Beyond The Bench: Stemulating Career Conversations

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results. 

Dr. Michael D. Smith, widely known in the engineering world as Dr. Mike, credits his graduate school pivot to a chance notice of a brochure on a bulletin board.  Though he entered a doctoral program seeking a PhD in engineering, he earned a Doctorate of Engineering, D. Eng degree which he describes as a combination of a PhD and and MBA.  A life long advocate for underrepresented groups to pursue STEM degrees, Dr. Mike has utilized his degree in a range of capacities spanning STEM education, STEM operations and programming at nonprofit organizations, and independent consulting. Connect with Dr. Mike on LinkedIn

Dr. Monica Cox has learned that being your authentic self is requires taking a certain level of risk.  She is a wife, mother, daughter, activist, and professor who grew up as an only child in a rural southeast Alabama community.  It was the core values instilled in her by her parents that has led to her being able to persist in the face of personal and professional adversity. The conversation was not only STEMulating, but an authentic, inspirational and motivational testimony for choosing self and sanity above all else when faced with a valley moment in their career. Learn more about Dr. Cox at her website drmonicacox.com Follow her on social media at: @drmonicacox  

His scientific curiosity can be traced back to being a two year old military kid playing in his desert backyard catching snakes and gila monsters.  His major in chemistry was the result of a chance meeting in the hallway of a building at his undergraduate college.  These two events eventually led Dr. Vernon Morris to pursue, not only an undergraduate degree in chemistry and mathematics, but also PhD in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.  A well-respected and highly accomplished researcher in his field, Dr. Morris is now Director and Professor in the School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences at Arizona State University. You can find out more about Dr. Morris via https://newcollege.asu.edu/vernon-morris Be sure to join in for Part Two, when we discuss more of The Color of Weather.

It is never too late to start over. That's exactly the testimony of Dr. Iris Wagstaff. She is a chemist, educator, mentor, researcher and science policy advisor with extensive experience in STEM outreach and advocacy.  She is also a thought leader and change agent in the broader STEM community. After spending nearly 15 years in a successful industry career as a research chemist, she decided to leave that job and embarked upon a new path.  She would go on to earn a PhD in Science Education, be named a AAAS Science Policy fellow and serve as a STEM Program Director in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Her inspirational and motivational story is one that all can benefit!  

Dr. Carlotta Berry originally wanted to teach high school math, but her STEM journey has expanded well beyond.  As an electrical engineering professor with a focus on robotics, Dr. Berry's impact and influence is felt at all educational levels and touches all genders, races and ethnicity.  She believes that 'giving people the ability to learn about things they are interested in is LIFE CHANGING'.  This principle holds true in both her professional and personal sphere of influence as evidenced by the founding of #NoireSTEMinist to giving pop quizzes on Twitter, to serving as a coach for her daughter's robotics team. Learn more about Dr. Berry and her work in the field of robotics and diversifying STEM through her social media platforms: @DrCABerry on Twitter, IG, TikTok @NoireSTEMinist on Twitter, IG https://noiresteminist.com/

A self-proclaimed “corporate dropout” who helps you to Live your purpose. Share your message. Change the world.  One of the first steps to realizing your purpose is accepting that EVERYBODY NEEDS HELP.   When we can get out of our own way and recognize what we need, we can do more and make a bigger impact--ON PURPOSE. Her latest book, 'On Purpose:  12 Strategies to Reclaim Your Power and Change Your Life'  can be found at platformforpurposebook.com Social media handles:  @ishacogborn

The HR Twins, Camille and Carla, have utilize their combined 30 plus years of HR experience to help style your career.  They established The Career Salon to be a place where people can go to receive unfiltered and honest career advice from their unique and authentic perspectives.   Both are passionate about their respective HR specialty area and offer behind the scenes views of recruiting and human resources functions to help clients achieve that next great opportunity, with style. Follow the HR Twins on social media platforms @thecareersalon Be sure to check out their YouTube discussion on The Miseducation of Corporate America   The HR Twins: Camille Tate and Carla Patton

Re-broadcast of Episode 83 Dr. Garry Cooper has blazed a career path in the span of 10 years than most will do in a lifetime.  In the span of a decade, he earned a PhD in neuroscience, did a postdoc, worked at two different Big Four management consulting firms, co-founded and launched a successful company of which he is the CEO and still finds time to serve as an adjunct professor. How does he do it?  In everything aspect of his life, he has a guiding principle of "know your breakup point, and when it is reached, then it's time to walk away. This #STEMulatingconvo covers his journey from the PhD to his day to day work at Rheaply, an asset management platform that plays a critical role in the circular economy by facilitating collaboration among scientists and entities conducting  scientific research. Also mentioned in this episode: The Rheaply Website Clip of Garry's March for Science Keynote in Grant Park Email:  Garry Twitter @garrycooperjr Twitter: @Rheaplyinc IG: @Rheaply

From humble beginnings growing up between two housing projects in FL to becoming the Dean of a major private research institution in upstate New York, Dr. Darryl Scriven is an inspiration to all.  He attributes the drive behind his success  to these words, "there is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it and you are not too good to do what it takes to gt it done.  Once you dispel that myth of being too good, you can get anything accomplished." Seven years ago Darryl made a commitment to provide daily motivational video in a series call EVERY day I'm Hustling.  You can access it from his YouTube page Doc Scriven

Dr. Grant Warner views the challenge of diversity in STEM and entrepreneurship as an opportunity for inclusion, because what many refer to as a pipeline problem he believes it is more accurately reflected as a pathway issue.  He discusses his educational journey and how he has leveraged his mechanical engineering PhD to have a voice and fuel his entrepreneurial mindset and ventures. In this episode, we discuss the National Science Foundation I-Corps program and Black Tech Ventures, an organization he co-founded to empower African American tech-innovators and startup entrepreneurs and to foster a culture of entrepreneurship at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).