Becca VanDrunenFemininity and Intelligence: What, Am I Not Supposed To Be Smart?“What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.” — Madeleine AlbrightDec 22, 20231Dec 22, 20231
Becca VanDrunenThe Saviours of my Graduate Experience: The Amazing Members of my Research GroupI have heard many a horror story of terrible research groups for folks during their graduate school experiences, and so I wanted to briefly…Nov 9, 2023Nov 9, 2023
Becca VanDrunen5 Outstanding Women Who Were Robbed of a Nobel PrizeThe 2023 Nobel Prizes were announced from October 2nd–9th. This is an exciting time of year, when outstanding contributions in physics…Nov 6, 2023Nov 6, 2023
Becca VanDrunenScience and Femininity: Implicit Gender Biases Which Dictate Our Societal View of Sub-Fields in…For a very long time, fields in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, otherwise known as STEM, were considered the jobs of…Oct 3, 2023Oct 3, 2023
Becca VanDrunenUnpaid Internships Need to GoIn the summer after I had completed my second year of undergraduate studies, I had no success in finding a summer job related to my field…Sep 26, 2023Sep 26, 2023
Becca VanDrunenImposter Syndrome: If Everyone Feels It, Why Aren’t We Talking About It?The most common line that I hear whenever someone talks about imposter syndrome is “everyone feels like an imposter at some point in their…Sep 24, 2023Sep 24, 2023
Becca VanDrunenExtraordinary Women Versus Ordinary Men: The Harmful Double Standard Keeping Women Out Of…“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.” — Margaret ThatcherSep 20, 20232Sep 20, 20232
Becca VanDrunenElitism in STEM: Deserved or Detrimental? (The Answer is Detrimental)Everyone knows someone in science or engineering who fits the stereotypical description of being arrogant and condescending. Not everyone…Sep 17, 2023Sep 17, 2023
Becca VanDrunenIf I Could Go Back and Redo My Undergraduate Degree, This is What I Would Do DifferentlyAs of June 2023, I officially became a graduate of Queen’s University, holding a Bachelor of Science Honours with a specialization in…Aug 29, 2023Aug 29, 2023
Becca VanDrunenTake the Word “Bossy” Out of Your VocabularyEver since I was a young girl, the one thing that others always commented on was how “bossy” I was. As an eldest daughter who is quite…Aug 23, 2023Aug 23, 2023
