Recently we were looking through the awards that are given out each year at the major annual scientific conference in our field. Almost none of them were given to women in the past few years - except for the special prize that must be given to a woman. It made us wonder how widespread this [...]
Last week we mentioned that unconscious bias can affect academic hiring decisions. Today, we’re following up with a look at an amazing brochure on combating discrimination in academic hiring. This brochure (PDF) was put together by the Women in Science & Engineering Leadership Institute at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. This document should be [...]
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: [...]