2. WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?
Contribute! Google Doc here:
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Discussion base:
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3. WOMEN ARE A MINORIT Y IN SCIENCE
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4. WHAT WOMEN IN SCIENCE WANT…
Women planning a
career in research
Women with
alternate plans
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5. WHAT WOMEN IN SCIENCE WANT…
CHANGES.
Women planning a
career in research
Women with
alternate plans
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6. WHAT HOLDS WOMEN BACK FROM
PURSUING RESEARCH?
Blatant sexism
Institutional gender bias
Subtle gender bias
Lack of career confidence
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11. DISCUSSION GROUND RULES
Listen actively
Do not be afraid to challenge one
another by asking questions, but focus
on ideas.
Body language and nonverbal
responses can be as disrespectful as
language
12. WHO?
Who needs to hear about how
women do not advance in
science? Who has the power to
enact change?
13. WHAT?
What problems, specifically,
need to be communicated?
What is already being done?
What solutions could be
suggested?
14. HOW?
How should these problems and
solutions be posed to these
different audiences?
How might different audiences
be prone to react to this
information?
15. TO BE CONTINUED…
SEE YOU IN ROOM 6
Minihackathon
tomorrow:
4pm,
Room 8a
#scioHack
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70% of 1st-year female students say they plan to have a career in research (both industry and academic). By their 3rd year, only 37% have that goal, compared to 59% of men.Nature and Harvard Business Review both published special issues on gender bias in 2013.
70% of 1st-year female students say they plan to have a career in research (both industry and academic). By their 3rd year, only 37% have that goal. In contrast, the desires of male students barely changes, from 61% in 1st year to 59% in 3rd year.Importantly, women who were choosing research and not choosing research did not differ on a test of scientific aptitude.Nature and Harvard Business Review both published special issues on gender bias in 2013.What makes women feel unwelcome? Well, I could talk about the conversations women will have behind closed doors about which professors to avoid as advisors, how students will judge you more harshly in course evaluations, how to navigate job negotiations and interviews to keep from being treated like a pushover, and who has dealt with sexual harassment, or worse. But, numbers also talk, and sometimes they can talk louder. What I find odd is that they are not a major point of discussion or education in most women’s graduate training in science.
Subtle gender bias is the most difficult to talk about – it’s often both unconscious and unintentional.
Project on Women Engineers’ Retention
Write down the first 3 things that come to mind. Poll the room.Is there a way to prioritize them as a group quickly?
Divide into small groups. Each group is assigned a particular audience, and will come up with the communication strategy for that group. <300 words, 1 infographic.
