Critical Annotated Bibliography: Women in STEM
Critical Annotated Bibliography – Women in STEM
Sarah Wilkerson
University of Maryland University College
Critical Annotated Bibliography – Women in STEM
Beede, D., et al. Women in STEM: A gender gap to innovation. Economics and Statistics Administration Issue Brief 04-11 (2011). Retrieved from http://eric.ed.gov The STEM workforce stands for science, technology, engineering and math. These workforce areas are critical to America’s innovation and competitiveness. However, women are majorly underrepresented (<25%) for the last decade in such jobs and even among those who hold degrees in these areas. The article calls it an "untapped opportunity" to expand employment in the United States, even as people call for an improvement to the nation 's global competitive advantage. This is often due to a lack of women role models in the field, gender stereotyping and less family-friendly flexibility in these job fields. The article views for the need to increase support to women in such job fields.
Ceci, Stephen J., Donna K. Ginther, S. Shulamit Kahn, and Wendy Williams. 2014. Women in academic science: Explaining the gap. Psychological Science in the Public Interest. DOI: 10.1177/1529100614541236 This article by leading researchers from psychology and economics summarizes and critiques the major explanations for women’s underrepresentation in many (though not all) STEM fields. A great strength is that the results are broken down by individual discipline, making for a much more fine-grained analysis. This article is parallel to the Beede (2011), which focuses on the academic piece of the lack of women continuing to pursue a STEM career.
House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Research and Science Education. Encouraging the Participation of Female Students in STEM Fields. US Government Printing Office. (2009). Retrieved from http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS121195 This
Sarah Wilkerson
University of Maryland University College
Critical Annotated Bibliography – Women in STEM
Beede, D., et al. Women in STEM: A gender gap to innovation. Economics and Statistics Administration Issue Brief 04-11 (2011). Retrieved from http://eric.ed.gov The STEM workforce stands for science, technology, engineering and math. These workforce areas are critical to America’s innovation and competitiveness. However, women are majorly underrepresented (<25%) for the last decade in such jobs and even among those who hold degrees in these areas. The article calls it an "untapped opportunity" to expand employment in the United States, even as people call for an improvement to the nation 's global competitive advantage. This is often due to a lack of women role models in the field, gender stereotyping and less family-friendly flexibility in these job fields. The article views for the need to increase support to women in such job fields.
Ceci, Stephen J., Donna K. Ginther, S. Shulamit Kahn, and Wendy Williams. 2014. Women in academic science: Explaining the gap. Psychological Science in the Public Interest. DOI: 10.1177/1529100614541236 This article by leading researchers from psychology and economics summarizes and critiques the major explanations for women’s underrepresentation in many (though not all) STEM fields. A great strength is that the results are broken down by individual discipline, making for a much more fine-grained analysis. This article is parallel to the Beede (2011), which focuses on the academic piece of the lack of women continuing to pursue a STEM career.
House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Research and Science Education. Encouraging the Participation of Female Students in STEM Fields. US Government Printing Office. (2009). Retrieved from http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS121195 This
Bibliography: Tough, P. (2014, May 15). Who Gets to Graduate? The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com The author of this article initially focuses on one student who was very successful in high school