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1 online resource (viii, 347 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Papers originally presented at a 2002 conference at Iowa State University, "Retaining Women in Early Academic Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Careers." |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-335) and index. |
| Contents |
Sustaining gains : reflections on women in science and technology in the twentieth-century United States / Sally Gregory Kohlstedt -- From "engineeresses" to "girl engineers" to "good engineers" : a history of women's U.S. engineering education / Amy Sue Bix -- Using POWRE to ADVANCE : institutional barriers identified by women scientists and engineers / Sue V. Rosser -- Telling stories about engineering : group dynamics and resistance to diversity / Cynthia Burack and Suzanne E. Franks -- Gender gap in information technology / Mo-Yin S. Tam and Gilbert W. Bassett, Jr. -- African American women in science : experiences from high school through the post-secondary years and beyond / Sandra L. Hanson -- African women pursuing graduate studies in the sciences : racism, gender bias, and third world marginality / Josephine Beoku-Betts -- Gendered experiences in the science classroom / Molly J. Dingel -- Construction of sexual bimorphism and heterosexuality in the animal kingdom / Kirsten Smilla Ebeling -- Feminism and science : mechanism without reductionism / Carla Fehr -- Across the language barrier : gender in plant biology and feminist theory / Dana A. Dudle and Meryl Altman -- Graduate experience of women in STEM and how it could be improved / Anne J. MacLachlan -- 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. |
| Summary |
Movement into academic science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields has been slow for women and minorities. Not only are women and minorities underrepresented in STEM careers, there is strong evidence that many academic departments are resistant to addressing the concerns that keep them from entering careers in these fields. In light of recent controversies surrounding these issues, this volume is particularly timely. As a whole, it shows positive examples of institutions and departments that have been transformed by the inclusion of women and recommends a set of best pra. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Women in science -- Congresses.
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Women in science. |
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Women scientists -- Employment -- Congresses.
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Women scientists -- Employment. |
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Women scientists. |
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Feminism and science -- Congresses.
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Feminism and science. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Bystydzienski, Jill M., 1949-
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Bird, Sharon R., 1965-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Removing barriers. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2006 0253346797 9780253346797 (DLC) 2005017212 (OCoLC)60697095 |
| ISBN |
9780253111739 (electronic book) |
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0253111730 (electronic book) |
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1282072706 |
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9781282072701 |
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9780253346797 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0253346797 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780253218179 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0253218179 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9780253218179 |
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