This new book for girls ages 5-9 about STEM careers launches today by Dr. Erin Albert.

1.
New
Book
Engaging
Girls
Ages
5-­‐9
in
STEM
Careers
Launches:
The
Amazing
Adventures
of
the
Princesses
from
Planet
STEM
March
12,
2014
(INDIANAPOLIS)
-­‐
Girls
and
STEM
careers
–
Science,
Technology,
Engineering
and
Math
–
have
not
always
lived
happily
ever
after
together.
The
statistics
show
in
Indiana
and
elsewhere,
girls
are
still
academically
underperforming
boys
in
STEM
education.
One
native
Hoosier,
woman,
and
STEM
professor
decided
to
take
action
and
help
develop
a
book
to
encourage
young
girls
to
get
excited
about
STEM
careers.
Dr.
Erin
Albert,
author,
pharmacist,
lawyer,
and
assistant
professor
of
pharmacy
practice
at
Butler
University
has
written
a
new
book
for
girls
and
STEM,
The
Amazing
Adventures
of
the
Princesses
from
Planet
STEM
(Mascot
Books,
2014).
“I
read
about
the
underperformance
of
girls
vs.
boys
on
AP
testing
across
the
board
in
the
state
of
Indiana
from
the
Status
of
Girls
in
Indiana
2013
report
by
St.
Mary’s
College,
and
found
it
disturbing,”
according
to
Albert.
“Also,
as
a
first
generation
STEM
college
grad
and
native
Hoosier
myself,
I
wanted
to
see
if
I
could
give
back
and
help
solve
this
problem
while
employing
my
own
strengths
and
talents
as
a
writer
to
create
a
win-­‐win.”
Dr.
Albert
not
only
wrote
the
children’s
book
for
girls
ages
5-­‐9,
but
she
also
ran
a
successfully
funded
Kickstarter
campaign
last
fall
to
give
enough
copies
away
to
all
approximately
440
Indiana
public
library
facilities.
“It’s
one
thing
to
write
and
publish
a
book,
it’s
another
entirely
different
thing
to
get
the
book
into
the
hands
of
girls
to
create
positive
change,”
stated
Albert.
“I
am
extremely
appreciative
of
the
120+
backers
we
had
fund
this
project,
and
am
thrilled
to
ensure
that
they
along
with
the
girls
of
Indiana
get
this
book
first.”
The
book
has
been
illustrated
by
local
artist
Pam
Fraizer
of
Fraizer
Designs.
Hardcopies
of
the
book
are
available
directly
from
the
publisher:
http://tinyurl.com/STEMPrincessTheBook.
Ebooks
will
be
available
through
various
online
retailers
in
the
future.
Also,
a
Facebook
fanpage
for
the
book
has
been
created,
https://www.facebook.com/STEMprincess,
and
a
Pinterest
board
focus
on
STEM
for
girls
as
well:
http://www.pinterest.com/ea6603/stemprincess/.
The
hashtag
for
the
project
across
social
media
is
#STEMPrincess.
About
the
author:
Erin
Albert,
RPh,
MBA,
PharmD,
JD
is
an
assistant
professor
of
pharmacy
practice
and
director
of
continuing
education
and
preceptor
development
at
Butler
University
College
of
Pharmacy
and
Health
Sciences
in
Indianapolis,
IN.
She
also
is
an
entrepreneur
and
founder
of
two
companies
(Pharm,
LLC
and
Yuspie,
LLC),
and
has
written
and
published
7
other
books
on
entrepreneurship,
pharmacy
practice,
law,
and
economic
development.
She
is
from
Indiana.
For
more
about
Dr.
Albert,
see:
www.erinalbert.com.
About
Pharm,
LLC:
Pharm,
LLC
is
a
coaching,
consulting
and
development
organization
founded
by
Dr.
Albert
to
help
others
enhance
their
own
careers
in
the
pharmaceutical,
biotechnology
and
life
science
industries.