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Harvard Business Journal Article on the "Brain Drain"
Athena Factor HBJ 2008.pdf
An article recently published in the Harvard Business Journal titled “The Athena Factor: Reversing the Brain Drain in Science, Technology and Engineering” is an extensive review that delves into multiple aspects that cause women scientists to leave the workforce. It touches on many themes we’re all familiar with – isolation, a lack of role models. But it also brings up some new concepts such as the “lab coat culture”. Please take some time to read the article and pass it along to others in your organization.
Holly Heaslet Soutter, Ph.D.
President, AWiS CT
An article recently published in the Harvard Business Journal titled “The Athena Factor: Reversing the Brain Drain in Science, Technology and Engineering” is an extensive review that delves into multiple aspects that cause women scientists to leave the workforce. It touches on many themes we’re all familiar with – isolation, a lack of role models. But it also brings up some new concepts such as the “lab coat culture”. Please take some time to read the article and pass it along to others in your organization.
Holly Heaslet Soutter, Ph.D.
President, AWiS CT
Alternative Careers in Science booklet
away_from_the_bench.pdf
Increasingly, Ph.D.-level scientists are searching for career opportunities beyond bench research. Not only are scientists interested in pursuing nonresearch-based careers, but the contrast between the number of graduate students and postdocs, and the limited availability of tenure-track faculty positions means that these are no longer "alternative" career options. From technology specialists to patent attorneys to policy advisers, you can learn more about the sorts of careers that scientists can pursue and the skills you will need to develop in order to succeed in nonresearch careers.
Complimentary booklet courtesy of Science/AAAS.
Increasingly, Ph.D.-level scientists are searching for career opportunities beyond bench research. Not only are scientists interested in pursuing nonresearch-based careers, but the contrast between the number of graduate students and postdocs, and the limited availability of tenure-track faculty positions means that these are no longer "alternative" career options. From technology specialists to patent attorneys to policy advisers, you can learn more about the sorts of careers that scientists can pursue and the skills you will need to develop in order to succeed in nonresearch careers.
Complimentary booklet courtesy of Science/AAAS.
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National differences in gender–science stereotypes predict national sex differences in science and math achievement
National differences in gender–science stereotypes predict national sex differences in science and math achievement
Brian A. Noseka,1, Frederick L. Smytha, N. Srirama, Nicole M. Lindnera, Thierry Devosb, Alfonso Ayalac, Yoav Bar-Anana,2, Robin Berghd, Huajian Caie, Karen Gonsalkoralef, Selin Kesebira, Norbert Maliszewskig, Félix Netoh, Eero Ollii, Jaihyun Parkj, Konrad Schnabelk, Kimihiro Shiomural, Bogdan Tudor Tulburem, Reinout W. Wiersn, Mónika Somogyio, Nazar Akramid, Bo Ekehammard, Michelangelo Vianellop, Mahzarin R. Banajiq and Anthony G. Greenwaldr
Abstract
About 70% of more than half a million Implicit Association Tests completed by citizens of 34 countries revealed expected implicit stereotypes associating science with males more than with females. We discovered that nation-level implicit stereotypes predicted nation-level sex differences in 8th-grade science and mathematics achievement. Self-reported stereotypes did not provide additional predictive validity of the achievement gap. We suggest that implicit stereotypes and sex differences in science participation and performance are mutually reinforcing, contributing to the persistent gender gap in science engagement.
PNAS Natl gender bias 2009.pdf
Brian A. Noseka,1, Frederick L. Smytha, N. Srirama, Nicole M. Lindnera, Thierry Devosb, Alfonso Ayalac, Yoav Bar-Anana,2, Robin Berghd, Huajian Caie, Karen Gonsalkoralef, Selin Kesebira, Norbert Maliszewskig, Félix Netoh, Eero Ollii, Jaihyun Parkj, Konrad Schnabelk, Kimihiro Shiomural, Bogdan Tudor Tulburem, Reinout W. Wiersn, Mónika Somogyio, Nazar Akramid, Bo Ekehammard, Michelangelo Vianellop, Mahzarin R. Banajiq and Anthony G. Greenwaldr
Abstract
About 70% of more than half a million Implicit Association Tests completed by citizens of 34 countries revealed expected implicit stereotypes associating science with males more than with females. We discovered that nation-level implicit stereotypes predicted nation-level sex differences in 8th-grade science and mathematics achievement. Self-reported stereotypes did not provide additional predictive validity of the achievement gap. We suggest that implicit stereotypes and sex differences in science participation and performance are mutually reinforcing, contributing to the persistent gender gap in science engagement.
PNAS Natl gender bias 2009.pdf
Report Finds No Gender Bias in Faculty Hiring, Resources
Science_NoBias_2009.pdf
Science 5 June 2009:
Vol. 324. no. 5932, pp. 1250 - 1251
DOI: 10.1126/science.324_1250a
U.S. Higher Education: Report Finds No Gender Bias in Faculty Hiring, Resources
by Jeffrey Mervis
A new report by the U.S. National Academies says that women are getting a fair shake from major research universities in being hired, promoted, and given access to resources—once they can grab onto the academic ladder and start climbing the rungs.
Science 5 June 2009:
Vol. 324. no. 5932, pp. 1250 - 1251
DOI: 10.1126/science.324_1250a
U.S. Higher Education: Report Finds No Gender Bias in Faculty Hiring, Resources
by Jeffrey Mervis
A new report by the U.S. National Academies says that women are getting a fair shake from major research universities in being hired, promoted, and given access to resources—once they can grab onto the academic ladder and start climbing the rungs.
'Put Things Back Where You Found Them and Other Life Lessons…'
PTBWYFT_web.pdf
Women Leaders Share Their Stories in Letters to 'Younger Selves'
In recognition of Women’s History Month, two dozen executive women at Pfizer have shared glimpses of their personal and professional journeys in the book Put Things Back Where You Found Them and Other Life Lessons, Shared by the Women of Pfizer with their Younger Selves.
Chief Communications Officer Sally Susman, who co-led the initiative, said, “I am inspired, but not surprised, by the wisdom of Pfizer women that I admire. I appreciate the candor and courage each person offered.”
The compilation of letters by Pfizer women, modeled after What I Know Now: Letters to My Younger Self by Ellyn Spragins, describes career choices, triumphs and failures, personal challenges and victories, and advice, all in the form of letters written to themselves at an earlier point in their lives.
Contributors to Put Things Back Where You Found Them and Other Life Lessons…
Sandra Beaty, Michele Bolden, Leigh Bonney, Karen Boykin-Towns, Loretta Cangialosi, Cathryn Clary, Tanya Clemons, Gretchen Dieck, Joann Eisenhart, Carolyn Hawver, Dannette Hill, Marie Chantale Lepine, Kirsten Lund-Jürgensen, Lisa Martin, Mary McLeod, Traci Medford-Rosow, Kristin Peck, Marjory Searing, Marguerite Sells, Lori Shafner, Lisa Shumpert, Susan Silbermann, Sally Susman, Barbara Williams
Women Leaders Share Their Stories in Letters to 'Younger Selves'
In recognition of Women’s History Month, two dozen executive women at Pfizer have shared glimpses of their personal and professional journeys in the book Put Things Back Where You Found Them and Other Life Lessons, Shared by the Women of Pfizer with their Younger Selves.
Chief Communications Officer Sally Susman, who co-led the initiative, said, “I am inspired, but not surprised, by the wisdom of Pfizer women that I admire. I appreciate the candor and courage each person offered.”
The compilation of letters by Pfizer women, modeled after What I Know Now: Letters to My Younger Self by Ellyn Spragins, describes career choices, triumphs and failures, personal challenges and victories, and advice, all in the form of letters written to themselves at an earlier point in their lives.
Contributors to Put Things Back Where You Found Them and Other Life Lessons…
Sandra Beaty, Michele Bolden, Leigh Bonney, Karen Boykin-Towns, Loretta Cangialosi, Cathryn Clary, Tanya Clemons, Gretchen Dieck, Joann Eisenhart, Carolyn Hawver, Dannette Hill, Marie Chantale Lepine, Kirsten Lund-Jürgensen, Lisa Martin, Mary McLeod, Traci Medford-Rosow, Kristin Peck, Marjory Searing, Marguerite Sells, Lori Shafner, Lisa Shumpert, Susan Silbermann, Sally Susman, Barbara Williams
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