Swe Podcasts

SWE’s Peggy Layne talks to Engineering Deans Nada Marie Anid and Elaine Scott who she interviewed for an article in the Fall 2017 issue of SWE Magazine.

In this first episode of SWE Stories: Tales from the Archives, SWE Archivist Troy Eller English and Director of Editorial and Publications Anne Perusek share members' stories about "The Second Shift.”

FY18 SWE President Jonna Gerken talks with Andra Liemandt of The Mrs, a Texas based all female band who will be playing SWE’s Annual Conference, WE17, in Austin, TX.

For Diverse's Women Executives in Engineering podcast series, FY18 SWE President Jonna Gerken interviews Janeen Judah of Chevron who is the 2017 President of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Continuing our Women Executives in Engineering podcast series, FY18 SWE President Jonna Gerken interviews Pamela Jackson, V.P. of Technology at Emerson and a life member of SWE.

Jessica Rannow, FY17 President of the Society of Women Engineers, talks to Ernest Adams, Vice President of Global Diversity & Inclusion at Danaher as part of our Men As Diversity Partners podcast series.

As part of our Women Executives in Engineering podcast series, FY17 SWE President Jessica Rannow interviews Marilyn Tears, the Safety, Security, Health, and Environment Manager at ExxonMobil Development Company.

In our latest podcast on SWE’s Governance Update, Penny Wirsing, Chair of the Governance Task Force, talks with Karen Roth, FY17 Director of Professional Excellence.

FY17 SWE President Jessica Rannow talks with Lorraine Bolsinger, Vice President of the Accelerated Leadership Program (XLP) at General Electric, a keynote speaker at SWE's WE17 conference. SWE’s Annual Conference is Oct. 26-28 in Austin, TX.

Our Men As Diversity Partners Podcast Series continues as FY17 SWE President Jessica Rannow talks to Patrick Harper, Vice President and General Manager of the Technology Order Fulfillment team at Keysight Technologies.

Jessica Rannow, FY17 President of the Society of Women Engineers, talks with Kendra Eads, Director of Technical Quality and Functional Excellence at Cummins Inc, about the need for deep technical experts.

Gene Fraser, Vice President of Programs, Quality and Engineering at Northrop Grumman is featured in our latest Men as Diversity Partners podcast. He established the Women in Leadership program at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems.

FY17 President of the Society of Women Engineers Jessica Rannow talks to two authors of SWE Magazine’s Annual Literature Review about research related to women in engineering: Peter Meiksins, Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Professor of Sociology at Cleveland State University, and Peggy Lane, Assistant Provost for Faculty Development at Virginia Tech.

Jessica Rannow, FY17 President of the Society of Women Engineers, talks with Della Cronin, a principal at Washington Partners, about SWE’s public policy efforts including its congressional outreach.

FY17 President of the Society of Women Engineers Jessica Rannow discusses SWE’s Climate Control study with lead researcher Joan C. Williams, Distinguished Professor of law at the University of California Hastings College of Law and Founding Director of the Center for WorkLife Law. The results of the study suggest the engineering workplace climate is tougher for women and people of color than it is for white men.

Jessica Rannow, FY17 President of the Society of Women Engineers, talks with Mary Beth Biddle about SWE scholarships. Biddle is a mechanical engineer at Lockheed Martin Space Systems and SWE’s Scholarship Coordinator.

To close the gender gap in engineering and technology, the Society of Women Engineers knows engaging men is a key part of that goal. In our latest SWE Diverse podcast, FY17 SWE President Jessica Rannow discusses men as diversity partners with Ken Barrett, the Chief Diversity Officer at General Motors.

tephanie Senkevich, SWE Member and mechanical engineer at Becton Dickinson, interviews BD’s Executive Vice President and Chief Regulatory Officer Rick Naples about men as diversity partners for women in engineering.

SWE President Jessica Rannow interviews Kelly Thompson about her work as a professional novelist and comic book writer and her involvement with the development of the new SWE comic series, Constance and Nano.

For SWE’s Diverse podcast series, Jessica Rannow, FY17 President of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), interviews Natalie Vanderspiegel. Natalie is an FY17 Sonora Region Senator and a Professional Life Member of SWE. In this podcast brought to you by SWE Advance, Jessica and Natalie discuss SWE’s Governance Update. SWE’s Governance Task Force is now reviewing hundreds of recommendations from our working groups to create one cohesive plan. Natalie explains the process and talks about her role in the Senate Working Group. For more information, go to governance.swe.org.