ABOUT SWE MAGAZINE

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SWE Magazine is the award-winning publication of the Society of Women Engineers. SWE Magazine delivers vital and relevant content that provides insight, analysis, and solutions to workplace issues and current events affecting women in the engineering and STEM disciplines. Reaching nearly 45,000 members, stakeholders and supporters, the magazine provides authoritative information on the status of and challenges for women in engineering. SWE Magazine also recognizes and celebrates the accomplishments of women engineers past and present across a broad range of fields. Our publishing cycle comprises two conventional print and digital issues along with three digital and print-on-demand issues.

The Society of Women Engineers (SWE), founded in 1950, is a not-for-profit educational and service organization that empowers women to achieve their full potential in careers as engineers and leaders. SWE is the driving force that establishes engineering as a highly desirable career aspiration for women. SWE empowers women to succeed and advance in those aspirations and be recognized for their life-changing contributions and achievements as women engineers and leaders.

Awards & Recognition

SWE Magazine is not just a magazine for and about women in engineering fields. It is an award-winning publication, earning recognition from FOLIO: Eddie & Ozzie Awards, the American Society of Business Publications Editors, Trade Association Business Publications International, and APEX, four of the leading national and international recognition programs in the publishing industry that honor excellence in editorial content and design across print and digital media. Since receiving its first APEX in 1997, SWE Magazine staff, designers, and contributing writers have earned accolades each year in news and feature writing, cover and page design, editorial concepts, podcasts, and more.

Contact Us

Contact us at strategicpartnerships@swe.org for advertising rates and information or visit: https://mediakit.swe.org/swe.org

Editorial Staff and Contributors

Laurie A. Shuster
Editor-in-Chief
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Marsha Lynn Bragg
Senior Editor
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Ruksana Hussain
Communications Specialist
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JoAnn Dickey Design
Art Direction and Production

Contributors
Lisa Chiu
Christine Coolick
Troy Eller English
Sandra Guy
Meredith Holmes
Kent Kiser
Estela Lopez
Amy Meadows
Lisa Owens Viani
Rebeca Petean
Lola Rodríguez Vargas, Ph.D.

Karen Horting, CAE  |  Executive Director & CEO

SWE EDITORIAL WORKING GROUP

Nicole Woon, Chair
Microsoft

Alina Bartley, Chair-elect
ENGIE

Emily L. Ongstad, Ph.D., Past chair
AstraZeneca

Rianat Abbas
TechNovelle

Emily Carney
Genezen

Nivedita Chopra
Meta Platforms Inc.

Wendy Cocke
Engineering Leadership Solutions LLC

Diya Dwarakanath
Science journalist

Amanda Harrison
University of California, Santa Cruz

Anushri Kulkarni
University of Pittsburgh

Joyce M.O. Lewis
Jacobs

Marcie Mathis
Retired

Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh
Springfield Technical Community College

Payal Singh
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Ashley Wynne, Ph.D.
Sealed Air Corporation

SWE RESEARCH ADVISORY COUNCIL

Stephanie G. Adams, Ph.D.
Dean, Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Texas at Dallas

Carlotta M. Arthur, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Caterina Cocchi, Ph.D.
Professor, Physics Department, University of Oldenburg

Diane Foley
Senior Director, Information Technology, Raytheon Company

Gretchen Hein, Ph.D.
Associate Teaching Professor, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Michigan Technological University

Karen J. Horton, P.E.
Professor (retired), Mechanical Engineering Technology, University of Maine

Peter F. Meiksins, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Academic Programs (retired), Cleveland State University

Andresse St. Rose, Ed.D.
Director of Educational Research and Evaluation, Education Development Center (EDC)

Bevlee A. Watford, Ph.D., P.E.
Emerita Professor, Engineering Education, Virginia Tech

Rishelle Wimmer
Senior Lecturer, Information Technology and Systems Management, Salzburg University of Applied Sciences

Staff support:
Roberta Rincon, Ph.D.
Director of Research

Laurie A. Shuster
Editor-in-Chief

SWE Podcasts

Tune into Diverse, a SWE 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.

SWE Magazine Archives

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Print-on-Demand

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