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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"Women in STEM"”.
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Women in stem : a qualitative study on women's experiences
… which females are exposed to every day in their studying in the STEM field. Women have been found to be majorly underrepresented in the STEM field, both amongst students as well as in the work force (Blickenstaff, 2014). This has created a gender gap where males are in the majority. …
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Women in STEM: does role congruence affect major choice and retention?
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Unraveling the Double-Bind: An Investigation of Black and Latina Women in STEM
… rights activist Robert P. Moses was a driving force in defining equitable dissemination of quality science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education as an act of social justice. My work borrows this frame to highlight access to STEM education as a civil rights issue and to …
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The educational journeys of first-generation college women in STEM: A grounded theory study
<p>The purpose of this study was to ascertain the various factors that influenced these first-generation college women as they chose a college and selected a STEM major and subsequently persisted to upper level (junior/senior) status. Twenty-five first-generation college women in STEM majors who …
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The Experiences of Panamanian Afro-Caribbean Women in STEM: Voices to Inform Work with Black Females in STEM Education.
THE EXPERIENCES OF PANAMANIAN AFRO-CARIBBEAN WOMEN IN STEM: VOICES TO INFORM WORK WITH BLACK FEMALES IN STEM EDUCATION By BEVERLY A KING MILLER B.A., Psychology, Nyack College, NY, 1985 M.A., Teaching, National-Louis University, IL, 1992 Ph.D., Multicultural Teacher and Childhood Education, …
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THE ROLE OF RESIDENTIAL COMMUNIIES FOR THE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL SUCCESS OF UNDERGRADUATE WOMEN IN STEM MAJORS: THE CASE OF A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN ETHIOPIA
… on its role for the social and academic integration of undergraduate women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. It also explained how the social and academic integration of the women contributed for their overall college success.</p> <p> There were three …
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How women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions describe the benefits of belonging to a professional network : a multiple case study.
This multiple case study investigated how women in STEM professions describe the benefits and support of belonging to a professional network. Existing literature suggests that women in STEM can benefit from participation in professional networks but does not explicitly name the effective …
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Nurturing Women's Participation in STEM: An Analysis of Australian, Indian and Singaporean Government Policies and Programs
… thesis makes a contribution to the field of feminist comparative policy with a focus on the role played by gendered discursive policy framing. The thesis is written from within the field of political studies; however, it provides insights from areas including gender studies, sociology and …
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Women Nobel Laureates in STEM (2000-2023): Life Stories, Challenges, and How They Achieved Impact for Success
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) are the critical growth engines that develop the economy and society and improve our lives overall. However, women are underrepresented in STEM, which means 50% of the world's brain power is untapped. We know that, in general, women face unique …
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“It’s a whole load of not giving up”: individual and organisational factors that contribute to UK based women achieving professor status in STEM
In the UK, women are increasingly underrepresented in academic STEM careers. Of all Professors in STEM in the UK, only 22% are women. This thesis conducted an exploratory investigation into the individual and organisational factors that contribute to women’s successful career progression in …
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The online identity development of Indo-Caribbean women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
The severe lack of systematically collected race-based data in Canada contributes to the Canadian field of education’s failure to meet the needs of its increasingly diverse demographic of students, resulting in their continued discrimination and oppression. To contribute to the knowledge of the …
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Persistence of Female Faculty in STEM
<p>The lack of women entering certain STEM fields impacts female representation in research faculty, teacher faculty, and leadership positions in higher education. Through a narrative inquiry methodology utilizing the theoretical paradigms of self-determination theory and relational autonomy, this …
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"“The modern Mulan of tech"": A critical analysis of Asian American women and their experiences in computer science"
Existing research involving Asian American women in STEM explores the intersections of race/ethnicity, gender, and culture in regards to developing identity as a scientist. Many such studies focus on model minority stereotypes, racialized sexism, and familial expectations. This thesis will draw …
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Why women are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields in the United States
The issue of women's underrepresentation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields in the United States has recently gained significant interest and accordingly, a great increase in the body of literature on this topic. A review of the literature reveals that the issue is a …
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Women, innovation, entrepreneurship : essays on designing and improving education
… Entrepreneur are not gender-neutral concepts.[1] In the United States, men are twice as likely to be involved in entrepreneurship than women. Women have founded or led only 11% of venture capital backed US firms. Moreover, women-led firms have received only 7% of venture capital.[2] Clearly, there …
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Arab American women in engineering: How did their culture influence their achievement?
<p>This body of research examined the Arab American culture and its impact on women who studied the male-dominated major of engineering. Through a qualitative approach, women born and raised in an Arab American home unpacked their experiences since childhood that made them who they are today. The …
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Emotions as informative signals : a qualitative multiple case study exploring female employee perceptions of supervisor incivility within STEM professional roles.
Supervisor incivility is a pervasive issue within organizations. The lack of research on how female science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) employees experience supervisor incivility within male-dominant cultures creates a challenge in understanding how to support this underrepresented …
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Factors that impact the development of Black women’s positive STEM identity
… given to capture the varied experiences of Black women in STEM throughout their developmental years into college. Participants self-selected at random from numerous social media sites with groups involving Black professional women and graduate students. Data was collected through an online survey …
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