IAP 2017: Women in Politics Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
MIT Building 4, Room 251 182 Memorial Drive (Rear), CambridgeCo-sponsored by MIT Libraries and CMS/W.
Co-sponsored by MIT Libraries and CMS/W.
Women are chronically underrepresented in U.S. politics. Yet TV shows, fictions, and films have leapt ahead of the electoral curve. Political consultant Mary Anne Marsh and children/teens book author Ellen Emerson White look at the connections (if any) we can draw between representation and reality.
Computational geneticist Pardis Sabeti and energy studies expert Jessika Trancik will discuss their careers and the outlook for women in science in the 21st century.
