Forestcast Season 3: Women of Research - Episode 1: Twenty-Five Years of Mentorship with Laura Kenefic & Susan Stout
To celebrate the immeasurable impact of women in our nation’s history, and to honor the scientists who have inspired others to dream, work, study, serve and succeed, Forecast is kicking off a special 10-episode series highlighting women’s perspectives in research over the past 50 years.
Eleven scientists from the Northern Research Station and Rocky Mountain Research Station will share their experiences from before, during and after careers with the USDA Forest Service. Stories of mentors and mentorship, motherhood, rural and urban stewardship, passions for science, leadership, and beyond.
To kick things off, a conversation between a mentor and mentee about how they met, the evolution and value of their relationship, their shared diversity research, and where to go from here.
People
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Person
Laura S. Kenefic, PhD
Team Leader and Supervisory Research Foresterhttps://research.fs.usda.gov/about/people/laura.kenefic -
Person
Susan L. Stout
Emeritus Research Foresterhttps://research.fs.usda.gov/about/people/susan.stout
Publications
- Lynne M. Westphal, Michael Dockry, Laura S. Kenefic, Sonya Sachdeva, Amelia Rhodeland, Dexter H. Locke, Christel C. Kern, Heidi Huber-Stearns, Michael R. Coughlan. 2022. USDA Forest Service Employee Diversity During a Period of Workforce Contraction
- Susan L. Stout. 2017. Strategies for Increasing Diversity and Inclusion at SAF Meetings
- Christel C. Kern, Laura S. Kenefic, Susan L. Stout. 2015. Bridging the Gender Gap: The demographics of scientists in the USDA Forest Service and academia