Eileen Pollack

For the individual and for society, the more diversity you have in a field means more ways of solving a problem as well as more creativity and originality. ”

I write and teach creative nonfiction. I was a reporter. ”

I think women need to hear more encouragement in any field, because I see it - I teach creative writing. And even though it's mostly women in the room, they're not often - or they didn't used to be the ones who went on to publish books. I know this sounds like a tautology, but encouragement is the key. ”

For women, even if she's nerdy enough to be Steve Jobs, she's undateable. ”

Science and math are hard for everybody, and it's usually not a matter or being born gifted at it or not. It's hard work, but it can be a lot of fun! ”

Knowing how to tactfully criticize someone's work is a mentor's job. ”

To make computer science more attractive to women, we might help young women change how they think about themselves and what's expected of them. But we might also diversify the images of scientists they see in the media, along with the decor in the classrooms and offices in which they might want to study or work. ”

Judging the political climate in my state by walking around lefty Ann Arbor is like a polar bear judging global warming by staring at the ice cube beneath its feet. ”