author:Lisa M. P. Munoz is a science writer and the founder and president of SciComm Services, a science communications consulting firm. A former journalist and press officer, she has more than twenty years of experience crafting science content for scientists and the public alike. Munoz holds an engineering degree from Cornell University.

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