WhySoFewWomeninScience.pptVIP

Why So Few Women in Science? ;More women are earning science and engineering doctorates;But higher attrition for women between B.S. and Ph.D. degrees;In most fields, degrees are increasingly awarded to women.  Biology medicine now ~50%.;Attrition between B.S. and Ph.D. degrees;Women in Physics;Women in Astronomy;Career Disparities;Salary Disparities;Reasons for Disparities?;Why worry?;What’s going on?;Common Myths;Paludi Bauer 1983, psychology paper sent to 180 referees (men women);Women lack math ability …;They prefer “caring” fields like medicine;There aren’t any good women to hire … ;Women choose family over career…;Biernat, Manis Nelson 1991 Porter Geis 1981 Butler Geis 1990;blind audition…;Tony DeCicco, women’s soccer coach Boston Globe, June 18, 1999;If you need mentoring, you’re not good enough …;What’s going on? “Gender Schemas”;Uneven Evaluation;Sanbonmatsu, Akimoto Gibson 1994 (Evaluation of failing students);What’s going on? “Gender Schemas”;What to do?;Remedies;NAS Study: “Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering”;Change is within reach …;?50% women scientists unmarried (in developed countries)