Sharon Bird

Datos Biográficos

ID4083190
NOMBRESharon Bird
NOMBRESSharon
APELLIDOBird
FIRMABIRD S
AFILIACIONESSharon R. Bird, PhD, is an associate professor of sociology at Iowa State University. Her research and teaching scholarship focus on the areas of gender, race, class, work and social inequality. Her current research centers on gender and work organizations, gender and small business success, and gender theory. She is a Co-PI of an NSF ADVANCE grant aimed at increasing the recruitment, retention, and promotion of women in academic science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Dr. Bird recently edited...
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TOTAL DE OBRAS4
TOTAL DE CITAS15
TOTAL COMO AUTOR4
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2004
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2019
ÍNDICE H3

  • Examining models of departmental engagement for greater equity

    Open AccessSharon R Bird, Sharon Bird et al.ARTICLEEqual Opportunities International2019Citada por: 3Referencias: 26

    Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine two types of departmental interventions focused on creating healthier and more equitable academic departments as well as enhancing faculty members’ capacity for collective dialogue, goals and work. Both interventions were informed by the “dual-agenda” approach and focused on targeted academic units over a prolonged period. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses a variety of qualitative and quan…

  • NSF Advance and gender equity

    Open AccessJessie Dearo, J A Dearo et al.ARTICLEEqual Opportunities International2019Citada por: 5Referencias: 23

    Purpose Supporting the advancement of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in ways that help to ensure the health, prosperity, welfare and security of the nation has been central to the mission of the US National Science Foundation (NSF) since 1950, the year Congress created the agency. Preparing a highly qualified and diverse STEM workforce plays a central role in supporting this mission. The paper aims to discuss these issues…

  • Teaching the Sociology of Gender and Work

    Open AccessPatti Giuffre, Cynthia Anderson et al.ARTICLETeaching Sociology2008Citada por: 7Referencias: 31

    This paper describes two teaching strategies from our workshop, “Teaching the Sociology of Gender and Work,” that can help students understand the mechanisms and consequences of workplace gender inequality at the macro- and micro-levels. Cynthia Anderson's class project uses wage and sex composition data that allows students to learn actively how data are used to study general trends and changes over time. It encourages students to explore the re…

  • Creating Status of Women Reports

    Sharon R Bird, Sharon Bird et al.ARTICLENWSA Journal2004

    Growing awareness of the underrepresentation of women in male-dominated fields like science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), has inspired universities across the United States to examine more carefully their strategies for recruiting, retaining, and promoting women students and faculty. To do so has required assembling personnel to organize and execute data collection, analyses, and interpretation. Not surprisingly, women faculty are th…