Removing barriers women in academic science, technology, engineering, and mathematics /
Removing barriers women in academic science, technology, engineering, and mathematics / [electronic resource] :
edited by Jill M. Bystydzienski and Sharon R. Bird.
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006.
- viii, 347 p. : ill.
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.
Sustaining Gains: Reflections on Women in Science and Technology in the Twentieth- Century United States / From "Engineeresses" to "Girl Engineers" to "Good Engineers": A History of Women's U.S. Engineering Education / Using POWRE to ADVANCE: Institutional Barriers Identified by Women Scientists and Engineers / Telling Stories about Engineering: Group Dynamics and Resistance to Diversity / The Gender Gap in Information Technology / African American Women in Science: Experiences from High School through the Post- secondary Years and Beyond / African Women Pursuing Graduate Studies in the Sciences: Racism, Gender Bias, and Third World Marginality / Gendered Experiences in the Science Classroom / The Construction of Sexual Bimorphism and Heterosexuality in the Animal Kingdom / Feminism and Science: Mechanism without Reductionism / Across the Language Barrier: Gender in Plant Biology and Feminist Theory / The Graduate Experience of Women in STEM and How It Could Be Improved / 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. Sally Gregory Kohlstedt -- Amy Sue Bix -- Sue V. Rosser -- Cynthia Burack and Suzanne E. Franks -- Mo-Yin S. Tam and Gilbert W. Bassett, Jr. -- Sandra L. Hanson -- Josephine Beoku-Betts -- Molly J. Dingel -- Kirsten Smilla Ebeling -- Carla Fehr -- Dana A. Dudle and Meryl Altman -- Anne J. MacLachlan --
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Women in science--Congresses.
Women scientists--Employment--Congresses.
Feminism and science--Congresses.
Electronic books.
Q130 / .R46 2006
305.43/5
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.
Sustaining Gains: Reflections on Women in Science and Technology in the Twentieth- Century United States / From "Engineeresses" to "Girl Engineers" to "Good Engineers": A History of Women's U.S. Engineering Education / Using POWRE to ADVANCE: Institutional Barriers Identified by Women Scientists and Engineers / Telling Stories about Engineering: Group Dynamics and Resistance to Diversity / The Gender Gap in Information Technology / African American Women in Science: Experiences from High School through the Post- secondary Years and Beyond / African Women Pursuing Graduate Studies in the Sciences: Racism, Gender Bias, and Third World Marginality / Gendered Experiences in the Science Classroom / The Construction of Sexual Bimorphism and Heterosexuality in the Animal Kingdom / Feminism and Science: Mechanism without Reductionism / Across the Language Barrier: Gender in Plant Biology and Feminist Theory / The Graduate Experience of Women in STEM and How It Could Be Improved / 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. Sally Gregory Kohlstedt -- Amy Sue Bix -- Sue V. Rosser -- Cynthia Burack and Suzanne E. Franks -- Mo-Yin S. Tam and Gilbert W. Bassett, Jr. -- Sandra L. Hanson -- Josephine Beoku-Betts -- Molly J. Dingel -- Kirsten Smilla Ebeling -- Carla Fehr -- Dana A. Dudle and Meryl Altman -- Anne J. MacLachlan --
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Women in science--Congresses.
Women scientists--Employment--Congresses.
Feminism and science--Congresses.
Electronic books.
Q130 / .R46 2006
305.43/5