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Women in Science
- "This article explores this fourth possible explanation for the dearth of women in science: They found better jobs."
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Reproductive Success for Working Scientists
- "Long ago, I found myself pregnant while working as a postdoc at a federal institute. I was blessed with what seemed like the ideal situation for a mammal who wanted to increase her Darwinian fitness while enhancing her chances for tenure. I would be able to give birth and raise the baby past that difficult first year before I had to throw myself into the academic job market in search of a faculty position. Perfect, I thought."
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Negotiation Skills for Women in Science
- "Economist Linda Babcock performed a comprehensive study of the starting salaries of students graduating from Carnegie Mellon University with master's degrees (2003). She found that students who had negotiated (most of them men) were able to increase their starting salaries by an average of 7.4% or $4,053 - almost the exact difference she found between men's and women's average starting pay. Through a series of similar experiments, Babcock found that in general, women tend to be less likely to initiate negotiations, more apprehensive about negotiating, and more pessimistic about their own worth."
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Postdocs - equal opportunities, Naturejobs 20th June 2002
- An overview of several European postdoctoral fellowships for women returning to the scientific workforce after time off to raise a family.
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Women in Math Project
- This web site is host to numerous links to information about publications, people, associations, opportunities, activities, and statistics relating to women in mathematics.
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Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering
- Many interesting links can be found at this site.
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Academic Careers & Babies
- Personal accounts of UC Davis women faculty.
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How Women Make Science Work
- by Kristen Philipkoski , Wired News , December 27, 2000. " In the world of science and engineering, the small percentage of female scientists reflects the hurdles woman encounter in those fields. Carol Kovac is a study in breaking through the stereotypes. "
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Barriers to Women in Academic Science and Engineering
- In Willie Pearson Jr. and Irwin Fechter eds. Who Will Do Science? Educating the Next Generation, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994.
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CRA Committee on the Status of Women in Computer Science and Engineering
- Lots of links relevant to women in computer science and computer engineering. CRA also runs several programs of its own.
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Women in Biology Internet Launch Page
- Links to topics around the web relevant to women in biology at all stages, but especially focused on graduate, postdoctoral, and levels beyond. Includes history, organizations, career issues, and aspects of the chilly climate.
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Managing Your Career Through a Pregnancy
- ScienceCareers.org "Pregnancy poses challenges in a researcher's career. Terms of employment may be unclear. A laboratory environment can be treacherous. And the vocational nature of a research career means that pregnant women often feel uncomfortable about adapting their work to their pregnancy or making cover arrangements for when they are on maternity leave. Pregnant scientists may also find that the level of benefits and support they receive depends on the stage of their career and the sector they work in."
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Association for Women in Science's Mentoring Project
- The project focused on career opportunities and options, selection of academic course work, research opportunities, professional contacts and networking, self-image and self-confidence, and balancing work and family. In addition, this program focused on small group mentoring, facilitating peer mentoring as well as student-to-mentor interaction. The project recently won a Presidential Mentoring Award.
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The Laws of Physics
- The Chronicle, 11/11/2005. "As a postdoctoral researcher, Sherry M.J. Towers thought she had all the rights of a university employee. After a careful reading of her university's handbook, she calculated that she could take three months off after the birth of her second child, in 2003. But before her daughter was three weeks old, Ms. Towers was back in her research office making presentations at meetings, consulting with a graduate student she supervised, and finishing a paper. Her infant daughter, still too young for a day-care center, sat stashed in a car seat under Ms. Towers's desk."
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Science and the Gender Gap
- Newsweek, September 25, 2006. "A generation ago, women physicists and chemists were rare in the lab, but their number is increasing every year."
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Chilly Climate: Addressing the Climate for Women in Academia
- " The ChillyClimate website has been developed by AWIS to serve as a guide for improving the academic environment for women in the sciences. "
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Sex and science
- Salon.com , April 12, 2001. " Are women discriminated against in the lab? Or are gender imbalances due to intellectual differences? "
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Camille Paglia on why female grad students don't need mentors
- Salon Magazine , Jan 27, 1999. " Female graduate students should steer clear of cozy relations with their academic advisors -- whether they are affectionate men or bitter women. "
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Women and Mathematics (WAM)
- WAM is an advising and mentoring program whose purpose is to stimulate interest in mathematics among all students, regardless of their career choices. It is a program to motivate and inspire students, especially young women, towards careers in mathematics, science, and technology. This program is administered by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA).
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Stanford promises graduate student moms 12 weeks of paid maternity leave
- "Stanford University on Thursday promised its women graduate students 12 weeks of paid maternity leave, a bold step aimed at attracting and retaining female intellectual talent. The policy -- believed to be the second of its kind among major U.S. universities -- also guarantees that new mothers can maintain full-time student status and eases their return to classwork, research, and teaching."
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Women and Computer Science
- Many links about women in computer science can be found here.
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Does Science Promote Women?
- Ginther and Kahn use data from the NSF's Survey of Doctorate Recipients (the SDR) to estimate the chances of obtaining a tenure track position and of subsequent promotions as a function of sex and other explanatory variables. Their findings, in a nutshell: 1) Overall, women are less likely to obtain tenure track positions in the sciences, 2) However, the gap is entirely explained (in a statistical sense) by marriage and children, 3) Furthermore, there is little sex-related difference in the likelihood promotion to tenure or full professor.
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Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering
- National Science Foundation: "This site provides data on the participation of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and engineering education and employment. The data are organized by topic and are presented in tables, graphics, and spreadsheets for downloading."
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The Reluctant Feminist
- New York Times , April 8, 2001. " Two years ago, Dr. Hopkins led a knot of women professors who documented pervasive bias at M.I.T., prompting the university to admit it had unintentionally discriminated against female faculty members. The admission from such a prominent institution and its moves to correct inequities have resonated widely. There had been other reports at other universities, but this one looked beyond the numbers, to how women were treated. "
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Women in Technology International (WITI)
- " WITI, founded in 1989, is a rapidly growing association of more than 6,000 members, 95% of whom are professional women working in technology organizations. WITI is dedicated to increasing the number of women in executive roles, helping women become more financially independent and technology-literate, and encouraging young women to choose careers in science and technology. "
