There is a national interest in United States women's underrepresentation in science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM); however, gender inequality in the social …

Recent decades have witnessed increasing scholarly and public attention to the status of
women in academia. Although women are now the majority of degree recipients and their …

Despite decades of effort by federal science funders to increase the numbers of women
holding advanced degrees and faculty jobs in science and engineering, they are persistently …

The prevailing metaphor for understanding the persistence of gender inequalities in
universities is the “chilly climate.” Women faculty sometimes resist descriptions of their …

Americans often rely on meritocratic ideologies rather than structural factors to explain
unequal labor market outcomes, but we know little about how such beliefs are contingent …

There has been extensive discussion about gender gaps in representation and career
advancement in the sciences. However, psychological science itself has yet to be the focus …

It is common for research-intensive universities to over-recruit women faculty for service on
university committees and task forces to ensure gender diversity. Ironically, this practice is …

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

Gender equity in academia is a long-standing struggle. Although common to all disciplines,
the impacts of bias and stereotypes are particularly pronounced in science, technology …

In the USA women currently gain about 44% of doctoral degrees and a similar share of initial
academic appointments. However, overall women hold about 33% of faculty positions and …