Recommended Reading

  • Strategies for Women at Work by Janice LaRouche and Regina Ryan
  • Women in Science and Engineering: Choices for Success edited by Cecily Cannan Selby
  • Guide to Nontraditional Careers in Science by Karen Young Kreeger
  • Alternative Careers in Science…Leaving the Ivory Tower edited by Cynthia Robbins-Roth
  • Don’t Shoot the Dog! The New Art of Teaching and Training by Karen Pryor
  • Ms. Mentor’s Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia by Emily Toth
  • The Academic Job Search Handbook (2nd Edition), by Mary Morris Heiberger and Julia Miller Vick
  • Career Renewal…Tools for Scientists and Technical Professionals by Stephen Rosen and Celia Paul
  • A Hand Up: Women Mentoring Women in Science — an AWIS publication edited by Deborah C. Fort
  • A Devotion to Their Science — Pioneer Women of Radioactivity by Marelene F. Rayner-Canham & Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham
  • Women in Chemistry: Their Changing Roles from Alchemical Times to the Mid-Twentieth Century by Marelene Rayner-Canham & Geoffrey Rayner-Canham
  • Help! Was That a Career Limiting Move? by Marjorie Brody & Pamela J. Holland
  • Women Don’t Ask — Negotiation and Gender Divide by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever
  • Ask For It by by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever: How women can use the power of negotiation to get what they really want
  • A Feeling for the Organism —The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock by Evelyn Fox Keller
  • Every Other Thursday: Stories and Strategies from Successful Women Scientists by Ellen Daniell
  • Keys to the Corner Office by Rhonda Rhyne
  • Motherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory – Women Scientists Speak Out by Emily Monosson
  • The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women by Valerie Young
  • Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
  • The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance – What Women Should Know by Katty Kay and Sandy Rustin

  • Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts by Brené Brown

  • Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work by Chip Heath and  Dan Heath

  • How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion, or Job by Sally Helgesen and Marshall Goldsmith

  • Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

  • Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald
  • Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead by Tara Mohr

  • WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game by Abby Wambach

  • Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams

  • Chemistry: A Novel by Weike Wang

  • Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling by Matthew Dicks

  • Emotional Intelligence for the Modern Leader: A Guide to Cultivating Effective Leadership and Organizations by Christopher D. Connors

  • This Is How We Come Back Stronger: Feminist Writers on Turning Crisis into Change by The Feminist Book Society

  • A Lab of One’s Own: One Woman’s Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science by Rita Colwell

  •  Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez

  • Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

  • Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen by Dan Heath