Efforts to understand gender segregation within and among science disciplines have
focused on both supply-and demand-side explanations. Yet we know little about how …

Drawing on 48 interviews with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
doctoral students at a private research university in the United States (US), we examine how …

Employing a nationally representative sample of science faculty in US colleges, we
investigate 3 explanations for persisting differences in women's faculty representation …

Recently there is widespread interest in women's underrepresentation in science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM); however, progress toward gender …

Gendered barriers to women's advancement in STEM disciplines are subtle, often the result
of gender practices, gender stereotypes, and gendered occupational cultures. Professional …

This paper contributes new perspectives on the underrepresentation of female faculty in
science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines by identifying how …

This chapter's focus on gender and scientific careers embodies a core tenet of science and
technology studies: science is deeply intertwined with processes of status building, power …

Universities were established as hierarchical bureaucracies that reward individual
attainment in evaluating success. Yet collaboration is crucial both to 21st century science …

Studies about women's underrepresentation in the US science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics (STEM) academic workforce have flourished in the past decade. Much of …

Abstract examine the implications of research on gender and work for the study of sex
differences in the careers of scientists/at issue is whether the distinctive cognitive, normative …