An interesting take on women and computer science is discussed in a recent AP article by Jessica Mintz. Buried towards the end of the article is the shocking statistic (which we have mentioned before) that the percentage of women computer science majors has been steadily decreasing: in 1985, women received 37 percent of CS bachelor’s [...]
Implicit Association Tests are an interesting and sometimes controversial form of psychology experiment designed to measure unconscious associations. As described in Shankar Vedantam’s article on IATs in the Washington Post, The Implicit Association Test is designed to examine which words and concepts are strongly paired in people’s minds. For example, “lightning” is associated with “thunder,” rather [...]
Yet another potential problem for professional women: men can’t deal with how much money they make. This is the argument in Alex Williams’ NY Times article (published Sunday). While this may not be a huge problem for us low-paid women academics, the article does report on research showing that women in their 20s who work full [...]
This week is the one-year anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences report “Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering.” I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while, because it’s essential reading for anyone interested in careers of women in science. The related NY Times article by [...]
The top 5 myths about girls, science and math are discussed in an article over at Live Science. (The article is a few weeks old, but new to me as of yesterday.) The myths are based on research from the NSF’s GSE program - so research backs up the claims in the article. The myths are: [...]