"Think about your strengths and how you can utilize those strengths." an interview with Haojia Abby Ren

Description

From her teaching position at National Taiwan University, Haojia Abby Run is studying nitrogen-related pollution by fossil fuels and fertilizers and warning people in Taiwan of its damage to the ocean. A female Asian oceanographer, who grew up in China’s one-child policy era, Ren is on a mission to encourage other women to choose scientific careers and find life balance. She feels a responsibility to discuss discrimination too – her professor’s belief that girls were only good at exams and could not do research. She advises: you want to observe yourself every day; think about your strengths and how to utilize them. (Recorded 12 December)

Participants

• llyse Vernon
  
• Abby Ren
  
• AGU Narratives
  

Interview By

• AGU Narratives