Even what is being used to measure productivity has been debated. Much of the conflict has focused on how women perform in highly competitive environments. She will also discuss how women are really performing in these environments and what they should understand about the measurement of productivity. Dr. Watson is an absolute favorite of students - both in the classroom and as an advisor for many student organizations. While in some scientific fields women have been filling the educational pipeline, and swelling the lower professional ranks in proportionate numbers, they remain almost invisible at the top in government, academia and industry.
Huge gaps remain between women's qualifications and their career aspirations.
She is on leave from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, where she is a professor of Botany. Ms. Algert has a Master's in counseling and is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Texas. She has a private practice where she conducts mediations and conflict resolution training programs. Funding for research promises to be even more difficult in the year 2000 and beyond. She will discuss research funding for graduate students and for professors.