articles, books, etc. of interest to WiGS and its mission
The July AWIS newsletter highlights a list posted online of the 11 Hottest Female Professors in the Country (no link provided because I don’t want to encourage anyone to go there). The list is particularly maddening because it’s being provided by a website called HerCampus: A Collegeiette’s Guide to Life, …
The Harvard Educational Review presents an entire issue addressing the unique challenges faced by scientists at the intersection of race and gender inequality. The symposium issue, Unraveling the Double Bind: Women of Color in STEM, celebrates the 35th anniversary of a momentous meeting of 30 minority female scientists. The issue …
Three young women have swept all categories of the first annual Google Science Fair with biomedical research projects. Here’s a brief summary of the prize winning projects: Lauren Hodge (13 – 14 age group) studied the effect of marinades on levels of harmful carcinogens in grilled chicken. Naomi Shah (15 …
The Economix blog at The New York Times summarizes a study on science’s “leaky pipeline”. Unsurprisingly, the study found that women are more likely to leave science due to the pressures of family life. Here are some of the most disturbing statistics from the summary: married women with young children …
This enlightening article at The Washington Post summarizes recent research showing that math anxiety in elementary school teachers has a profound impact on their students. Disturbingly, by the end of only one school year, “girls taught by a teacher with high math anxiety started to score lower than boys in …
