Women and the Challenge of STEM Professions

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Women and the Challenge of STEM Professions

“A comprehensive and detailed analysis of the landscape for women in STEM careers.  The best part, though, is that they also talk about best practices for women on how to thrive in those environments, to find support, how to self-advocate, and how to resist structural barriers.….  Recommendations for leaders in the academy to retain women in STEM departments are provided.   I most highly recommend it.  

Nadya A. Fouad, Ph.D, ABPP

Mary and Ted Kellner Endowed Chair of Educational Psychology

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Distinguished Professor

This book is not just about women or for women!!! It’s about all of us and for all of us! Science is advanced to the benefit of everyone as a result of diverse perspectives and approaches to discovery that emanate though the lens of women of diverse ethnic and racial cultural traditions. (This is more than about social justice - it is a required attribute in the continuous quest for TRUTH!)

Orlando L. Taylor, PhD

Distinguished Senior Advisor to the President

Executive Director & Co-PI, Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership

Distinguished Fellow, Association of American Colleges & Universities 

Professor and Dean Emeritus, Howard University

Fielding Graduate University

This book centers on the voices of scientists, whose experiences as women of color in science fields lend a unique understanding of the enterprise of knowledge production. Their stories provide warmth and protection in an otherwise chilly climate for future generations of scientists.”

Melanie Domenech-Rodríguez, PhD

Professor, Department of Psychology

Utah State University

 A thoughtful and refreshing view of the challenges for women leading in STEM, offering compassionate insight into the difficulty and opportunity for women to remain in STEM and to be appreciated for their work as scientists. With historical perspective as well as real-world examples, the work is a fantastic reference for women who are aspiring, training for and enduring leadership in STEM disciplines., (where women are not the dominant gender, and for men in STEM who are advocates and allies).

Goldie Smith Byrd, PhD

Director, Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity

Professor, Social Sciences and Health Policy

This timely volume identifies factors that impede the success of women in STEM professions and demonstrates the negative impact of sexual harassment on women’s physical health, mental health, and job performance. Focusing specifically on the narratives of women in higher education, the authors illuminate the structural and systemic barriers facing women working as graduate students, faculty, and administrators. Drawing on insights from the #metoo and #timesup movements as well as the Brett Kavanaugh Senate hearings, this book:

• Provides real-life narratives as clarifying examples
• Validates the experiences of women struggling to negotiate the STEM workplace
• Recommends specific helpful practices for both women and employers 

.This book will be a valuable resource for those in academia and the workplace, and serve as an illuminating of women's experience generally.

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Patricia Arredondo

Themen in »Women and the Challenge of STEM Professions«

Sexual harassment and assault #metoo movement #timesup movement sexual harassment in academia women in STEM STEM women's work equality women in academia feminism exclusion in STEM marginalization of women sexual harassment sexual assault higher education employment women in the workplace

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Women and the Challenge of STEM Professions: Thriving in a Chilly Climate is a must have for women, particularly women of color, who are in –or considering a career in—the sciences. Arredondo, Miville, Capodilupo and Vera have put together a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the landscape for women in STEM careers. The best part, though, is that they also talk about best practices for women on how to thrive in those environments, including chapters on how to find support, how to self-advocate, how to resist structural barriers.  But, because they take a structural approach, they also end with recommendations for leaders in the academy to retain women in STEM departments. I most highly recommend it.   
Nadya A. Fouad, Ph.D, ABPPMary and Ted Kellner Endowed Chair of Educational PsychologyUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Distinguished Professor

This book is not justabout women or for women!!! It’s about all of us and for all of us! Science is advanced to the benefit of everyone as a result of diverse perspectives and approaches to discovery that emanate though the lens of women of diverse ethnic and racial cultural traditions. This is more than about social justice - it is a required attribute in the continuous quest for TRUTH!
Orlando L. Taylor, PhDDistinguished Senior Advisor to the PresidentExecutive Director & Co-PI, Center for the Advancement of STEM LeadershipFielding Graduate University

Many women of color have been in the trenches for decades in the movement toward greater representation and inclusion in the sciences. They have managed uncharted terrains without guides (e.g., colleagues), maps (e.g., frameworks, guidelines), or even adequate gear (e.g., words, concepts, and constructs). Their persistence uncovered valuable insights into how to find and build spaces to thrive. This book centers the voices of scientists, whose experiences as women of color in science fields lends a unique understanding of the enterprise of knowledge production. Their stories provide warmth and protection in an otherwise chilly climate for future generations of scientists. Melanie Domenech-Rodríguez, PhDProfessor, Department of PsychologyUtah State University

Women and the Challenge of STEM Professions provides a thoughtful and refreshing view of the challenges for women leading in STEM. It offers compassionate insight into the difficulty and opportunity for women to remain in STEM and to be appreciated for their work as scientists. With historical perspective as well as real-world examples, the work is a fantastic reference for women who are aspiring, training for and enduring leadership in STEM disciplines, where women are not the dominant gender, and for men in STEM who are advocates and allies.
Goldie Smith Byrd, PhDDirector, Maya Angelou Center for Health EquityProfessor, Social Sciences and Health Policy

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