Why are some STEM fields more gender balanced than others?

S Cheryan, SA Ziegler, AK Montoya… - Psychological bulletin, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
Women obtain more than half of US undergraduate degrees in biology, chemistry, and
mathematics, yet they earn less than 20% of computer science, engineering, and physics …

The status of women in STEM in higher education: A review of the literature 2007–2017

H Blackburn - Science & Technology Libraries, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Increased efforts to diversify science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
education in the United States have drastically increased the number of studies offering …

Intersectionality in quantitative psychological research: I. Theoretical and epistemological issues

NM Else-Quest, JS Hyde - Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Intersectionality has become something of a buzzword in psychology and is well-known in
feminist writings throughout the social sciences. Across diverse definitions of …

Cultural stereotypes and sense of belonging contribute to gender gaps in STEM.

AH Master, AN Meltzoff - Grantee Submission, 2020 - ERIC
There is a need to help more students succeed in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) education, with particular interest in reducing current gender gaps in …

(Un) hidden figures: A synthesis of research examining the intersectional experiences of Black women and girls in STEM education

DT Ireland, KE Freeman… - Review of Research …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
In this chapter, we argue that intersectionality is a theoretical and methodological framework
by which education researchers can critically examine why and how students in STEM fields …

Outperforming yet undervalued: Undergraduate women in STEM

B Bloodhart, MM Balgopal, AMA Casper… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
In spite of efforts to increase gender diversity across many science fields, women continue to
encounter beliefs that they lack ability and talent. Undergraduate education is a critical time …

Racism camouflaged as impostorism and the impact on black STEM doctoral students

EO McGee, PK Botchway… - Race Ethnicity and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Black doctoral students in engineering and computing fields experience racialized stress, as
structural racism in STEM takes a toll on their sense of belonging and acceptance as …

[HTML][HTML] Males under-estimate academic performance of their female peers in undergraduate biology classrooms

DZ Grunspan, SL Eddy, SE Brownell, BL Wiggins… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Women who start college in one of the natural or physical sciences leave in greater
proportions than their male peers. The reasons for this difference are complex, and one …

Beneath the numbers: A review of gender disparities in undergraduate education across science, technology, engineering, and math disciplines

SL Eddy, SE Brownell - Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2016 - APS
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Gender in Physics.] This focused collection
explores inequalities in the experiences of women in physics. Yet, it is important for …

[图书][B] Psychology of gender

VS Helgeson - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Noted for its fair and equal coverage of men and women, Psychology of Gender reviews the
research and issues surrounding gender from multiple perspectives, including psychology …