Articles:

Maternity/Family Leave Policies

• "Maternity Leave Policies and Women's Employment After Childbirth: Evidence from the United States, Britain, and Japan" from the London School of Economics and Political Science by Jane Waldfogel, Yoshio Higuchi, and Masahiro Abe 136 KB
• "U.S. Maternity Leave Benefits Are Still Dismal" on the Forbes wesbite by Heidi Brown
• "Maternity Leave? It's More Like a Pause" on The New York Times website by Elissa Gootman and Catherine Saint Louis
• "When Moms Who Run Businesses Take Maternity Leave" on the Bloomberg Businessweek Small Business webpage by Karen E. Klein
• "U.S. Behind the World on Parental Leave: Report" on the Reuters website by Bernd Debusmann Jr.
• "Maternity Leave Entitlements in Australia" on the Hub Bub website (Australian)

Women STEM Faculty

• "Why Aren't More Women Tenured Science Professors?: A new government study surveyed top-tier research universities to see how women were faring in the largely male-dominated fields of math and science" in Scientific American by Katherine Harmon
• "New Numbers on Underrepresented Faculty Members" on Inside Higher Ed by Elizabeth Redden

Women in STEM

• "Why Aren't More Women in STEM?" in The Washingtion Post by Valerie Strauss 
• "'Grant' my Wish: Top 7 Grants for Women in STEM" from The Feminist Press by Sam Lemonick
• "Wising Up on STEM Completion" on Inside Higher Ed (website) by Allie Grasgreen
• "How Stereotypes Can Drive Women To Quit Science" on the NPR website by Shankar Vedantam
• "Best Colleges for Women and Minorities in STEM" on Forbes.com by Natalie Doss
• "The Real Barriers for Women in Science" on Inside Higher Ed by Doug Lederman
• "Why Women Leave Academic Medicine" on Inside Higher Ed by Doug Lederman
• "STEM Fields And The Gender Gap: Where Are The Women?" on the Forbes website by Heather R. Huhman

Mentoring for Women in STEM

• "Online Mentors to Guide Women into the Sciences" on the New York Times website by Tamar Lewin
• "Mentoring of Graduate Students in STEM: Perceptions and Outcomes" from the American Society for Engineering Education by Amy Wheeless, Brianna Blaser and Elizabeth Litzler (all from the University of Washington)
• "Women Helping Women? Role-Model and Mentoring Effects on Female Ph.D. Student in Economics" from the National Bureau of Economic Research by David Neumark and Rosella Gardecki

   

Women/Gender and the Workplace

• "Women in Management: Delusions of Progress" in the Harvard Business Review by Nancy M. Carter and Christine Silva
• "Why Men Still Get More Promotions Than Women" in the Harvard Business Review by Herminia Ibarra, Nancy M. Carter, and Christine Silva
• "The Role of Gender in Job Promotions" from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics by Deborah A. Cobb-Clark and Yvonne Dunlop 76 KB
• "Too Nice to Land a Job" on Inside Higher Ed (website) by Scott Jaschik

Young Girls and STEM

• "Encouraging Girls in Math and Science" IES Practice Guide 1.15 MB
• "Engaging Girls in STEM" on The Journal website by Bridget McCrea

Unconscious Bias

• "Unconscious Bias Theory in Employment Discrimination Litigation" by Audrey J. Lee 172 KB
• "Unconscious Racism: A Concept in Pursuit of a Measure" by Hart Blanton and James Jaccard 252 KB
• "Unconscious Prejudice and Accountability Systems: What Must Organizations Do to Prevent Discrimination?" by Philip E. Tetlock and Gregory Mitchell (University of California, Berkeley, and University of Virginia) 368 KB
• "Where Bias Begins: The Truth About Stereotypes" by Annie Murphy Paul 
• "Proven Strategies for Addressing Unconscious Bias in the Workplace: Exploring Unconscious Bias" by Howard Ross (Founder & Chief Learning Officer, Cook Ross, Inc.) 2.82 MB

Miscellaneous

• "Implicit Social Cognition: Attitudes, Self-Esteem, and Stereotypes" by Anthony G. Greenwald (University of Washington) and Mahzarin R. Banaji (Yale) 4.45 MB
• "Unintended Consequences: How Antidiscrimination Litigation Increases Group Bias in Employer-Defendants" by Jessica Fink 340 KB
• "It Ain't What You Do, it's How You Do It: Global Education for Gender Justice" by Kavita N. Ramdas 52 KB

If you have any articles you believe are pertinent to our project, please e-mail Marci Zebrowski at zebrowsk@oswego.edu and it can be added to our webpage.

Websites/Webapges:

General STEM Information

• Elections to the National Academy of Science, 1994 to 2010: Percentage of Male and Female Members Elected to NAS Annually

• Northeast Public Radio: Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics ON THE AIR!

• Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM): Most STEM (science, technology, engineering, or math) fields are dominated by men. That makes these fields an excellent career choice for women!

• NCSES Publications and Data
• Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, and Engineering
• STEM Stories

Institutes,  Organizations and Programs

• American Institute of Physics: Women in Physics
• American Association of University Professors: AAUP Faculty Gender Equity Indicators 200
• Association for Women in Science
• The Coalition for Science After School
• Digital Sisters
• National Center for Women and Information Technology
• EdLab Group
• National Council for Research on Women
• STEM Equity Pipeline: Science Camps for Girls
• Great Science for Girls
• National Girls Collaborative Project
• CYFERnet (Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network) : Engaging Girls in STEM
• Generation STEM: What Girls Say about Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
• The National Science Partnership for Girl Scouts and Science Museums
• link to the Women's Studies Department webpage: Women's Organizations
• Afterschool STEM Mentoring Program via the Pathways to Science website
• Tech Trek
• Science Club for Girls
• After School Alliance

Mentoring Information for Women

• NSF ADVANCE Faculty Triad Mentoring Program (Rice University)
• Faculty Mentoring Program for Women (University of Texas, El Paso)
• ADVANCE Mentoring Programs for Women in STEM (Virginia Tech)
• Women's Mentoring Program (Washington State University)
• MentorNet (e-Mentoring for Diversity in Engineering and Science)
• Mentoring Resources at University of Utah
• Initiative for Diversity in STEM: Women Faculty Mentoring Program
• University of California San Diego: Faculty Mentoring Program
• University of Hawaii: Faculty Mentoring Program
• ADVANCE: University of Rhode Island: Faculty Mentoring Handbook
• Marquette University: Faculty Mentoring Program

• Women Faculty Mentoring Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

STEM Information for Young Girls

• Girl Start
• Fab Fems
• Brain Cake
• Engineer Your Life
• Expanding Your Horizons Network
• Zoey's Room
• Engineer Girl
• The Adventures of Josie True
• Girls Go Tech

STEM Education

• List of the resources for K-12 teacher related to STEM activities, careers and funding
• Cannon River STEM School

Files/Data/Misc. Information

Women of Color in STEM

"Seeking Solutions: Maximizing American Talent by Advancing Women of Color in Academia"from the National Academy of Science

• The National Academies: Electronic Program Book Instructions
• Seeking Solutions: Maximizing American Talent by Advancing Women of Color in Academia
• The National Academies Comittee on Advancing Institutional Transformation for Minority Women in Academia (Comittee Member Biographies)
• "Seeking Solutions" Conference Agenda
• Comittee Mandate
• Comittee Roster
• Conference Speaker Biographies
• Conference Call for Written Testimony
• American Association for the Advancement of Science and Minority Women in Science
• Women of Color in Astronomy and Astrophysics
• American Chemical Society (ACS) Written Testimony
• American Indian Science and Engineering Society
• American Institutes of Physics Written Testimony
• American Mathematical Society: A Demographic Profile of the Faculty in Fall 2010
• Written Testimony for the National Academies' "Seeking Solutions Conference" from the American Meterological Society (AMS)
• Comittee on Minorities in Physics and Comittee on the Status of Women in Physics of the American Physical Society
• Written Testimony Prestented by the American Political Science Association
• American Psychological Association: Written Statement of Suzanne Bennett-Johnson, PhD, ABPP 2012 President
• American Society for Biochemistry at the National Science Academies and Molecular Biology
• American Society for Engineering Education Written Testimony
• American Society of Civil Engineers Written Testimony
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• American Society for Microbiology
• American Sociobiological Association
• Assocation for Women in Mathematics Statement for "Seeking Solutions"
• Biomedical Engineering Society Written Testimony
• Academic Women of Color in Computing: A Testimony on the Issues and Possible Solutions
• Geological Society of America Written Testimony
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration Testimony
• National Institutes of Health
• National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers
• National Postdoctoral Association
• National Society of Hispanic Physicists
• National Society of Black Physicists Written Testimony
• Rutgers University Women of Color Scholars Initiative
• Society of Neuroscience Written Testimony
• Commissioned Research: Education and Career Outcomes for Women of Color in Academia
• Annotated Bibliography: Resources About Women of Color in Academic Science, Engineering and Medicine Disciplines
• A National Analysis of Minorities in Science and Engineering Faculties at Research Universities
• Does Science Promote Women? Evidence from Academia 1973-2001
• Diversity in Academic Biomedicine: An Evaluation of Education and Career Outcomes with Implications for Policy
• Info Brief: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics - "Academic Institutions of Minority Faculty with Science, Engineering and Health Doctorates"
• NSB S&E Indicators (Chapter 2: Higher Education 2011)
• Where Are the Women of Color? Data on African American, Hispanic, and Native American Faculty in STEM
• Undergraduate CS Enrollment Continues Rising; Doctoral Production Drops
• AMS 2009 Annual Survey of the Mathematical Sciences in the United States
• AAMC Changing Demographics of Full-time U.S. Medical School Faculty, 1966-2009
• AAMC Women in U.S. Academic Medicine: Statistics and Benchmarking Report 2009-2010
• Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2011
• Diversifying Science and Engineering Faculties: Intersections of Race, Ethniticy, and Gender
• Report on the Initiative for Faculty Race and Diversity (MIT)
• A Report on the Status of Women Faculty in the Schools of Science and Engineering at MIT, 2011
• Brainard Six-Year Longitudinal Study of Undergraduate Women in Engineering and Science
• Understanding the Science Experiences of Successful Women of Color: Science Identity as an Analytic Lens (Journal of Research in Science Teaching)
• The Lives and Careers of Minority Women Scientists
• Women Faculty of Color: Voices, Gender, and the Expression of Our Multiple Indentites within Academia
• The Climate for Women in Academic Science: The Good, the Bad, and the Changeable
• Health, Well-being and Women of Color Academics
• AAAS: Understanding Interventions That Broaden Participation in Research Careers 2009
• AAAS: Standing Our Ground: A Guidebook for STEM Educators in the Post-Michigan Era
• AAAS: Handbook on Diversity and the Law: Navigating a Complex Landscape to Foster Greater Faculty and Student Diversity in Higher Education
• Recruiting, Retaining, and Maintaining Racial and Ethnic Minority Investigators: Why We Should Bother, Why We Should Care
• Race, Ethnicity, and NIH Research Awards
• The Effect of Professor Ethnicity and Gender on Student Evaluations: Judged Before Met
• National Differences in Gender-Science Stereotypes Predict National Sex Differences in Science and Math Achievement
• Exploring the Color of Glass: Letters of Recommendation for Female and Male Medical Faculty
• Unintended Consequences: How Science Professors Discourage Women of Color
• Balancing Science and Family: Tidbits of Wisdom from Those Who've Tried It and Succeeded
• Understanding Current Causes of Women's Underrepresentation in Science
• Dual-Career Academic Couples: What Universities Need to Know
• Turner Women of Color Academe Multiple Marginality 2002 (The Ohio State University Press)
• The Mini-Symposium on Women of Color in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM): A Summary of Events, Findings, and Suggestions
• Breaking Barriers and Creating Inclusiveness, Lessons of Organizational Transformation to Advance Women Faculty in Academic Science and Engineering
• NRC: Understanding Interventions That Encourage Minorities to Pursue Research Careers: Summary of a Workshop
• Solutions to Recruit Technical Women 2009
• Improving the Retention of Underrepresented Minority Faculty in Academic Medicine
• Interventions That Affect Gender Bias in Hiring: A Systematic Review
• Seeking Solutions: Maximizing American Talent by Advancing Women of Color in Academia (List of Participants)