Welcome to STEM-UP PA

This National Science Foundation (NSF) funded program includes research on gender equity issues, and seeks to improve recruitment, retention, and advancement of female faculty in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) academic disciplines.


School Vote Stirs Debate on Girls as Leaders

School Vote Stirs Debate on Girls as Leaders

By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE

A letter by girls at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., cites embarrassment at the plight of female students at a progressive institution.

 

 

Top 7 Reasons Why Smart Women Should Speak Up

Video recording of Shari Graydon’s lecture at UBC: The Top 7 Reasons Why Smart Women
Should Speak Up  http://vpacademic.ubc.ca/faculty-equity-and-diversity-initiatives/media-skills/

Grandma Got STEM

I would like to counter the implication that grannies (gender + maternity + age) might not easily pick up on technical/theoretical ideas. As a start, I’m planning public awareness / art projects using grandmothers’ pictures+names+connections to STEM. This blog is where I’ll collect the info.: Grandma Got Stem  http://ggstem.wordpress.com/

 

 

Attracting – and Retaining – Female Engineers

Attracting – and Retaining – Female Engineers

http://blog.whitetruffle.com/post/45875251172/attracting-and-retaining-female-engineers

Why Gender Equality Stalled

SUNDAY REVIEW   | February 17, 2013
OPINION:  Why Gender Equality Stalled <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/opinion/sunday/why-gender-equality-stalled.html?emc=eta1>
BY STEPHANIE COONTZ
Betty Friedan prompted a revolution in attitudes. But our system still favors old stereotypes.

Girls Lead in Science Exam, but not in the United States

New York TimesGirls Lead in Science Exam, but Not in the United States

Girls outperformed boys in more countries in a science test given to 15-year-old students in 65 countries, but in the United States, the scores reverse.

 

 

Women, men and power

Posted March 14, 2012

Joanna Coles, Editor in Chief, Cosmopolitan Magazine, discusses women, men and power: http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_bn7#/video/bestoftv/2013/03/13/ac-joanna-coles-powerful-women.cnn

 

Sheryl Sandberg’s Feminist Call to Arms

‘Lean In’: Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg Explains What’s Holding Women Back

by NPR Staff, March 11, 2013   http://www.npr.org/2013/03/11/173740524/lean-in-facebooks-sheryl-sandberg-explains-whats-holding-women-back

Say no to all male panels

Pledge to refuse to participate in all male panels at science and tech conferences

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/a-simple-suggestion-to-help-phase-out-all-male-panels-at-tech-conferences/266837/

OASIS Fall 2013 applications being accepted

OASIS Falll 2013 leadership and profesional development program applications now being accepted:  http://stemuppa.org/?page_id=49