Women, Gender and Science

I haven't been maintaining this site. Sorry about the broken links. Given the recent traffic (much more than usual starting 1/18/05, presumably because of Summers' comments), I am trying to fix some of the broken links. Transcript of Summers' remarks

Profiles/Biographies	Documents	Databases/Links
Bibliographies	Syllabi	Organizations
Programs/Sites for Girls/Women	Misc

Profiles/Biographies

4000 Years of Women in Science (D. Crocker, U. Alabama, S. Howard, NASA)
The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences (LSU Libraries)
Women Nobel Prize Laureates (Nobel Prize Internet Archive)
Women of NASA
The Poster Project: Visualizing Women in Science, Mathmatics and Engineering (SUNYSB)

Documents

Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science: Women's Issues and Gender Differences in Science and Engineering (studies)
Gender Equity for Mathematics and Science: A Conference of the Woodrow Wilson Leadership Program for Teachers (Sheila Tobias)
The "Problem" of Women in Science: Why Is It So Difficult to Convince People There Is one? (Tobias, reprinted from A Hand Up, AWIS)
Scientific American: Explorations: Women in Science: April 27, 1998
Career Patterns of Women and Men in the Sciences by Sonnert and Holton, American Scientist, Jan-Feb 1996. (Can't find online anymore, 1/19/05)
The Feminist Critique of Science and Educational Inquiry by Francis Schrag (PES Yearbook, 1998)
Osiris Contents: Vol. 12
The Scientist (all premium content now (1/19/05), requires subscription)
- Exodus Of Women From Science Is Jeopardizing Recent Gains
- Opinion: Long Live the Differences Between Men and Women Scientists (Evelyn Fox Keller)
- Evelyn Fox Keller Objects To Editor's Title
- Commentary: Gender Differences in Research Productivity
- Study Finds Gender Disparity Even Among High Achievers In Science
- Traitors or Trailblazers? Scientists Pursue "Alternative" Careers
- Opinion: Inspiring Women To Pursue Science: A Job That Should Begin At Home
- Smith College Overrules Department, Denies Tenure To Female Chemist Colleagues 'Dismayed'By Decision
- Study: Male Scientists Publish More, Women Cited More
- Opinion: Why Women Are Discouraged From Becoming Scientists
- The Scientist - November 28, 1997
- Science's Future: Do Women Hold The Key?
- AWIS, Marking Its 25th Anniversary, Eyes Changed But Unfinished Tasks
- Percentage of Bachelor's Degrees in Science and Engineering Going to Women
Wellesley Center for Research On Women Pathways for Women in the Sciences: The Wellesley Report, Part I,II (available in hard copy only now)
Nature Debate on Why are there so few women in science? (Sept. 9, 1999)
NSF Report on Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering
Barriers to Women in Academic Science and Engineering (Etzkowitz, Kemelgor, Neuschatz, Uzzi)
A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Sciences at MIT
Academic Climate (AWIS)
Role of women in the field of science and technology (Council of Europe, 2/17/99)
The Chilly Climate (Bernice Sandler)
Women and Men in the Classroom: Inequality and Its Remedies (Catherine G. Krupnick, Harvard)
Women in Science: An Exploration of Barriers (Andrea Grant)
Beyond Title IX: Gender Equity Issues in Schools (Mid-Atlantic Equity Center)
Single Sex Schools
- The Trouble With Single-Sex Schools (Wendy Kaminer, Atlantic Monthly, April 1998) (Requires subscription)
- AAUW Separated by Sex (pdf)
- Women's Colleges in the United States: History, Issues, and Challenges (Irene Harwarth, Mindi Maline, Elizabeth DeBra Executive Summary)
Standardized Tests
- Claude Steele
  - Frontline interview
  - Expert Report (Gratz, et al. v. Bollinger, et al)
  - Article about stereotype threat (Scientific American)
  - Thin Ice: "Stereotype Threat" and Black College Students (Atlantic Monthly, August 1999) (requires subscription)
- FairTest
  - SAT-Math Gender Bias: Causes & Consequences (FairTest Examiner)
  - SAT gender gap grows in 1998 (FairTest Press Release)
  - Gender Bias in College Admissions Tests
  - The ACT
- Frontline: Secrets of the SAT
- Excerpt: Meritocracy's Crooked Yardstick (Standardized Minds by Peter Sacks)
- ETS Fairness Review
- Fighting the Gender Gap: Standardized Tests Are Poor Indicators of Ability in Physics
Possible solutions
- Achieving Gender Equity in Science Classrooms: A Guide for Faculty (Brown University)
- Digest: Procedures To Increase the Entry of Women in Science-Related Careers (US Dept. Education)
Physics
- Perceptions of Women in Physics (David Pushkin, AWIS publication)
- Physics And Feminism by Priscilla Auchincloss (The Back Page, online APS News, March 1998)
Computer Science
- Educational Pipeline Issues for Women (in CS?) (Nancy G. Levenson)
- Becoming a Computer Scientist: A Report by the ACM Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Science (Communications of the ACM)
- Women and Computing (Karen A. Frenkel, Communications of the ACM)
Math
- Summary of They're Not Dumb, They're Different byTobias (Math Forum - Learning and Mathematics)
- The effect of negative expectations on females' math performance (Jennifer Gutbezahl)
- Mathematics and Women: The Undergraduate School and Pipeline (Don Lewis, UM)
Criticisms and Responses
- The Myth That Schools Shortchange Girls: Social Science in the Service of Deception (Kleinfeld)
What is Science
- On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct In Research (National Academy of Sciences, 1994)
Findings from The Condition of Education 1997: Women in Mathematics and Science (NCES)

Databases/Links

Women in Science, Mathematics and Engineering (Brown University)
Science (Norther Arizona University)
Women in Sciences and Engineering (Kristina Lerman, UCSB) (figures from Dresselhaus talk)
Women in Mathematics, Computer Science, and Engineering (SIAM)
Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering (Ellen Spertus, Mills College)
Women and Computer Science (Ellen Spertus, Mills College)
Internet Resources on Women and Science (Megan Adams, U. Northern Iowa)
Women-Related Science/Technology Sites (Joan Korenman, UMaryland Baltimore County)
Women's Studies Database (University of Maryland)
Women and Gender Studies Science & Technology Web Sites (ACRL)
Women and Science/Math/Technology (U Wisconsin Library)
Women in Math Project (Marie Vitulli, U. Oregon)
The Ada Project (resources for women in CS)
Women of Color Web (Harvard)
ASWEM online resources

Bibliographies

Women & Science: Issues & Resources (Weisbard, 1997) (U Wisc. Women's Studies Librarian)
Women in Science and Technology (U South Carolina)
Women in Science: Guide to Reference Sources (Mitchell Brown, LSU Libraries)
Annotated Bibliography - Girls' attitudes toward math (Michelle Maraffi, Math Forum)
ACRL WSS Core List: Science (Jeannie Miller)
Feminism and Science (Kristin Switala, Center for Digital Discourse and Culture, Virg. Tech.)
Women and Scientific Literacy Resources: Bibliographies (AACU)
Women & Science Research Seminar page (Rowan U.)
Women and Scientific Literacy (U. Arizona)
The Ada Project Bibliographies (Yale)
Critical & Cultural Perspectives on Science: video sources

Syllabi

Mathematics, Gender, and Culture (John Kellermeier, SUNY Plattsburgh) (UMD database)
Women and Mathematics (Priscilla Bremser, Middlebury)
Gender and Race in the Social Studies of Science (Fausto-Sterling, Hammonds) (Radcliffe)
Mathematics and Gender (Helen Doerr, Syracuse)
Northern Arizona University - Women's Studies database - Science Syllabi
Math, Science, Technology Syllabi (UMD - Women's Studies Database) (google cache)
Gender and Technology (Janelle S. Taylor, Grinnell)
Women- and Gender-Related Science/Math/Technology Syllabi on the Web (UMBC)
Gender and (Physical) Science (Amy Bug, Swarthmore)
Women in Science (Helen Moore, Bowdoin)
Tri-College Science and Gender Studies (Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Swarthmore) (dead link)
Feminism and Science (Robin Roberts, LSU)
Feminist Epistemology (Sally Haslanger, U. Michigan)
The Culture of Science: Gender, Objectivity, and Education (WISE, Brown U.)
Research in the History & Sociology of Science (Susan Lindee, U Penn)
Introduction to Women's Studies ( Jane Gerhard, MIT)
Gender and Science (Charis Cussins, Cornell)
Faculty Development Seminar at Bates College
Ouline and Bibliography (report of Curriculum Reform Inst., U. Wisc., Women and Science Program)
Women of Science (Depauw)
Women and Science (Nancy Marcus, FSU)
Women, Gender and Science (Galupo, Gasparich, Towson University)
Women in Science, Technology, and Medicine (Iowa State)
Research in the History & Sociology of Science (UPenn)
Women, Medicine & Biology (Haverford)

Organizations

Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
Association for Women in Computing (AWC)
Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
American Assocication of University Women (AAUW)
Systers (technical women and students in CS)
Women in Mathematics - U. of Maryland (WIM)
Women and Mathematics (WAM) administered by the MAA
Computing Research Association (CRA) Committe on the Status of Women in CS and Engineering
Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics (ASWEM)

Programs/Sites for Girls/Women

Design Your Future
Backyard Project
Cyber Sisters
Encouraging Young Women in Science (EYWIS) (Illinois project to encourage 8th grade girls interested in science)
Expect the Best From a Girl. That's What You'll Get. (Women's College Coalition)
Girls and Women in Science: A project for 6th grade girls, their teachers & parents (Beloit)
Exploring Your Future in Math & Science (student project, U. Wisconsin-Madison)
MentorNet
The Role Model Project for Girls
Women of NASA
Tap Junior
Summer Mathematics Program for Women Undergraduates (Carleton/St. Olaf)
George Washington University Summer Program for Women in Mathematics
EDGE Program (Bryn Mawr/Spelman)
SummerMath (Mount Holyoke)

Miscellaneous

Readings on Women in Mathematics Education (student project, Carleton)
Gender and Science: A Two-Way Street
Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE)
Women and Scientific Literacy: Building two-way streets (AACU)
VEGAWomen in Science, Engineering and Technology - On-line Audio and Video

Last modified: 6/10/05