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Women in Science
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"This article explores this fourth possible explanation for the dearth of women in science: They found better jobs."
Negotiation Skills for Women in Science
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"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."
Postdocs - equal opportunities, Naturejobs 20th June 2002
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An overview of several European postdoctoral fellowships for women returning to the scientific workforce after time off to raise a family.
Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering
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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."
Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering
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Many interesting links can be found at this site.
Reproductive Success for Working Scientists
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"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."
Women in Biology Internet Launch Page
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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.
How Women Make Science Work
in Women in Science and Engineering
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. "
Does Science Promote Women?
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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.
Emmy Noether
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This is a paper about Emmy Noether written in 1994 by Nina Byers of UCLA's physics department.
Academic Careers & Babies
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Personal accounts of UC Davis women faculty.
Managing Your Career Through a Pregnancy
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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."
Women's International Science Collaboration (WISC) Program
in Associations for Women in S&E
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Directorate for International Programs announces the Women's International Science Collaboration (WISC) Program for 2001-2003. Supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), this program aims to increase the participation of women in international scientific research by helping establish new research partnerships with colleagues in Central/Eastern Europe, Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union, Near East, Middle East, Pacific, Africa, the Americas, and Asia. Small grants ($4,000-5,000) will provide travel and living support for a U.S. scientist and, when appropriate, a co-PI to visit a partner country to develop a research program. Funds can also be used to support a second visit to the partner country or for a foreign partner to travel to the U.S.
Barriers to Women in Academic Science and Engineering
in Women in 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.
Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
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AWIS is a non-profit organization established in 1971, dedicated to achieving equity and full participation for women in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology. AWIS has over 5,000 members in fields spanning the life and physical sciences, mathematics, social science, and engineering.
Women in Math Project
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This web site is host to numerous links to information about publications, people, associations, opportunities, activities, and statistics relating to women in mathematics.
The Reluctant Feminist
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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. "
The Laws of Physics
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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."
Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
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The AWM is a nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging and promoting women and girls in the mathematical sciences including pure mathematics, statistics, and applied math. The AWM site has career information, articles about women in mathematics, brochures profiling women in math, and more!
Stanford promises graduate student moms 12 weeks of paid maternity leave
in Women in Science and Engineering
"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."
Women's Wire
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This site includes a listing of the 100 Best Companies for Women.
Accomplished Women
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HHMI Bulletin, June 2002. " The climb to the top is not easy, but a new group of women is moving into the upper ranks of science. They urge young faculty to aim high--just brace for the inevitable obstacles. "
Fellowships and Scholarships for Women in Science and Engineering
in Women in Science and Engineering
A list of fellowships and scholarships compiled by Brown University's Women in Science and Engineering program.
Study finds women scientists attracted to careers in industry over academia
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Companies Can Do Better at Recruiting Women Scientists, CatalystWomen.org, June 19, 1999.
Asian Scientists Hit a Ceiling
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by Kristen Philipkoski, Wired News , February 25, 2000. " Only six percent of all Asian Americans employed by universities hold faculty or administrative positions, a statistic far out of whack with their accomplishments. "
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