Resources

Gender balance in STEM

• Reports
• Women in STEM, 2017 update of the economics and statistics administration office of the chief economist, the US department of commerce.
• Women Representation In Academia, 2018 report of the Knesset research and information center, the Israeli committee for promoting women and gender equality. [In Hebrew].
• Opinion and Guides
• Gender imbalance in academia and STEM: Visibility, causes, solutions, and future, 2018 academic committee report of the council for promoting women in STEM, the Israeli ministry of science and technology. [In Hebrew].
• Writing a recommendation letter? Use a Gender Bias Calculator to identify gender biases in recommendation letters.
• What black scientists want from colleagues and their institutions, 6 acedemics share their insight and experience.
• ACS Publications officially announc its adoption of trans informed, trans inclusive name change policies. New policy will allow authors an easy route to change names on previous publications.
• Academia won't survive without black scholars. To keep us, it has to change. Advice for academia and the Meyerhoff program success.
• Research
• Progress toward gender equality in the United States has slowed or stalled, England et al. 2020, PNAS.
• Science faculty’s subtle gender biases favor male students, Moss-Racusin et al. 2012, PNAS.
• Meta-analysis of field experiments shows no change in racial discrimination in hiring over time, Quillian et al. 2017, PNAS.
• Discrimination against Queer Women in the U.S. Workforce: A Résumé Audit Study, Mishel, 2016, Socius.
• Opinion: In the wake of COVID-19, academia needs new solutions to ensure gender equity, Malisch et al. 2020, PNAS.
• Career Development
• A podcast interview with Dr. Stacey Dutton, a professor of biology at Agnes Scott College. Hosted by Brielle Ferguson and Rackeb Tesfaye, @BlackInNeuro. Scicomm, careerdevelopment, worklifebalance and more!
• Podcast interview with Dr. Samarpita Sengupta, a Scientific research writer. Hosted by Caroline Ritchie, Scientific PhD – Now What? podcast. Listen in to learn about research development.

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