Dr. Jeanette Cockroft, US Fulbright Scholar to China, presented two lectures on American politics and the impact of race and gender in contemporary American politics sponsored by WSTEM Mongolia in June.

She also discussed basic elements of American political culture at the “Sustainable Development and Urgent Social Problems” conference at National University of Mongolia. The conference was co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science & Sports, Association of Mongolian Women Scientists and WSTEM Mongolia.

Both workshops and the conference dealt with finding strategies to empower women in STEM fields to become more involved in Mongolian politics at the national level, Dr. Cockroft said.

The visit was funded by the Fulbright Regional Travel Program.