Spotlight: Wanda Díaz-Merced
Web Articles
- Barriers for Women in STEMAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- The 5 Biases Pushing Women Out of STEMJoan C. Williams/Harvard Business Review
Articles
Merayo, N., & Ayuso, A. (2023). Analysis of barriers, supports and gender gap in the choice of STEM studies in secondary education. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 33(4), 1471-1498. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-022-09776-9
Sebastián-Tirado, A., Félix-Esbrí, S., Forn, C., & Sanchis-Segura, C. (2023). Are gender-science stereotypes barriers for women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics? exploring when, how, and to whom in an experimentally-controlled setting. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1219012-1219012. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1219012
Prieto-Rodriguez, E., Sincock, K., Berretta, R., Todd, J., Johnson, S., Blackmore, K., Wanless, E., Giacomini, A., & Gibson, L. (2022). A study of factors affecting women’s lived experiences in STEM. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 9(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01136-1
O’Connell, C., & McKinnon, M. (2021). Perceptions of barriers to career progression for academic women in STEM. Societies, 11(2), 27.
Klinman, J., Williams, L. N., Cummings, M., & Chang, A. (2021). Breaking barriers: Women in STEM. American Scientist, 109(3), 190.
Saffie-Robertson, M. C. (2020). It’s not you, it’s me: An exploration of mentoring experiences for women in STEM. Sex Roles, 83(9/10), 566–579.
Halili, M. A., & Martin, J. L. (2020). How to make the invisible women of STEM visible. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 73(2/3), 75–77.
▶ Sanchez, M. E., Hypolitc, L. I., Newman, C. B., & Cole, D. G. (2019). Black women in STEM: The need for intersectional supports in professional conference spaces. Journal of Negro Education, 88(3), 297–310.
Cidlinská, K. (2019). How not to scare off women: Different needs of female early-stage researchers in STEM and SSH fields and the implications for support measures. Higher Education, 78(2), 365–388.
Cadaret, M. C., Hartung, P. J., Subich, L. M., & Weigold, I. K. (2017). Stereotype threat as a barrier to women entering engineering careers. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 99, 40-51.
▶ Grossman, J. M., & Porche, M. V. (2014). Perceived gender and racial/ethnic barriers to STEM success. Urban Education, 49(6), 698-727.
Saucerman, J., & Vasquez, K. (2014). Psychological barriers to STEM participation for women over the course of development. Adultspan Journal, 13(1), 46–64.
Williams, W. M., & Ceci, S. J. (2012). When scientists choose motherhood. American Scientist, 100(2), 138-145 .
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Reports
- Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and EngineeringNational Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, & Institute of Medicine (2007)
Carr, P. L., Helitzer, D., Freund, K., Westring, A., McGee, R., Campbell, P. B., ... & Villablanca, A. (2019). A summary report from the research partnership on women in science careers. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 34(3), 356-362.
Funk, C., & Parker, K. (2018, Jan. 9). Women and men in STEM often at odds over workplace equity. Pew Research Center.
Books
Equity for Women in Science: Dismantling Systemic Barriers to Advancement by
The first large-scale empirical analysis of the gender gap in science, showing how the structure of scientific labor and rewards--publications, citations, funding--systematically obstructs women's career advancement. If current trends continue, women and men will be equally represented in the field of biology in 2069. In physics, math, and engineering, women should not expect to reach parity for more than a century. The gender gap in science and technology is narrowing, but at a decidedly unimpressive pace. And even if parity is achievable, what about equity? Equity for Women in Science, the first large-scale empirical analysis of the global gender gap in science, provides strong evidence that the structures of scientific production and reward impede women's career advancement. To make their case, Cassidy R. Sugimoto and Vincent Larivière have conducted scientometric analyses using millions of published papers across disciplines. The data show that women are systematically denied the chief currencies of scientific credit: publications and citations. The rising tide of collaboration only exacerbates disparities, with women unlikely to land coveted leadership positions or gain access to global networks. The findings are unequivocal: when published, men are positioned as key contributors and women are relegated to low-visibility technical roles. The intersecting disparities in labor, reward, and resources contribute to cumulative disadvantages for the advancement of women in science. Alongside their eye-opening analyses, Sugimoto and Larivière offer solutions. The data themselves point the way, showing where existing institutions fall short. A fair and equitable research ecosystem is possible, but the scientific community must first disrupt its own pervasive patterns of gatekeeping.
Publication Date: 2023
Beating the Odds: Winning Strategies of Women in STEM by
Shares the challenges and triumphs of women in STEM and the often frustrating barriers they face in the workplace. Puts you in the shoes of women who have risen to success in the STEM field. Shares strategies to help women overcome these barriers and find personal and professional success.
Publication Date: 2020
Breaking In: Women's Accounts of How Choices Shape STEM Careers by
By showcasing the stories of eight women scientists who have achieved successful careers in the academy, industry and government, Breaking In offers vivid insights into the challenges and barriers that women face in entering STEM while also describing these women's motivations, the choices they made along their paths, and the intellectual satisfactions and excitement of scientific discovery they derive from their work.
Publication Date: 2015
Women in Global Science: Advancing Academic Careers through International Collaboration by
Women in Global Science is the first book to consider systematically the challenges and opportunities that the globalization of scientific work brings to U.S. academics, especially for women faculty.
Publication Date: 2017
Mothering from the Field: The Impact of Motherhood on Site-based Research by
Mothering from the Field offers both a mosaic of perspectives from current women scientists' experiences of conducting field research while raising children, and an analytical framework to understand how we can redefine methodological and theoretical contributions based on mothers' experiences in order not just to promote healthier, more inclusive, nurturing, and supportive environments in physical, life, and social sciences, but also to revolutionize how we conceptualize research.
ISBN: 9781978800601Publication Date: 2019
Women Scientists: Reflections, Challenges, and Breaking Boundaries by
Magdolna Hargittai uses over fifteen years of in-depth conversation with female physicists, chemists, biomedical researchers, and other scientists to form cohesive ideas on the state of the modern female scientist. The compilation, based on sixty conversations, examines unique challenges that women with serious scientific aspirations face.
Publication Date: 2015
The Mathematics of Sex: How Biology and Society Conspire to Limit Talented Women and Girls by
This book explores why males are overrepresented in STEM professions. Bringing together important research from such diverse fields as endocrinology, economics, sociology, education, genetics, and psychology, the authors show that two factors - the parenting choices women (but not men) have to make, and the tendency of bright women to choose people-oriented fields like medicine - largely account for the under-representation of women in the hard sciences. Further, research shows that biology itself - differences in hormones or brain organization - does not fully account for the problem.
ISBN: 9780199736782Publication Date: 2010
Who's Afraid of Marie Curie?: The Challenges Facing Women in Science and Technology by
Presents challenges and triumphs women experience in the sciences. Hall interviewed more than one hundred women to uncover what sparked their interest in science, what they've experienced in their careers, and, in some cases, why they decided to leave their field. Change is happening, but some women are being left behind while others shoot ahead. Written in accessible language rather than scholarly jargon.
Call Number: Q 147 .H35 2007Publication Date: 2007
