Gender diversity in STEM disciplines: A multiple factor problem

C Botella, S Rueda, E López-Iñesta, P Marzal - Entropy, 2019 - mdpi.com
Lack of diversity, and specifically, gender diversity, is one of the key problems that both
technological companies and academia are facing these days. Moreover, recent studies …

[PDF][PDF] Women in engineering: A review of the 2019 literature

P Meiksins, P Layne, K Beddoes, J Deters - SWE Magazine, 2019 - swe.org
The past few years have, in some ways, been discouraging for advocates of gender diversity
in engineering. The share of engineering jobs held by women has not increased …

“We're the unicorns in STEM”: Understanding how academic and social experiences influence sense of belonging for Latina undergraduate students.

SL Rodriguez, JM Blaney - Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract Framed by Strayhorn's (2012) model of sense of belonging, this study examined the
influence of academic and social collegiate experiences on the sense of belonging of …

Navigating barriers faced by women in leadership positions in the US construction industry: a retrospective on women's continued struggle in a male-dominated …

S Lekchiri, JD Kamm - European Journal of Training and …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose This investigation examined the challenges faced by women in leadership
positions in the US construction industry. The overall purpose of this study was to gain a …

Exploring and critiquing women's academic identity in higher education: A narrative review

MJ Phillips, PL Dzidic, EL Castell - SAGE Open, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Academia has been characterized as traditional, hierarchical, and selective, founded on
patriarchal, imperial, and colonial values that construct and maintain gendered roles and …

[HTML][HTML] El acoso sexual en la universidad: la visión del alumnado

P Alonso-Ruido, R Martínez-Román… - Revista …, 2021 - scielo.org.co
Introducción/objetivo: El acoso sexual es una de las violencias que más debe preocupar a
la comunidad educativa, por ello, el objetivo de este estudio consiste en analizar los …

“Science Olympiad Is Why I'm Here”: The influence of an early STEM program on college and major choice

KN Smith, AJ Jaeger, D Thomas - Research in Science Education, 2021 - Springer
In the interest of building a larger and more diverse science, technology, engineering, and
math (STEM) workforce, many K-12 STEM programs have proliferated in recent years, yet …

Queer-free majors?: LGBTQ+ college students' accounts of chilly and warm academic disciplines

TQD Forbes - Journal of LGBT Youth, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Once enrolled in college, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) students
may have to navigate heterosexism within higher education. In doing so, they might deem …

Difficulty orientations, gender, and race/ethnicity: An intersectional analysis of pathways to STEM degrees

S Nix, L Perez-Felkner - Social Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Is there a relationship between mathematics ability beliefs and STEM degrees? Fields such
as physics, engineering, mathematics, and computer science (PEMC) are thought to require …

Advancing theoretical frameworks for intersectional research on women in STEM

J Gaston Gayles, KN Smith - New Directions for Institutional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Research on women in STEM often silences the voices of minoritized populations, such as
women of color, in part because the most commonly used theoretical frameworks do not …