Boosting the Sustainable Representation of Women in STEM With Evidence-Based Policy Initiatives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22124643 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Corinne A Moss-Racusin (0000-0002-9824-7524, Skidmore College, corresponding author), Evava S Pietri (0000-0002-9991-1060, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis), Jojanneke Van Der Toorn (0000-0003-0476-772X, Leiden University), Leslie Ashburn‐Nardo (0000-0003-4839-9455, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 50-58 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2372-7322 • E-ISSN: 2372-7330 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2372732220980092 |
| OpenAlex | W3129646763 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 101 |
Women are missing from Science, Technology, Education, and Mathematics (STEM) fields, undermining intellectual inclusivity, meritocracy goals, national competitiveness, and high-quality advances. Solutions require not only hiring more women, but boosting their sustainable representation (i.e., their lasting, substantial presence and valued engagement). Evidence-based policies can shift organizational culture, enabling women’s full and durable participation. The present review presents (1) numerous causes of women’s underrepresentation in STEM and (2) evidence-based interventions to tackling these causes. Specific policy initiatives (derived from the scientific evidence) would promote the sustainable representation of women in STEM
Meritocracy · Political science · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Scientific evidence · Sustainable development · Career Development and Diversity · Computer Science · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Law · Mathematics · Mentoring and Academic Development · Psychology
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Promoting equity in STEMM careers
Gender Dynamics and Organizational Support
Women in STEM graduate education
Beyond Vocation
The Ethics of Alternative Advising
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Promoting Inclusive Environments
Even Here”
To STEM or not to STEM
Sous-représentation des femmes en STIM
The uneven effects of gender parity
On the Validity of Student Evaluation of Teaching
Female peer mentors early in college increase women’s positive academic experiences and retention in engineering
Effects of role model exposure on STEM and non‐STEM student engagement
Role models in career development
Breaking the cycle of mistrust
Female peers in small work groups enhance women's motivation, verbal participation, and career aspirations in engineering
When He Doesn’t Mean You
Girls and Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
The changing career trajectories of new parents in STEM
Two brief interventions to mitigate a “chilly climate” transform women’s experience, relationships, and achievement in engineering.
The Effects of Gender Stereotypic and Counter-Stereotypic Textbook Images on Science Performance
Women’s representation in science predicts national gender-science stereotypes
Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics
Dismantling Restrictive Gender Norms
Improving Girls’ Sense of Fit in Science
Do Female and Male Role Models Who Embody STEM Stereotypes Hinder Women’s Anticipated Success in STEM
Contending with group image
The Motivational Theory of Role Modeling
Ingroup Experts and Peers as Social Vaccines Who Inoculate the Self-Concept
The Effect of an Intervention to Break the Gender Bias Habit for Faculty at One Institution
Constructed Criteria
Faculty Service Loads and Gender
Factors that contribute to the underrepresentation of women in science careers worldwide
Explaining the Gender Wage Gap in STEM
Added benefits
Faculty women of color
Included but Invisible? Subtle Bias, Common Identity, and the Darker Side of “We”
Setting an egalitarian social norm in the classroom
Modeling gender counter-stereotypic group behavior
From classroom to career
Using implicit bias training to improve attitudes toward women in STEM
The effects of an academic environment intervention on science identification among women in STEM
Exploring the Color of Glass
Competent Yet Out in the Cold
Virtues of a Hardworking Role Model to Improve Girls’ Mathematics Performance
Reducing the Endorsement of Sexism Using Experiential Learning
Gender Bias in STEM Fields
The Influence of Female Role Models on Women’s Implicit Science Cognitions
Using Video to Increase Gender Bias Literacy Toward Women in Science
Challenging the Gendered Academic Hierarchy
Seeing What’s Possible
Student Evaluations and Gendered Expectations
Gender Bias Produces Gender Gaps in STEM Engagement
A Linguistic Comparison of Letters of Recommendation for Male and Female Chemistry and Biochemistry Job Applicants
Sustainable representation of women through gender quotas
Matching by Race and Gender in Mentoring Relationships
Collective Action in Modern Times
Using Experiential Learning to Increase the Recognition of Everyday Sexism as Harmful
Climate control
Ambient belonging
Combating stereotype threat
Who encourages Latina women to feel a sense of identity-safety in STEM environments
One size may not fit all
A gender bias habit-breaking intervention led to increased hiring of female faculty in STEMM departments
Cues of working together fuel intrinsic motivation
Status incongruity and backlash effects
Evidence that gendered wording in job advertisements exists and sustains gender inequality
Superstars and me
STEMing the tide
Malleability in communal goals and beliefs influences attraction to stem careers
Gender Bias in Student Evaluations
An evidence-based faculty recruitment workshop influences departmental hiring practice perceptions among university faculty
Interactive theater
The Psychology of Change
When Does Contact with Successful Ingroup Members Change Self-Stereotypes
Why are some STEM fields more gender balanced than others
Perceiving Glass Ceilings? Meritocratic versus Structural Explanations of Gender Inequality among Women in Science and Technology
Consequences of Flexibility Stigma Among Academic Scientists and Engineers
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |