Removing barriers : women in academic science, technology, engineering, and mathematics / edited by Jill M. Bystydzienski and Sharon R. Bird.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bystydzienski, Jill M., 1949-

Bird, Sharon R., 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in science--Congresses.

Women in science.

Women scientists--Employment--Congresses.

Women scientists.

Feminism and science--Congresses.

Feminism and science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Movement into academic science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields has been slow for women and minorities. Not only are women and minorities underrepresented in STEM careers, there is strong evidence that many academic departments are resistant to addressing the concerns that keep them from entering careers in these fields. In light of recent controversies surrounding these issues, this volume, examining reasons for the persistence of barriers that block the full participation and a

Contents:

Sustaining Gains: Reflections on Women in Science and Technology in the Twentieth- Century United States / Sally Gregory Kohlstedt

From "Engineeresses" to "Girl Engineers" to "Good Engineers": A History of Women's U.S. Engineering Education / Amy Sue Bix

Using POWRE to ADVANCE: Institutional Barriers Identified by Women Scientists and Engineers / Sue V. Rosser

Telling Stories about Engineering: Group Dynamics and Resistance to Diversity / Cynthia Burack and Suzanne E. Franks

The Gender Gap in Information Technology / Mo-Yin S. Tam and Gilbert W. Bassett, Jr.

African American Women in Science: Experiences from High School through the Post- secondary Years and Beyond / Sandra L. Hanson

African Women Pursuing Graduate Studies in the Sciences: Racism, Gender Bias, and Third World Marginality / Josephine Beoku-Betts

Gendered Experiences in the Science Classroom / Molly J. Dingel

The Construction of Sexual Bimorphism and Heterosexuality in the Animal Kingdom / Kirsten Smilla Ebeling

Feminism and Science: Mechanism without Reductionism / Carla Fehr

Across the Language Barrier: Gender in Plant Biology and Feminist Theory / Dana A. Dudle and Meryl Altman

The Graduate Experience of Women in STEM and How It Could Be Improved / Anne J. MacLachlan

How Can Women and Students of Color Come to Belong in Graduate Mathematics? / Abbe H. Herzig

Designing Gender-Sensitive Computer Games to Close the Gender Gap in Technology / Anna M. Martinson

Making Sense of Retention: An Examination of Undergraduate Women's Participation in Physics Courses / Heidi Fencl and Karen R. Scheel

Creating Academic Career Opportunities for Women in Science: Lessons from Liberal Arts Colleges / Neal B. Abraham

Beyond Gender Schemas: Improving the Advancement of Women in Academia / Virginia Valian.

Notes:

Papers originally presented at a 2002 conference at Iowa State University, "Retaining Women in Early Academic Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Careers."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-335) and index.

ISBN:

9786612072703

1-282-07270-6

0-253-11173-0

OCLC:

476022189