Sherry Marts

Sherry Marts
Sherry Marts
	Marts in 2018
Nationality	USA
Education	B.Sc. in Applied Biology from the University of Hertfordshire, Ph.D. in Physiology from Duke University[1]
Occupation	consultant
Known for	research in genetics, advocacy against sexual harassment

Sherry Marts is an American consultant on sexual harassment[2] and academic who advises scientific associations on how to address and ameliorate institutionalized sexual harassment. While Marts was a PhD student at Duke University, working in cell biology, she described experiencing serious sexual harassment.[3][1]

She spent ten years in Washington, D.C., at the Society for Women’s Health Research, where she was the vice president for scientific affairs.[3]

In 2018 Marts shared an MIT Disobedience Award, given to individuals who fight sexual harassment, with BethAnn McLaughlin and Tarana Burke. In 2020 Marts stopped associating with McLaughlin and left the group MeTooSTEM that the pair helped found.[4][5]

In September 2019 she was appointed executive director of the Genetics Society of America.[1]

References

Edelman, Phyllis (September 2019). "Sherry Marts Named as New GSA Executive Director" (PDF). Genetics Society of America. Bethesda, Maryland. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2020-08-07. Prior to her work at SWHR, she worked in research administration and advocacy in biomedical services at the American Red Cross, and directed biomedical research grant programs in Alzheimer’s disease, glaucoma, and cardiovascular disease at the American Health Assistance Foundation. She received her B.Sc. (Hons.) in Applied Biology from the University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and her Ph.D. in Physiology from Duke University, Durham, NC.
Kwon, Diane (2019-09-25). "Scientific Societies Update Policies to Address #MeToo". The Scientist. Archived from the original on 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2020-08-07. Conferences, in particular, are common sites of sexual harassment. “I think it’s a combination of the old—and hopefully passing away—attitude of, ‘what happens at the meeting stays at the meeting,’ and, ‘this isn’t a work place, so I don’t have to obey the rules here,’” says Sherry Marts, a consultant who advises scientific societies on how to address harassment.
Wadman, Meredith (2018-11-27). "Scientists share MIT 'disobedience' award for #MeToo advocacy". Science magazine. Archived from the original on 2019-10-13. Retrieved 2020-08-07. Marts, the other scientist honored, left science after enduring sexual harassment while completing a Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
Jonah Engel Bromwich; Ezra Marcus (2020-08-04). "The Anonymous Professor Who Wasn't". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-07. Activists including Ms. Marts publicly distanced themselves from the embattled MeTooSTEM leader; they even officially resigned from the hashtag.
Aldhous, Peter (2020-02-22). "The Leading #MeToo Activist Group In Science Is In Turmoil After More Leaders Resign". BuzzFeed News. Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2020-08-11.

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[gsa2019-09-1] Edelman, Phyllis (September 2019). "Sherry Marts Named as New GSA Executive Director" (PDF). Genetics Society of America. Bethesda, Maryland. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2020-08-07. Prior to her work at SWHR, she worked in research administration and advocacy in biomedical services at the American Red Cross, and directed biomedical research grant programs in Alzheimer’s disease, glaucoma, and cardiovascular disease at the American Health Assistance Foundation. She received her B.Sc. (Hons.) in Applied Biology from the University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and her Ph.D. in Physiology from Duke University, Durham, NC.

[the-scientist2019-09-25-2] Kwon, Diane (2019-09-25). "Scientific Societies Update Policies to Address #MeToo". The Scientist. Archived from the original on 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2020-08-07. Conferences, in particular, are common sites of sexual harassment. “I think it’s a combination of the old—and hopefully passing away—attitude of, ‘what happens at the meeting stays at the meeting,’ and, ‘this isn’t a work place, so I don’t have to obey the rules here,’” says Sherry Marts, a consultant who advises scientific societies on how to address harassment.

[sciencemag2018-11-27-3] Wadman, Meredith (2018-11-27). "Scientists share MIT 'disobedience' award for #MeToo advocacy". Science magazine. Archived from the original on 2019-10-13. Retrieved 2020-08-07. Marts, the other scientist honored, left science after enduring sexual harassment while completing a Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

[nytimes2020-08-04-4] Jonah Engel Bromwich; Ezra Marcus (2020-08-04). "The Anonymous Professor Who Wasn't". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-07. Activists including Ms. Marts publicly distanced themselves from the embattled MeTooSTEM leader; they even officially resigned from the hashtag.

[5] Aldhous, Peter (2020-02-22). "The Leading #MeToo Activist Group In Science Is In Turmoil After More Leaders Resign". BuzzFeed News. Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2020-08-11.