This study found that while the department placed an emphasis on research, it did so in a way that, in conjunction with a lack of communication and transparency, devalued teaching and mentoring, and negatively impacted the professional development, education, and sense of belonging of the students.
Building a brighter outlook for women in STEM is best accomplished by implementing innovative approaches to systemic change. AWIS research shows how intersectionality can achieve STEM equity.
In Nature Human Behaviour, Heather Metcalf illustrates historical notions of scientific inferiority underlie contemporary beliefs about scientific talent, or lack of it, in women and minority groups.
Women have long been underrepresented and underrecognized in mathematics disciplines, despite significant contributions they have made to the field.
As AWIS focuses on diversifying the workplace, they recognize unearned privileges in their and acts on inequalities by taking responsibility to end patterns of injustice.
With women in STEM still experiencing inequalities in the workplace, AWIS offers some final recommendations for researchers seeking to broaden the science of broadening participation.
How to effectively conduct research on STEM workplaces from an intersectionality perspective remains a scientific grand challenge that, left unaddressed, inhibits our ability to understand and create equitable and inclusive STEM workplaces.
The State of Women in Engineering session was designed to shed light on some of the most important trends that are affecting the advancement of women in engineering, drawing from key research findings.
AWIS Director of Research and Analysis, Dr. Heather Metcalf, calls for science to clean up its act in her article published today in Scientific American.
As part of a collection of peer-reviewed articles addressing Women’s Under-representation in Engineering and Computing: Fresh Perspectives on a Complex Problem, AWIS Director of Research and her co-authors discuss their longitudinal research on academic computing culture and steps necessary for change.