Making a Difference with Allie Folcik & Rachelle Pedersen

March brings Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, and - despite the ‘misogyny sandwiches’ we’ve been handed this month - what better way to mark it than talking about ‘Making a Difference’. This month we’re joined by Allie Folcik and Rachelle Pedersen from Texas A&M University, PhD researchers and organisers of the ‘Zoom a WISE Woman’ programme which gets researchers virtually into classrooms to talk about their work.  

Follow Allie on Instagram (@theprettyphd) and check out her blog (https://prettyphdblog.com) for toxicology, researcher life and fashion - she’s got it all covered! 

Follow the WISE (Women in Science & Engineering) organisation on Instagram (@wise_tamu) and check out their Facebook page to see what they get up to: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenInScienceandEngineering .

If you’re interested in learning more about WISE @ Texas A&M University you can check out their website: https://www.wisetamu.com/ If you like the sound of the ‘Zoom a WISE Woman’ programme and want to get involved (researchers and teachers/schools all around the world!), you can find out more and sign up here: https://www.wisetamu.com/in-your-classroom .

Check out the WISE organisation’s  ‘Science of Rainbows Video’ here: https://youtu.be/khbWoCH6Q80 .

Check out Sharks4Kids (mentioned by Rachelle) here: https://www.sharks4kids.com/ .

Jodi co-wrote a book! You can purchase ‘A Million Questions to Ask a Neuroscientist: The Brain Made Easy’ by Dr Mike Tranter here: https://www.amazon.com/Million-Things-Ask-Neuroscientist-brain/dp/0578861690 

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Recorded: 17th March 2021 (recorded remotely via Zoom due to COVID-19, please excuse some fluctuations in audio quality) . 

Released: 26th March 2021 .

Hosts: Rebecca Casterton, Jodi Parslow . 

Producer & Editor: Rebecca Casterton . 

Music: Right Place, Right Time | Silent Partner (YouTube Audio Library) .

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Recorded: 14th March 2024 & 26th August 2024
Released: 30th August 2024
Hosts: Rebecca Casterton, Jodi Barnard
Producer & Editor: Rebecca Casterton
Music: Right Place, Right Time | Silent Partner (YouTube Audio Library)