STEMming in Stilettos with Dr. Toshia
Dr. Natoshia Anderson
An entertaining and revealing podcast, highlighting some of the most badass minority women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math(STEM) today. You are going to laugh, cry, shout, be inspired, and gain new knowledge from these amazing women. Hosted by award-winning STEM advocate, educator, strategist, mechanical engineer, and motivational speaker, Dr. Natoshia Anderson (Dr. Toshia), join us for an engaging, invigorating, motivational, and inspirational journey.
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Meet Dr. Muhsinah Morris: Into the Metaverse
STEMming in Stilettos with Dr. Toshia
01/17/23 • 64 min
Episode Summary
1) Her STEM Story started with her brother's disability and her wanting to understand it and try to find a way to assist in making his life easier.
2) She has been able to bring her STEM education and her imaginative and creative nature to her work.
3) She has taught high school and at the collegiate level. She loves working with students to understand how the brain works. It is her life's work.
4) She has been able to pair Maker Spaces and Chemistry together and now the Metaverse and Science together.
5) Her work with the Metaverse and VR is inspiring others throughout the country and is indeed inspiring the next generation of STEM professionals to follow in her footsteps.
Dr. Muhsinah Morris Bio
Muhsinah L. Holmes Morris, Ph.D., is the academic program director and assistant professor of chemistry. Morris received a B.S. in chemistry from Clark Atlanta University with honors (cum laude) and an M.S. and Ph.D. in chemistry from Emory University (biomolecular division). Her research encompasses working in the Morehouse Makerspace Exploration Center, 3D Printing Specialized Laboratory Equipment for those with Autism and other Developmental Disorders. She is the PI of the Morris Research and Innovation Group, where they research and develop technologically innovative solutions for those with autism. Dr. Morris won the 2021 Vulcan Teaching Award of Excellence and launched her Advanced Inorganic Chemistry course in virtual reality in the spring of 2021 in the digital twin campus created by VictoryXR on the Engage Platform. She is a pioneer in this space as the chemistry content in VR is limited to non-existent. Wife to a gamer and mom to five sons, she is an inventive autism mom, a volunteer advocacy ambassador, National Community Advisory Council member, and grant review committee member for Autism Speaks. Her purpose in life is to create inclusivity in STEAAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, agriculture, and math). She believes that VR provides a pathway for creating that inclusion through immersive education, vocational rehabilitation services, and therapeutic experiences.
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/drmuhsinahmorris
Website: unitethemetaverse.com
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Meet Ursula Spencer: One Super Dope Nerd
STEMming in Stilettos with Dr. Toshia
04/19/23 • 57 min
Episode Summary
Ursula Spencer is a super dope nerd. She is a Black woman in STEM who has overcome all the -isms to lead her own company that serves kids all over the world. Early on in her career, she took ownership and wrote her own path. She is an entrepreneur and tech guru that is investing in our future through Dope Nerds and AR/VR. This episode takes the listener through some of her past experiences and give insight into why she feels so strongly about giving back to the community and bringing young, gifted, and Black students into the world of tech.
Ursula Spencer Bio
The founder of Dope Nerds is a self-taught technologist and accomplished tech entrepreneur. At the young age of 11, she taught herself how to hack and launched her first tech company at 21 years of age. With over 30 years of experience as a Sr. Consultant, Subject Matter Expert, and Technical Advisor, she has worked for organizations such as the Federal Reserve Bank, Chase, and Bankers Trust, ultimately leading technology teams for the Federal Reserve System's twelve banks. Her interest in virtual reality began in 2009 when she became an early adopter of online virtual worlds to understand its potential impact on industries beyond entertainment and gaming. In 2019, she founded Dope Nerds as a brand, focusing on leveraging her technical expertise to provide innovative and impactful learning experiences for youth and under-represented communities.
Website: https://dopenerds.tech
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ursulaspencer/
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Advice From a Woman in STEM: Meet Erica Cooper, Technical Leader at Cisco Systems
STEMming in Stilettos with Dr. Toshia
03/03/20 • 38 min
Erica Cooper is a Technical Leader at Cisco Systems based in the Washington DC metropolitan area, where she provides technical solutions for various government and non-government customers. The technologies that she focuses on are DataCenter, SDN, Cloud, Virtualization, and Security. She graduated from Keller Graduate School of Management (MS. Telecommunications and Business) and she also has a bachelor of science in Electrical Engineering. She holds several industry certifications including the following:
CCIE Data Center
CCNP Routing and Switching
VCP- NV Network Virtualization
In her spare time she enjoys traveling with family, watching and participating in sports and listening to EDM/House music. She is a phenomenal woman in STEM who believes that telling our stories is vitally important to the future of the STEM.
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Meet Shermaine Perry Knights: Systems Thinking; Processes are King; The Gift of Feedback
STEMming in Stilettos with Dr. Toshia
03/09/21 • 33 min
Episode Summary
1) Feedback is so important in business and in life and its one of the things that gets overlooked in the hustle and bustle of the day.
2) We need people advocating for us at the K-12 level in policy and politics. There is much work to be done there to reverse the effects of racism and discrimination that STILL exist in the system.
3) Process is KING!! It defines your behavior; management's behavior. Its generally not a person, its the process.
Shermaine Perry Knight Bio
Shermaine Perry-Knights is the founder and chief learning officer at Innovation Consultants of DeKalb. She is also a Senior Trainer and Instructional Designer for Fulton County Government. She is an engaging educator and workforce development coach with a passion for creating aha moments and learning solutions.
Shermaine is early in her talent development career and is viewed as a leader by peers and colleagues. She wears a strategic business partner hat, offering advice to executives for process improvement and employee development in her combined roles of instructional designer, project manager, senior trainer, teacher, and facilitator.
She has experience designing and delivering customized management and workforce development programs to classrooms ranging from 20 to 300 attendees. Shermaine has delivered content on topics including career pivots, employee experience, accountability, communicating across generations, leadership, project management, and conflict resolution.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shermaineperry
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Shermaine's Books
https://www.amazon.com/Books-Shermaine-Perry-Knights/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AShermaine+Perry-Knights
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Meet Da'Shaun Joseph: STEM Choose Me; STEAM and Business,and Having a Choice
STEMming in Stilettos with Dr. Toshia
03/15/22 • 55 min
Episode Summary
1. Da' Shaun has an unusual STEM story. She says that STEM chose her. You will have to listen to her story to see how true that is.
2. She believes that if she's called to it, then she's going to do it. STEM and Arts and STEAM and business are her areas of excellence.
3. Her motto is "Say Yes, and Lets See What Happens."
4. Her creativity is the thing that allows her to be the best STEM person, STEM Advocate that she can be.
5. She wants women to know that they have agency and choice. Don't forget it.
Da'Shaun Joseph Bio
Da’Shaun Antionette Joseph is the CEO of D.A. Joseph LLC where she manages the brands Boom Speaks and Boom Productions. Through her brands and service, her personal mission is to inspire, empower, and impact.
Da’Shaun is a professional engineer and growth-focused leader with more than 12 years of experience in public speaking, sales, and consulting. Her expertise in equity, leadership development, empowerment, STEAM advocacy, intersectionality, colorism, emotional intelligence, and program management has allowed her the opportunity to speak, moderate, and host various conferences, keynotes, and seminars related to those topics. She has served on the chapter, regional, and national executive boards for the National Society of BlackEngineers, Urban League, and various advisory boards including the Norfolk state University Computer Science Advisory Board, ArtBAE, and the Virginia Council on Women.
Da’Shaun received her M.S. in Systems Engineering from George Washington University and is a proud graduate of Norfolk StateUniversity, where she completed a B.S. in Computer Engineering
on a full academic scholarship. She is a proud member of Delta SigmaTheta Sorority, Inc. and has earned a Program Management Professional (PMP), Social Marketing, and ITIL certification.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dashaunjoseph/
https://www.boomspeaks.com/
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-the-dr-will-show-podcast-31158018/episode/dashaun-joseph-boomspeaks-think-for-79334953/
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Meet Dr. Eve Hudson: 1st Generation College Students, and What is Professional?
STEMming in Stilettos with Dr. Toshia
02/15/22 • 42 min
Episode Summary
1. She has lived the story that she tells and believes in being the help that she had during her journey.
2. Teachers really helped her all along her journey and now she teaches and inspires students all across the world.
3. Believes that social media has changed the way we engage in the world and that also affects students, especially students who think college isn't for them.
4. Can we talk about what is professionalism? Who defines it? And must we oblige the "norms".
Dr. Evingerlean Hudson Bio
Dr. Evingerlean D. B. Hudson, affectionately known as Dr. Eve® is a very proud native of Charlotte, North Carolina. She is the oldest of 3 and was reared by a single mother in a low-SES household. She is a first-generation college student that earned her Ph. D. at the age of 28.
After years of service in higher education, she started her social entrepreneurial journey. She is the Founder and Chief Strategist of Evingerlean Worldwide® and she is on a mission to inspire, empower, and uplift first-generation scholars and graduates across the globe.
She is committed to being a champion for historically underserved communities, creating safe spaces for growth, making pathways for social mobility, disrupting generational poverty, and building wealth through entrepreneurship.
website: evehudsonphd.com (Company Website)
instagram.com/evehudsonphd (Instagram)
youtube.com/evehudsonphd (YouTube)
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/evehudsonphd
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Meet Dr. Sybrina Atwaters: Being Bold, Learning How to Network, and Pursuing Liberation
STEMming in Stilettos with Dr. Toshia
01/18/22 • 48 min
Episode Summary
1. Dr. Atwaters loves math. She really loves and understands the tenets of it and knows how to apply it to life.
2. She learned to be bold from her mother, who told her that she should apply to any college she wanted to.
3. She believes that being at GT introduced her to other people who were just like her and have become her network.
4. Her STEM story is also her life story.
5. She wants everyone to learn how to network. Having a strong network is a blessing and a good thing but is something you have to be intentional about who is in your network.
6. Liberation is key to her. Science serves liberation; theology serves liberation.
Dr. Sybrina Atwaters Bio
Sybrina Y. Atwaters is an interdisciplinary sociologist with research interests in sociology of technology (exploring knowledge production through virtual world technologies); and social inequality (examining patterns of inequality within science, engineering, and higher education). Her broad experience includes collaborative research with the National Academies, Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Iowa State University, the Fund for Theological Education, and the Association of Theological Schools. She has presented her work at both national and international professional conferences. Her research has been published by Spring International and John Hopkins University Press.
Dr. Atwaters currently serves as Director, OMED: Educational Services, for Institute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Georgia Institute of Technology. She supervises several programs and grant initiatives under her purview, including the 9-time award-winning African American Male Initiative (AAMI); Challenge, OMED’s signature 5-week summer academic intensive residential program; and Focus, an annual institute-wide diversity graduate recruitment program; and the Women of Color Initiative (WOCI), a city-wide collaborative with Georgia Tech, Spelman, Emory, and STEM Atlanta Women non-profit. Most recently she became affiliated faculty with the School of History and Sociology.
Sybrina is a 3-time graduate from Georgia Institute of Technology, receiving her B.S. in electrical engineering and master’s and Ph.D. in sociology of technology and science. She also earned her master’s degrees from Emory University in Theological Studies and Georgia State University in Instructional Technology. Dr. Atwaters has over nine years of experience as a senior wireless design engineer, eight years in STEM diversity research and programming, and 15 years in higher education instruction.
Dr. Atwaters serves on several boards, steering committees, task forces, and strategic planning working groups; including Georgia Million Women Mentors.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sybrina-atwaters-ph-d-63393b42
Website: https://omed.gatech.edu
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Meet Erica Joy Baker: Its the Computer for Me, Love of Tech, and Being Yourself
STEMming in Stilettos with Dr. Toshia
10/05/21 • 63 min
Episode Summary
1) Erica's love of computers started early when her mom brought home a computer. She says that the computer was her babysitter.
2) Her whole world changed when they were able to get the internet. Her knowledge of the computer and its capabilities really grew.
3) She got used to being the only Black girl in the buildings when she went to college at the University of Alaska.
4) She really loves Tech. Her love for tech is greater than her disdain for things (discrimination, harassment, etc.) that happened to her in tech.
5) She is about making the needed changes so that the industry she loves can be more inclusive and more diverse for the betterment of us all.
Erica Joy Baker Bio:
Erica Joy Baker is an engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area, Chief Technology Officer for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and known for her outspoken support of diversity and inclusion. Erica's career in tech began fourteen years ago doing domain administration for the University of Alaska Statewide System, before becoming a Googler in 2006. She has worked at companies including GitHub, Google, Slack, Patreon, and Microsoft. Erica is on the Advisory Boards for Atipica and Hack the Hood, and is a Tech Mentor for Black Girls Code.
Want to learn more about Erica?
www.ericajoybaker.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericajoy
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Throwback Episode: Work Life Balance for Women of Color
STEMming in Stilettos with Dr. Toshia
10/30/20 • 41 min
On this episode we talk through good self care practices for women of color. It is super important that we as minority women take care of ourselves. WE MUST DO IT!!!! We give so much to others, but who gives or pours into us? How are we getting full? We have to take the time to do the things that matter to us and are about us. The times we live in now are perilous and I believe that we need to keep our minds, bodies, and spirits right. I loved the advice we talked about during this episode and I hope that you do also.
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Meet Dr. Aisha Lawrey: The Importance of Interning, Becoming Yourself, and Using Your Voice,
STEMming in Stilettos with Dr. Toshia
08/11/20 • 49 min
Episode Summary:
1) Internships are so important especially when deciding on your next career move right out of college. Do them and discover what it is that you like or don't like;
2) It is so important that as a woman in STEM and a Black women in particular that you do not downplay your abilities for anyone. Own all of your talents and gifts
3) When you have the opportunity to be in the room, use your voice for good and help others.
4) Let's not compete with other Black women, but try to help where needed.
5) Take the time to find yourself and your sweet spot, personally and professionally.
Bio:
STEM advocate, Aisha Lawrey, has 20 years of experience on this journey. Working in industry, government, nonprofits, and education she knows how to engage many different stakeholders, at all levels. Her focus is on increasing the number of women and minorities in engineering.
Aisha recently joined the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME), Inc. as the Senior Director, Programs and Scholarships. She is responsible for planning, directing and executing all scholarships and program activities. Prior to joining NACME, Aisha was the Director of Engineering Education with the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME). She directed and guided the work of ASME in helping to shape the future of mechanical engineering and engineering technology.
Aisha obtained a Master of Public Administration and Policy from Rutgers University and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology. A New Jersey native, Aisha now resides in Maryland with her husband and 12-year-old twins.
Social Media Accounts:
https://www.facebook.com/AishaKenya
https://twitter.com/AishaKenya77
https://www.instagram.com/akbosslyfe
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aishalawrey
For students studying engineering and computer science, please check out NACME, Inc. for opportunities to apply for scholarships. www.nacme.org
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How many episodes does STEMming in Stilettos with Dr. Toshia have?
STEMming in Stilettos with Dr. Toshia currently has 139 episodes available.
What topics does STEMming in Stilettos with Dr. Toshia cover?
The podcast is about Black Women, Society & Culture, Leadership, Women, Empowerment, Podcasts, Technology, Science, Business, Minority, Careers, Engineering and Girls.
What is the most popular episode on STEMming in Stilettos with Dr. Toshia?
The episode title 'Meet Dr. Keli Christopher: STEM Greenhouse and Bringing Justice and STEM Together' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on STEMming in Stilettos with Dr. Toshia?
The average episode length on STEMming in Stilettos with Dr. Toshia is 43 minutes.
How often are episodes of STEMming in Stilettos with Dr. Toshia released?
Episodes of STEMming in Stilettos with Dr. Toshia are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of STEMming in Stilettos with Dr. Toshia?
The first episode of STEMming in Stilettos with Dr. Toshia was released on Feb 6, 2020.
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