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Symposium: “Understanding and Facilitating Women's Thriving in STEM Doctoral Programs” and “Teaching Towards Gender Equity in STEM”
Back to Beloved Community Faculty Scholarship Symposium 2024 (Overview of Offerings)
Mulva Library, First Floor
100 Grant Street, De Pere, WI 54115, United States
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Danielle Geerling (Psychology) presents “Understanding and Facilitating Women's Thriving in STEM Doctoral Programs”
My collaborators and I investigated women's experiences in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) doctoral programs, in which women are underrepresented relative to men. We were most interested in how women doctoral candidates defined what it meant to "thrive" in STEM, including what factors facilitated their own thriving during graduate school. This work illustrates women's daily experiences at the highest level of STEM education and points to pathways for institutions to better retain diverse women in STEM.
Katie Garber (Chemistry) and Elizabeth Danka (Biology) present “Teaching Towards Gender Equity in STEM”
The inaugural session of the NSCI 302: The History of Women in STEM 2+2 Global Seminar wrapped up in J-Term 2024! In Fall 2023, students learned about many historical women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields, the barriers that were historically and are currently faced by women pursuing STEM careers, and paths towards pursuing equity in STEM. In J-Term 2024, we traveled to multiple sites in Europe with key historical significance to the contributions women have made. Readings, assignments, and class discussions were used to study ways to promote the participation and success of women in STEM. In this session, we will discuss several assignments designed to highlight the contributions of women in STEM and to propose mechanisms to increase equity in STEM fields.