Issues for Ethnic Minorities and Women in
Science and
Engineering
Physics 451 / Women
Studies 485
Winter 2004 Reading
Assignments
last update 04 Feb 2004
Reading
Assignments
For Jan 9: Historical Overview
- Ambrose, S.A., Dunkle, K.L., Lazarus, B.B., Nair, I., &
Harkus, D.A. (1997). Journeys of Women in Science and Engineering
No
Universal Constants. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University
Press.
Introductory Chapter: pp. 1-31
- Campbell, G., Denes R., and Morrison, C. Access
Denied: Race,
Ethnicity and the Scientific Enterprise. Introductory
Chapters
pp. 7-46.
- Rossiter, M. W. (1995), Women Scientists in
America. Volume
2: Before Affirmative Action 1940-1972. Baltimore, MD:
The Johns Hopkins University Press. Chapter 16: The Path to
Liberation:
Consciousness Raised, Legislation Enacted, pp. 361-382.
For Jan 12: Evelynn Hammonds:
Women of
Color in Science and Engineering
- "An
Interview with Evelynn Hammonds," by Aimee Sands, in The
Racial Economy of Science (1993)
copied here
in the passworded file.
- "Subcutaneous
Scars," by Vanessa Northington Gamble, in Health Affairs 19(1), 164-169 (2000).
Available on line through the UW library, or copied here in the passworded file.
- "Promoting the Advancement of Minority
Women Faculty in Academic
Medicine:
The national centers of excellence in women's health," E. Wong et al,
Journal
of Women's Health and Gender-based Medicine 10(6), 541-550
(2001).
Available on line as a pdf
file through the UW library (UW restricted access).
- Article by Anne MacLachlan, "The lives
and careers of minority women
scientists,"
in the course pack reader. Published in "Making Strides",
newsletter for Directorate for Education and Human Resources Programs,
AAAS, 3(3), 1-5 (2001).
For Jan 16: Changes in a Lifetime.
Readings are all in the class reader:
- Biographies of W. Lena Austin, Jewel Pummer Cobb, Shirley Ann
Jackson, Lydia Villa-Komaroff, and Lillian Wu from Journeys of Women in Science
and Engineering
No
Universal Constants. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University
Press.
- "Women, Academia, and Careers in Science and Engineering" by Mary
Frank
Fox
Ch. 8 in The Equity Equation: Fostering the advancement of women
in the sciences, mathematics and engineering. Edited by C.-S.
Davis,
A. B. Ginorio, C. S. Hollenshead, B. B. Lazarus, and P. S. Rayman (San
Francisco, Jossey-Bass Publishers) pp. 265-289. - "A Lab of Her
Own", Scientific American (1993).
For Jan 23: Eugene Cota-Robles
- Preface and Chapter 3 from The Shape of the River by Bowen
and Bok (1998)
copied here
in the passworded file. While reading the preface and chapter 3 may be
useful, pay particular attention to the section on "Academic
Underperformance" (pg 72-86).
For January 26:
A. Helen Remick: Status of Minority and Women Faculty
at UW
- "The feminist and the scientist: One and the same" by Angela
Ginorio, Terry Marshall, and Lisa Breckenridge here
in a passworded file.
• For January 30: Changes in a
Lifetime.
For February 2: Climate and Activities at
UW
- Read
the WEPAN PILOT CLIMATE SURVEY: Exploring the Environment for
Undergraduate Engineering Students by Suzanne Brainard, Susan Staffin
Metz, and Gerald M. Gillmore, available here on the web as a word
document.
- Browse the UW ADVANCE web site,
including reading the
original proposal
to the NSF for the program (for speaker Joyce Yen).
- Browse the Center for Workforce
Development web site, including the program for Women in Science and
Engineering (for speaker Sheila Edwards Lange)
- Browse the School of
Medicine Office
of Multicultural Affairs web site.(for speaker Victoria Gardner)
- If you have time, check out other UW-based programs such as the UW Office of Minority Affairs,
MESA (Mathematics
Engineering Science Achievement), GO-MAP (Graduate
Opportunities & Minority Achievement Program), SCORE (Student and
Community Relations Engineering Advising & Student Center), MSEP (Minority
Students in Engineering Program), Diversity in
Computer Science and Engineering, Rural Girls in Science,
For February 6: Beverly Hartline,
Advancing Women and Minorities in Science
- Read one or two of the
bi-annual reports of the Committee on Equal Opportunities in
Science and Engineering. Think about which issues are most important,
how they would tackle these issues, and the advantages and challenges
of independent advisory groups consisting of volunteers who serve 3
year terms.
- Look at this
report from the International Conference on Women in Physics,
particularly the survey report and the breakout summaries, and think
about the similarities and differences around the world and the
potential applicability in the US and to minorities.
For February 9
A. Manik's Presentation on Biographies of Ethnic Minority and
Women Scientists
B. Student Presentation on K-12 Climate for Ethnic Minorities and
Women
- Click here for abstract and reading
materials.
For February 13: AAAS Meeting
- Browse the AAAS Meeting Program.
Decide whether to attend "Systemic Transformations in the Role of Women
in Science and Engineering" or "Building Capacity for Equity and
Success: Opportunities for Diversifying Science", both of which run
2:30-5:20 Friday Feb 13. You may also be interested in "Career
Path Analyses: Implications for Graduate Education" Friday from
4:30-6:30, or "Nearly Invisible: Experiences of Minority Science
Faculty in Mainstream Institutions," Sunday 2:30-5:30.
For February
20: University Climate
A. University Climate: Students
- "The
Loss of
Women
from Science, Mathematics and Engineering Undergraduate Majors: An
Explanatory
Account," Science Education, V79, 437-473 (1995). pdf file The article is based
on the book "Talking about leaving : why
undergraduates
leave the sciences", by Elaine Seymour and Nancy M. Hewitt. (LC148.2
.S49
1997).
B. University Climate: Faculty
- Read the short article
"Louts
in the Lab" about Duke University Physics in the January 23
Chronicle of Higher Education and the followup online
discussion forum with Judy Franz, executive officer of the American
Physical Society.
- Browse Donna Nelson's Diversity
Surveys, comparing faculty and Ph.D. diversity at the top 50
institutions in math, computer science, electrical engineering,
physics, chemistry, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical
engineering. Choose one field
to examine in detail. Make
sure you look at the "utilization tables" that also list the number of
female department chairs at the top 50 departments (note all the
zeros!).
- Browse the American
Physical Society Dual -Science-Career-Couples report, reading the
introduction and recommendations.
- Browse the 1999 MIT Report on the
status of women in the sciences at MIT (or its update in
2002) and the 2002 MIT School of
Engineering report. Again, read
the intro and recommendations.
For February
23:
A. David's Presentation on Mentoring, Role Models and Stereotypes
- Click here for abstract.
- Parts 1, 2, and 3 of an article in The Atlantic Online on stereotype threat.
- An interview with Arthur Levine.
- The Mentor's Dilemma: Getting Critical Feedback Across the Racial Divide.
- This article on diversity from the IEEE Spectrum.
- This article on the professional preparation of African American graduate students from Professional Psychology.
B. Class discussion on Climate and Interventions - A series of short articles
to give you a flavor of different countries' environments for women.
For Feb 27: Meg Urry Public Lecture
- Read the 1992 Baltimore
Charter and the browse the web sites of the associated 1992 and 2003 Women in
Astronomy Meetings
- Read Meg Urry's article "The Baltimore Charter and Women in
Astronomy" in the June 1999 AAS Status
- Read the article "Status of Women in Astronomy" by Meg Urry and
Patricia Knezak in the October 2003 AAS Newsletter.
For March 1:
Student Presentation on Impact of Federal Equity Laws
- Click here
for abstract and reading materials.
For March 5: Carlos Rodriguez Public Lecture
For March 8:
Student Presentation on Testing and Standards in K-12
Education
For March 12: Maresi Nerad Public Lecture - The intersection of Family and Career for Women PhDs
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