Diverse: a SWE Podcast Pioneering Inclusive Change in STEM
Welcome to Diverse, a podcast by the Society of Women Engineers. SWE gives women engineers a unique place and voice within the engineering community. On Diverse, we highlight incredible thought leaders and personalities in the STEM community and discover who they are at home, at work, and in between. Stream episodes online or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
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Vidhya Thiyagarajan, FY24 SWE collegiate director and an associate scientist in chemical commercialization technology at Merck, joins us on this episode of Diverse to shine a light on the SWE collegiate experience.
Interviewed by Karen Horting, CEO and executive director of SWE, Thiyagarajan reflects on starting a SWENext Club at her high school and getting involved with SWE at the University of Pittsburgh.
Hear her tips for making the most of SWE during college and her advice for women and girls who are thinking about pursuing engineering.
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Episode 254
Two accomplished STEM leaders joined us live in the WE23 Diverse Podcast Studio to share emerging trends and career advancement tips in the public and private sectors. Tamika Abbott, director, office of security technology at the U.S. Department of State, discusses innovations in the security space and details her career...
- Length: 00:24:01
Episode 253
Dive into the stories of Nora Stanton Blatch Barney and Elsie Eaves, two pioneering women engineers who shaped the landscape of STEM, in this episode of “Tales From the Archives,” a sub-series of Diverse. Troy Eller English (she/her), chief archivist at SWE, explores how these women defied the norms of...
- Length: 00:40:03
Episode 252
This episode is sponsored by NASCAR. Andrea Mueller, engineer with Penske Racing, and Brandon Thompson, vice president of diversity and inclusion at NASCAR, joined us on this episode of Diverse to discuss how NASCAR is fostering diversity in motorsports. Interviewed by Larry Guthrie, director of content strategy at SWE, Mueller...
- Length: 00:23:08
Episode 251
Women and people of color have often been hidden figures in STEM, with their important contributions going unrecognized. In honor of Women’s History Month, Karen Horting, CEO and executive director of SWE, sat down with Dr. Jess Wade, physicist and faculty member at Imperial College London, who has been working...
- Length: 00:32:01
Episode 250
In this episode, Gabriela Coe and Dr. Mary Bonk Isaac of the SWE Late Career & Retiree Affinity Group share important insights from their engineering careers, including their personal experiences with navigating the underrepresentation of women in STEM. Hear their advice for women engineers approaching late career and retirement —...
- Length: 00:33:57
Episode 249
Author Elaine Lin Hering (she/her) joined us in the WE23 Diverse Podcast Studio to dive into what allyship truly means and its relationship to learned silence. Interviewed by Larry Guthrie (he/him), director of content strategy at SWE, Lin Hering explores the ways that individuals and organizations unintentionally silence marginalized voices...
- Length: 00:41:09
