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Women in STEM: Issues for Equity and Inclusion

Lisa Berry

CIRTL-UTA Program Coordinator, Doctoral Candidate in

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, UT Arlington

Welcome to today’s CIRTLCast

Ashanti Johnson

Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty Recruitment, Associate

Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, UT Arlington

Cori Laws

Doctoral Candidate, Biology, UT Arlington

Sarah Langford

PhD Student, Mathematics, UT Arlington

Marianna Vallejo

PhD (ABD), Mechanical Engineering, UT Arlington

Sarah Hernandez

PhD, Physics, Seaborg Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos

National Laboratory LaTasha Starr

PhD Student and LSAMP Fellow, Industrial Manufacturing and

Systems Engineering, UT Arlington

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Women in STEM: Issues for Equity and Inclusion

Welcome & introductions

Discussion with Lisa Berry, Ashanti Johnson, Cori Laws, Sarah Langford, Sarah Hernandez, LaTasha Starr, and Marianna Vallejo

Event feedback (1 minute survey)

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SCIENTISTS?

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Goals for this workshop

1. Understand the complex nature of gender: sex roles versus socially-constructed behaviors.

2. Raise awareness of implicit bias.

3. Discuss teaching and learning practices that appeal to your diverse student learners.

Activities:

4. Share educational experiences – elementary, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate.

2. Examine if patterns emerge related to male versus female experiences.

3. Suggest approaches to teaching and learning and faculty-student interactions to

address any noted obstacles and encourage any noted positive experiences/opportunities

Goals for this workshop• Understand the complex nature of gender: sex roles versus socially-constructed

behaviors.

• Raise awareness of implicit bias.

• Discuss teaching and learning practices that appeal to your diverse student learners

• Women represent 50% of the workforce

• Women occupy 25% of employed positions in STEM-related fields

• At the undergraduate level, a greater percentage of women than men switch from

STEM major prior to graduation

A Few Statistics: Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

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Research-based explanations for underrepresentation of women in STEM Careers

• Biological differences between men and women

• Girls’ lack of academic preparation for a science major/career

• The absence of female scientists/engineers as role models

• Science curricula are irrelevant to many girls

• The pedagogy of science classes favors male students

• A “chilly climate” exists for girls/women in science classes

• Cultural pressure on girls/women to conform to traditional gender roles

• An inherent masculine worldview in scientific epistemology*

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In your K-12 experience did you ever feel that your teachers favored males students or taught math from a masculine perspective?

A. Yes, most of the time

B. Yes, some of the time

C. No

Questions? Comments


configure your audio by running the Audio Set Up Wizard: Tools>Audio>Audio Set Up Wizard. Sarah Hernandez, Physics

Cori Laws, Biology

Sarah Langford, Mathematics

Panelists, Lisa Berry, ModeratorAshanti Johnson, Earth & Environmental Sciences

LaTasha Starr, Industrial Manufacturing and Systems Engineering

Marianna Vallejo, Mechanical Engineering

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Did you or do you ever feel out of place in your STEM classrooms?



C. No

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Cori Laws, Biology





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Did your parents ever attempt to discourage your interests in science or technology?



C. No

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Did you male peers ever attempt to discourage your interest in science and technology?



C. No

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Did your female peers ever attempt to discourage your interests in science and technology?



C. No

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Did you have a strong role model during your K-12 education who influenced your decision to enter a STEM career in college?



C. No

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Cori Laws, Biology





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Are you easily discouraged by criticism, e.g, performing poorly on a test, criticism on a paper, failure to receive a grant?



C. No

Questions? Comments



Cori Laws, Biology





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Do you ever feel that you must choose between having children (or spending time with children if you currently have children) and having a successful career in a STEM field?A. Yes, most of the time


C. No

Questions? Comments



Cori Laws, Biology





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Suggestions for faculty/student interactions

1. Ensure students have equal access to the teacher

and classroom resources.

2. Create examples and assignments that emphasize

the ways that science can improve the quality of

life of living livings.

3. Use cooperative grouping in class, or at least avoid

dividing students by sex for class competitions or

in seating arrangements.

4. Eliminate sexist language and imagery in printed

material.

5. Do not tolerate sexist language or behavior in the

classroom.

6. Increase depth and reduce breadth in introductory

classes.

7. Openly acknowledge the political nature of

scientific inquiry.

Questions? Comments

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References

• Bede, D., Julian, T., Langdon, D., McKittrick, G., et al. (2011). Women in STEM: A gender gap

to innovation, U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Adminstration, ESA

Issue Brief #04-11

• Blickenstaff, J.C. (2005). Women and science careers: leaky pipeline or gendered filter?

Gender and Education 17(4), 369-386.

• Dasgupta, N. & Stout, J.G. (2014). Girls and women in science, technology, engineering and

mathematics: STEMing the tide and broadening participation in STEM careers, Policy

Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1(1), 21-29.

• Tatum, H.E., Schwartz, B.M., Schimmoeller, P.A., & Perry, N. (2013). Classroom participation

and student-faculty interactions: Does gender matter? The Journal of Higher Education

84(6), 745-768. Xu, Y.J. (2008). Gender disparity in STEM disciplines: A study of faculty

attrition and turnover intentions, Research in Higher Education 49, 607-624

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November CIRTLCast Series: Building a Rewarding Academic CareerNovember 4: Faculty Careers at Different Types of

InstitutionsFeaturing James Grover, University of Texas at Arlington; Kenneth Abayan, Lone Star College; Shorna Allred, Cornell University; Kendall Harris, Prairie View A&M University; and Doug Timmer University of Texas Rio Grande

November 11: Women in STEM: Issues for Equity and Inclusion

Featuring Lisa Berry, Ashanti Johnson, Cori Laws, Sarah Langford, and Sarah Hernandez, LaTasha Starr, and Marianna Vallejo, University of Texas at Arlington

November 18: How To Balance Your Portfolio: Research Portfolios and the CIRTL Experience

Featuring Pranesh Aswath and Duane Dimos, University of Texas at Arlington

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