articles, books, etc. of interest to WiGS and its mission
Academe, the magazine of the American Association of University Professors, recently printed this article detailing the large difference in the amount of time male and female faculty members spend on service activities. Service activities include tasks like serving on committees (search committees, seminar speaker invitation committees, curriculum revision committees, etc.), …
The underrepresentation of women in science may mean that discrimination against female researchers is “institutional,” says the Guardian‘s Alice Bell. A new study published in PNAS suggests science is “stuck in the past” when it comes to women and is focusing on the wrong issues in order to get past …
If you think you have faced barriers in your journey to pursue science, take a moment to read this article highlighting the difficulties faced by scientists with physical, mental, or emotional disabilities.
Here, the New York Times has its take on the National Academy of Sciences’ report on women in science careers (Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering). Although NYT says that the report “recommends a sweeping overhaul of our institutions”, little has changed …
This popular blog is written by the online persona MommyScientist. While keeping her identity and exact scientific field a mystery, MommyScientist shares her experiences balancing her career and personal life, dealing with difficult male colleagues, teaching, and running her research lab. Posts are more infrequent of late, but the archives …
