sadamo

User profile

Prof.

Shelley

Adamo

Canada

Area of expertise, interest, main activities...: 

insect behavioural physiology, women in STEM

About you (please use English): 

University Professor at Dalhousie University. Interested in gender issues in science, especially the causes that lead to the attrition of women in the biological sciences during training.

Scientific discipline: 

Natural sciences, Biological sciences

Stakeholder group: 

Science stakeholders, Scientists & Researcher

Contact details

Spoken languages: 

English

City: 

Halifax

Street: 

1355 Oxford St

ZIP: 

B3H 4R2

Phone: 

902 494 8853

Personal web or blog: 

http://myweb.dal.ca/sadamo/index.html

GenPORT Gender Expert2Expert Directory

Would you like to form part of the GenPORT Gender Expert database?: 

Yes

Area of Gender Expertise: 

Gender in biology

Country coverage: 

Canada

Skills and track record: 

Adamo SA (2013) Attrition of women in the biological sciences: Workload, motherhood and other explanations revisited. Biosciences. 63: 43-48. Adamo SA (2013) Retention of women in the biological sciences. University of Illinois, Urbana/Champagne, Apr. 7th “Attrition of Women in the Biological Sciences” Canadian Society of Zoologists – Annual Meeting; May, 2011. “Science and the Life-Work Balance”. Women in Science and Engineering faculty Workshop. (NSERC sponsored) Acadia University. May 31, 2010. Published commentary 2009. http://sciencemoms.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/the-nature-of-a-review/ “Women in Science Workshop: Motherhood and science” Canadian Society of Zoologists – Annual Meeting; May, 2008.