What is “Career-Life Balance?”
Career-Life Balance (CLB) is the idea that family and career are compatible pursuits.
In 2011, First Lady Michelle Obama announced a program to increase the participation of women in science through programs such as NSF’s Career-Life Balance Initiative, which aims to bring the number of women in tenure-track positions into balance with the number of women receiving Ph.D.s in the STEM disciplines.
Read about it here.
What is the STEM CLB Resource Center?
The STEM CLB Resource Center aims to increase participation in STEM careers by raising awareness of the successful coexistence of STEM career and family, and by providing the tools to plan for both.
Since undergraduates are often in the pre-planning stages of both career and family, our efforts begin with undergraduates, and include graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty.
Announcements
Congratulations to Heidi Molga, who recently graduated from UCSC with honors for her project, "Pursuing Career-Life Balance in Academia by Providing Mentorship to Undergraduate Students in STEM fields."
CLB Resources at UCSC
CLB Mentors
Mimmi Ballard
Interview with Mimmi Ballard
Dr. Anna Beaudin
Interview with Anna Beaudin
Dr. Stephane Beaudin
Interview with Stephane Beaudin
Professor Needhi Bhalla
About Needhi Bhalla
Interview with Needhi Bhalla
Professor Lindsay Hinck
About Lindsay Hinck
Interview with Lindsay Hinck
Professor Tesla Jeltema
About Tesla Jeltema
Interview with Tesla Jeltema
Professor Karen Otteman
About Karen Otteman
Interview with Karen Otteman
Professor Carrie Partch
About Carrie Partch
Interview with Carrie Partch
Professor Stefano Profumo
About Stefano Profumo
Interview with Stefano Profumo
Professor Amy Ralston
Interview with Amy Ralston
Professor Vikki Auerbuch Stone
About Vikki Auerbuch Stone
Interview with Vikki Auerbuch Stone
Professor Yi Zuo
About Yi Zuo
Interview with Yi Zuo
More mentor interviews coming soon!
CLB Talks:
Women in Physics Guest Speaker
"Career-Life Balance, the Professor Mom Perspective"
Undergraduate Research Social
"From embryo to adult: my path to parent-professorhood"
UCSC Events
Lactation Rooms
See the map here:
- Biomedical Sciences 1st Floor Restroom
- Thimann 341
- Physical Sciences Building 2nd floor restroom (near coffee cart), basement restroom (near dock), and both restrooms on the 5th floor.
- Engineering 2 Building 2nd and 4th floor restrooms
- Jack Baskin Engineering Building 3rd floor restroom and basement restroom
- Long Marine Lab, Doyle Building restroom
- Long Marine Lab, Younger Building restroom
- Seymour Center, restroom in administrative wing
More resources coming soon!
CLB Resources Beyond UCSC
Scholarship Resources for Women
Supplemental NSF Funding for Graduate Student and Postdocs:
- FY 2013 Career-Life Balance (CLB) - Graduate Research
- FY 2013 Career-Life Balance (CLB) Supplemental Funding
Other UC Campuses:
Family Leave Policies and Issues at Academic Institutions:
- Parental Leave Policies at Astronomical Institutions in selected US, UK, and Canadian organizations. The policies likely apply across disciplines.
- AAS Family Leave Policies and Childcare for Graduate Students and Postdocs
Jan 7, 2013 with links to presentations - Assessing Graduate Programs: Is Your Graduate Department in Physics Female Friendly? Institution based surveys
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Astronomy Community: Establish supportive family leave policies. A petition for basic political reforms with links.
Books on CLB in Academia:
- Do Babies Matter? Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower
Review in Inside Higher Ed - Academic Motherhood: How Faculty Manage Work and Family
Review in Inside Higher Ed - Motherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory
- Mama, PhD
Contacts
Director
Carrie Partch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry Department
Lab website
Email: cpartch@ucsc.edu
Past STEM CLB Resource Center Members
Founding Director
Amy Ralston, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Michigan State University
aralston@msu.edu
http://ralstonlab.natsci.msu.edu
STEM CLB Undergraduate