{"id":10,"date":"2017-08-02T14:31:25","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T18:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/awm\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2017-09-18T15:39:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T19:39:34","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/awm\/resources-2\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Race and Gender in STEM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interested in learning more about the racial and gender gaps in STEM? \u00a0Here are some articles.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aauw.org\/research\/why-so-few\/\">Why So Few?<\/a>: a comprehensive analysis of several factors affecting the retention of women in STEM fields<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/06\/magazine\/why-are-there-still-so-few-women-in-science.html\">Why are there still so few women in science?<\/a>: an article from\u00a0<em>The New York Times Magazine<\/em> on the same topic featuring illuminating anecdotes<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2014\/05\/the-confidence-gap\/359815\/\">The Confidence Gap<\/a>: an article from\u00a0<em>The Atlantic<\/em> about differences in confidence and self-perception between women and men<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/inclusionexclusion\/2017\/02\/22\/hands-off-my-confidence\/\">&#8220;Hands Off My Confidence&#8221;<\/a>: Professor Piper Harron&#8217;s inspiring take on the confidence gap<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/education\/archive\/2016\/01\/balancing-academia-racism\/424887\/\">Balancing Academia and Racism<\/a>: an article from\u00a0<em>The Atlantic\u00a0<\/em>about how racial environments on college campuses affect the mental health of students of color<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/10\/01\/opinion\/urry-women-science\/\">Why Bias Holds Women Back<\/a>: an article about unconscious bias by Yale astrophysicist Meg Urry<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mellody_hobson_color_blind_or_color_brave?language=en\">Color Blind or Color Brave?<\/a>: a TED talk by finance executive Mellody Hobson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mitadmissions.org\/blogs\/entry\/picture-yourself-as-a-stereotypical-male\">Picture yourself as a stereotypical male<\/a>: an MIT blog post about stereotype threat<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/An-Academic-With-Impostor\/138231\/\">An Academic with Impostor Syndrome<\/a>: a first-person account of impostor syndrome in academia<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/why-men-dont-believe-the-data-on-gender-bias-in-science\/\">Why Men Don&#8217;t Believe the Data on Gender Bias in Science<\/a>: an article from\u00a0<em>Wired<\/em> on how men tend to ignore data on gender bias<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re especially interested in the science behind the racial and gender gaps in STEM, here are some research articles.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0193397307001244\">Problems in the pipeline: Stereotype threat and women&#8217;s achievement in high-level math courses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0022103103000192\">Stereotype lift<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/sce.20431\/epdf\">Who wants to have a career in science or math? Exploring adolescents&#8217; future aspirations by gender and race\/ethnicity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hepgjournals.org\/doi\/pdf\/10.17763\/haer.81.2.92315ww157656k3u\">Pipelines and pathways: Women of color in undergraduate STEM majors and the college experiences that contribute to persistence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/112\/43\/13201.abstract\">Quality of evidence revealing subtle gender biases in science is in the eye of the beholder<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are some awesome blogs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theliberatedmathematician.com\/blog\/\">The Liberated Mathematician<\/a>: Professor\u00a0Piper Harron of\u00a0University of Hawaii at Manoa writes about intersectional radical feminism, number theory, anti-racism, and more. \u00a0Also worth skimming: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theliberatedmathematician.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/PiperThesisPostPrint.pdf\">her PhD thesis<\/a> advised by Manjul Bhargava.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/vanguardstem.com\">Vanguard STEM:<\/a>\u00a0A blog and monthly web series featuring women of color in STEM.<em>\u00a0<\/em>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/vanguardstem.com\/wcwinstem-pamela-e-harris-ph-d\/\">their feature on Professor Pamela Harris<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mathbabe.org\">mathbabe<\/a>: Cathy O&#8217;Neill, author of <a href=\"https:\/\/weaponsofmathdestructionbook.com\"><em>Weapons of Math Destruction<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0writes about white supremacy, the ways big data is used to oppress people, and her life in New York City.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bakingandmath.com\">Baking and Math<\/a>: Yen Duong, mathematician, baker, and mother, blogs about life as a PhD candidate.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.math3ma.com\/\">math3ma<\/a>: Just a beautiful math blog. \u00a0Lots of concepts explained in relatively accessible ways.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interested in learning more about the racial and gender gaps in STEM? \u00a0Here are some articles. 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