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Examining Gender Differences in STEM: 2016 Evergreen School Lecture Series
FREE Lecture featuring Dr. Sapna Cheryan April 18, 2016, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. - Kane Hall, Rm 120
Not All Fields Are Created Equal: Examining Gender Differences in STEM
The is a FREE event, but registration is required.
To register visit: http://www.evergreenschool.org/speakerseries
Increasing women’s participation in STEM has been a national topic that has led to changes in both education policy and business practices. Yet, research shows that some STEM fields reflect greater gender disparity than others: Women receive almost half of the bachelor’s degrees in biology, chemistry, and mathematics, but earn less than 20% of computer science, engineering and physics degrees.
What accounts for difference in STEM fields?
How can we increase women’s participation in underrepresented fields?
Join us as Dr. Sapna Cheryan unravels the notion that gender differences are uniform in STEM fields and presents a model to explain why gender differences persist in computer science, physics and engineering.
Dr. Sapna Cheryan is an associate professor at the University of Washington. Her research examining how cultural stereotypes impact people’s choices and behaviors has been widely featured in national publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and TIME magazine.